MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 160 SFC 972 405 19.5 17.5 89 1.9 18.2 117 5 295.0 297.4 292.4 332.5 13.08 2 950 601 17.3 16.8 97 0.5 17.0 118 7 294.7 297.0 292.0 331.2 12.76 3 900 1062 15.1 14.6 97 0.4 14.8 115 7 297.0 299.1 292.0 330.9 11.71 4 850 1546 13.4 12.6 95 0.8 12.9 114 4 300.2 302.2 292.2 331.9 10.82 5 800 2056 11.1 10.8 98 0.3 10.9 174 2 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.3 10.20 6 750 2595 10.3 7.6 83 2.7 8.6 287 2 307.7 309.4 292.9 334.3 8.75 7 700 3168 8.9 -0.2 53 9.0 4.1 307 8 312.3 313.3 291.5 329.2 5.40 8 650 3779 6.2 -6.1 41 12.4 0.3 306 16 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.0 3.72 9 600 4431 2.5 -11.5 35 14.0 -3.4 299 19 319.1 319.6 291.1 327.8 2.64 10 550 5128 -1.7 -14.3 38 12.6 -6.7 307 19 322.0 322.5 291.6 329.8 2.30 11 500 5880 -5.9 -14.0 53 8.0 -9.1 301 21 325.8 326.3 293.0 334.6 2.60 12 450 6697 -12.0 -14.3 83 2.3 -12.9 295 23 328.2 328.7 293.7 337.7 2.80 13 400 7588 -17.8 -18.6 93 0.8 -18.1 308 33 331.8 332.3 294.2 339.5 2.20 14 350 8576 -23.8 -26.6 78 2.8 -24.5 302 43 336.7 336.9 294.6 341.2 1.24 15 300 9682 -32.6 -33.0 96 0.4 -32.7 300 51 339.4 339.6 294.9 342.4 0.79 16 250 10938 -43.1 -43.9 92 0.8 -43.2 304 51 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.2 0.31 17 200 12402 -54.8 -55.5 91 0.7 -54.8 302 58 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.10 18 150 14200 -62.6 -76.5 14 13.9 -62.7 324 69 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16651 -68.4 -82.6 11 14.2 -68.5 340 24 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.18 m Freezing level: 570.30 mb = 4845.10 m = 15895.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.76 mb = 3832.30 m = 12573.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.00 mb = 645.73 m = 2118.51 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 6.51 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 1013.60 m = 3325.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.23 C = 70.22 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: 4.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.11 C Showalter Index: 4.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.33 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 22.84 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6149.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.39 mb = 945.00 m = 3100.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.7 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 332.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.8 neg: -3.1 tot: 24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 42.88 m/s