MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 155 SFC 971 405 18.6 17.4 93 1.2 17.8 85 5 294.2 296.5 292.1 331.3 13.00 2 950 595 17.6 16.9 96 0.7 17.1 96 12 295.1 297.4 292.2 331.9 12.86 3 900 1057 15.4 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 111 15 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.5 12.16 4 850 1542 14.9 13.8 93 1.1 14.2 119 12 301.7 303.9 293.4 336.4 11.75 5 800 2056 13.0 11.1 88 1.9 11.8 110 10 305.1 307.0 293.4 336.3 10.43 6 750 2599 12.6 6.8 68 5.8 9.1 81 3 310.3 311.8 293.3 335.8 8.32 7 700 3176 9.8 4.0 67 5.8 6.4 308 4 313.3 314.7 293.3 336.1 7.31 8 650 3789 6.3 -1.8 56 8.1 2.1 299 12 316.1 317.1 292.4 332.6 5.18 9 600 4441 2.3 -7.2 50 9.4 -2.1 295 21 318.7 319.5 291.9 330.9 3.73 10 550 5138 -1.9 -14.3 38 12.5 -6.7 294 22 321.9 322.3 291.6 329.6 2.29 11 500 5889 -6.5 -27.9 16 21.4 -12.3 301 23 325.1 325.2 291.1 327.9 0.77 12 450 6704 -10.8 -43.1 5 32.2 -16.5 299 30 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.19 13 400 7600 -16.6 -36.7 16 20.1 -20.4 313 39 333.4 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.41 14 350 8587 -24.6 -26.2 86 1.6 -25.0 307 53 335.6 335.9 294.4 340.3 1.28 15 300 9690 -33.1 -33.2 99 0.1 -33.1 304 58 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.7 0.78 16 250 10943 -43.7 -43.6 100 -0.0 -43.6 315 60 341.2 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 17 200 12403 -54.2 -65.0 25 10.8 -54.4 302 61 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14217 -61.4 -77.4 10 16.0 -61.6 316 46 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16672 -68.0 -82.6 11 14.6 -68.1 308 26 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.19 m Freezing level: 572.56 mb = 4823.29 m = 15824.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.46 mb = 4102.12 m = 13458.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.02 mb = 549.73 m = 1803.55 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 0.62 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.81 mb = 982.94 m = 3224.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.35 C = 70.44 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.54 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.31 C K Index: 29.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5947.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.04 mb = 933.87 m = 3063.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.2 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 333.2 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.8 neg: -18.0 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 83.00 m/s