MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 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 148 SFC 971 405 19.0 17.4 90 1.7 17.9 105 7 294.7 297.0 292.2 331.8 12.96 2 950 588 17.4 16.8 96 0.6 17.0 103 11 294.8 297.1 292.1 331.3 12.74 3 900 1050 15.6 15.5 99 0.2 15.5 104 14 297.6 299.9 292.7 333.5 12.38 4 850 1536 15.0 14.2 95 0.8 14.4 112 12 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.4 12.05 5 800 2050 13.2 11.8 91 1.4 12.3 104 9 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.1 10.96 6 750 2593 12.5 7.1 70 5.4 9.2 48 2 310.1 311.7 293.3 336.1 8.47 7 700 3171 9.9 4.4 69 5.5 6.7 316 6 313.5 314.9 293.6 336.9 7.52 8 650 3783 6.2 -0.1 64 6.3 2.8 307 12 316.0 317.1 292.9 334.6 5.86 9 600 4435 2.5 -5.6 55 8.1 -1.4 299 21 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.6 4.19 10 550 5133 -1.6 -12.2 44 10.6 -6.0 302 23 322.2 322.7 292.0 331.3 2.72 11 500 5885 -6.7 -17.6 41 10.9 -10.5 303 24 324.9 325.3 292.1 331.5 1.92 12 450 6699 -12.0 -31.1 19 19.1 -16.5 301 25 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.63 13 400 7592 -16.8 -48.7 4 31.9 -21.2 298 31 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 14 350 8578 -24.7 -36.0 34 11.3 -26.6 308 50 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.4 0.51 15 300 9680 -33.7 -34.8 90 1.1 -33.9 302 56 337.8 338.0 294.4 340.3 0.66 16 250 10932 -43.7 -44.7 90 1.0 -43.7 310 61 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.3 0.29 17 200 12396 -52.4 -69.3 11 16.9 -52.7 304 68 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14214 -62.0 -77.6 11 15.6 -62.1 311 49 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16667 -69.0 -82.6 12 13.6 -69.1 313 24 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.86 m Freezing level: 569.63 mb = 4859.28 m = 15942.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.89 mb = 4208.93 m = 13808.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.27 mb = 613.04 m = 2011.25 ft T: 17.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 1.93 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 1027.82 m = 3372.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.81 C = 71.25 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.55 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 30.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5826.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.55 mb = 931.79 m = 3057.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.5 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 341.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: -21.9 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 79.46 m/s