MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 147 SFC 970 405 19.7 17.7 88 2.0 18.3 107 8 295.3 297.7 292.6 333.3 13.20 2 950 588 17.7 16.9 96 0.7 17.2 106 10 295.1 297.4 292.3 332.1 12.89 3 900 1049 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 103 10 297.5 299.7 292.5 333.0 12.26 4 850 1535 14.7 14.4 98 0.3 14.5 99 10 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.5 12.20 5 800 2048 13.3 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 105 9 305.4 307.4 293.9 338.0 10.90 6 750 2591 11.8 7.5 75 4.3 9.2 100 4 309.4 311.0 293.3 336.0 8.69 7 700 3168 9.9 4.5 69 5.3 6.7 310 6 313.4 314.9 293.6 337.1 7.59 8 650 3780 6.2 1.2 70 5.0 3.4 302 12 316.0 317.2 293.4 336.3 6.44 9 600 4433 2.5 -4.4 60 6.9 -1.0 298 18 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.8 4.59 10 550 5131 -1.9 -9.1 58 7.2 -5.1 296 23 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.3 3.48 11 500 5882 -6.9 -14.9 53 8.0 -9.9 303 23 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.8 2.40 12 450 6696 -12.3 -21.9 45 9.6 -15.2 302 26 327.8 328.1 292.5 333.0 1.48 13 400 7585 -17.6 -38.7 14 21.1 -21.3 300 30 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.34 14 350 8572 -24.7 -46.7 11 22.0 -27.3 309 41 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 15 300 9673 -33.6 -39.8 54 6.2 -34.4 302 53 338.0 338.0 294.2 339.5 0.40 16 250 10923 -44.0 -50.9 46 6.9 -44.4 310 58 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.14 17 200 12393 -51.8 -69.3 10 17.5 -52.1 302 67 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14211 -62.4 -77.3 12 14.8 -62.6 306 46 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16663 -69.0 -82.5 13 13.5 -69.1 319 22 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.73 m Freezing level: 571.74 mb = 4827.28 m = 15837.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4283.27 m = 14052.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.21 mb = 658.25 m = 2159.59 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 2.05 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 968.28 m = 3176.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.36 C = 70.45 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: 2.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.45 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 30.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5735.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.07 mb = 935.67 m = 3069.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.2 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 338.2 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.3 neg: -16.4 tot: 9.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 69.84 m/s