MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 153 SFC 971 405 18.5 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 96 4 294.1 296.4 292.1 331.5 13.09 2 950 593 17.5 16.9 96 0.7 17.1 111 9 295.0 297.3 292.2 331.8 12.84 3 900 1055 15.5 14.9 96 0.6 15.1 126 10 297.5 299.7 292.3 332.1 11.96 4 850 1540 13.7 13.4 99 0.2 13.6 131 9 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.2 11.47 5 800 2051 11.9 11.0 94 0.9 11.3 123 7 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.7 10.37 6 750 2591 11.2 7.4 77 3.8 8.9 138 3 308.7 310.3 293.1 335.1 8.65 7 700 3166 9.0 3.2 67 5.8 5.6 271 6 312.4 313.7 292.7 333.9 6.88 8 650 3777 6.1 -3.0 52 9.1 1.5 290 14 315.9 316.8 292.0 331.0 4.73 9 600 4428 2.2 -9.6 41 11.7 -3.0 299 17 318.7 319.3 291.4 328.8 3.09 10 550 5125 -1.8 -17.2 30 15.4 -7.4 301 19 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.0 1.80 11 500 5877 -6.3 -28.4 15 22.2 -12.2 303 24 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.0 0.73 12 450 6693 -11.0 -33.3 14 22.4 -16.0 299 29 329.4 329.6 292.1 331.3 0.51 13 400 7587 -17.4 -21.6 70 4.1 -18.7 316 34 332.3 332.7 293.9 338.4 1.70 14 350 8574 -24.0 -26.7 79 2.7 -24.6 301 48 336.4 336.6 294.5 340.9 1.23 15 300 9679 -32.6 -35.4 76 2.8 -33.0 301 50 339.4 339.6 294.7 341.8 0.63 16 250 10935 -43.4 -43.9 95 0.5 -43.4 301 50 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.8 0.31 17 200 12393 -55.8 -56.1 97 0.3 -55.8 304 55 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.10 18 150 14193 -62.7 -75.3 17 12.5 -62.9 309 54 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16642 -68.2 -82.4 11 14.2 -68.3 322 29 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.65 m Freezing level: 572.69 mb = 4809.07 m = 15777.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3988.39 m = 13085.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.71 mb = 523.82 m = 1718.54 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 7.09 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 1091.81 m = 3582.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.08 C = 71.74 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.92 C Showalter Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.95 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 27.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5878.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.91 mb = 942.61 m = 3092.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 325.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.6 neg: -5.0 tot: 53.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 61.55 m/s