MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 161 SFC 972 405 18.5 17.6 94 0.9 17.9 111 4 294.1 296.4 292.2 331.6 13.14 2 950 601 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.1 120 10 294.9 297.2 292.2 331.9 12.90 3 900 1063 15.1 15.0 99 0.2 15.0 129 14 297.1 299.3 292.2 331.7 11.96 4 850 1547 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 136 13 300.5 302.6 292.8 334.0 11.42 5 800 2058 12.2 11.5 95 0.8 11.7 127 9 304.2 306.2 293.3 336.1 10.69 6 750 2600 11.5 7.4 76 4.1 9.0 122 3 309.1 310.7 293.2 335.5 8.67 7 700 3175 9.3 3.9 69 5.4 6.1 278 5 312.8 314.1 293.2 335.3 7.23 8 650 3787 6.0 -2.4 55 8.4 1.7 291 15 315.8 316.7 292.1 331.5 4.94 9 600 4438 1.8 -7.7 49 9.5 -2.5 295 21 318.3 318.9 291.7 329.9 3.58 10 550 5133 -2.5 -16.1 34 13.6 -7.5 299 21 321.2 321.5 291.1 327.9 1.98 11 500 5883 -6.9 -26.1 20 19.2 -12.2 308 23 324.7 324.8 291.1 327.9 0.91 12 450 6698 -10.7 -43.9 5 33.2 -16.5 296 30 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.17 13 400 7593 -16.7 -30.2 30 13.6 -19.8 313 39 333.3 333.5 293.3 336.2 0.77 14 350 8582 -23.9 -27.8 70 3.9 -24.8 305 54 336.5 336.7 294.4 340.6 1.11 15 300 9687 -32.8 -35.1 80 2.3 -33.1 306 54 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.7 0.65 16 250 10943 -43.4 -46.6 71 3.2 -43.6 324 55 341.5 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.23 17 200 12401 -55.1 -59.0 62 3.9 -55.2 300 54 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.07 18 150 14210 -61.8 -77.0 11 15.2 -61.9 313 53 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16665 -67.8 -82.5 11 14.6 -67.9 308 28 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.33 m Freezing level: 578.61 mb = 4735.28 m = 15535.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.04 mb = 4040.25 m = 13255.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.13 mb = 518.99 m = 1702.71 ft T: 17.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 8.21 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.33 mb = 955.93 m = 3136.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.05 C = 69.89 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.28 C Showalter Index: 2.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 28.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5746.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.82 mb = 913.89 m = 2998.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.8 neg: -9.6 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 75.47 m/s