MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 154 SFC 971 405 18.0 17.1 95 0.8 17.4 101 5 293.6 295.8 291.7 329.9 12.74 2 950 594 17.2 16.8 97 0.4 16.9 112 9 294.6 296.9 292.0 331.1 12.74 3 900 1055 15.6 14.8 95 0.8 15.1 111 9 297.5 299.7 292.2 331.9 11.84 4 850 1540 13.4 13.0 98 0.4 13.1 115 6 300.1 302.2 292.4 332.8 11.13 5 800 2050 11.5 11.0 97 0.4 11.2 137 4 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.3 10.39 6 750 2590 11.0 7.3 78 3.7 8.8 220 2 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.7 8.58 7 700 3165 8.8 2.6 65 6.2 5.3 283 9 312.2 313.5 292.4 332.8 6.61 8 650 3775 5.8 -3.3 52 9.1 1.2 293 16 315.5 316.4 291.8 330.3 4.62 9 600 4426 2.0 -9.6 42 11.6 -3.1 299 17 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.5 3.07 10 550 5122 -2.2 -16.5 33 14.3 -7.5 306 17 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.92 11 500 5873 -5.8 -24.2 22 18.4 -11.3 314 21 326.0 326.2 291.6 329.8 1.08 12 450 6691 -11.5 -19.3 52 7.8 -14.0 306 24 328.8 329.2 293.2 335.3 1.85 13 400 7584 -17.5 -19.5 85 2.0 -18.1 311 35 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.4 2.04 14 350 8572 -23.4 -28.8 61 5.5 -24.6 304 46 337.2 337.5 294.6 341.0 1.01 15 300 9679 -32.7 -35.5 76 2.8 -33.1 308 50 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.7 0.62 16 250 10934 -43.3 -44.4 89 1.1 -43.4 308 50 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.8 0.29 17 200 12394 -55.4 -56.5 87 1.1 -55.4 309 57 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.09 18 150 14195 -62.3 -75.9 15 13.6 -62.5 318 53 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16649 -68.9 -82.3 13 13.4 -69.0 326 27 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.93 m Freezing level: 576.11 mb = 4758.54 m = 15611.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.07 mb = 3951.20 m = 12963.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.30 mb = 510.49 m = 1674.83 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 6.67 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1170.24 m = 3839.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.52 C = 72.54 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.93 C Showalter Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 25.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6108.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.91 mb = 943.17 m = 3094.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.8 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 332.8 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.2 neg: -3.3 tot: 51.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 56.80 m/s