MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 971 406 21.9 17.4 76 4.5 18.8 108 4 297.5 299.9 293.1 335.0 12.95 2 950 596 19.4 16.4 83 2.9 17.4 105 5 296.8 299.1 292.5 332.8 12.47 3 900 1058 15.3 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 99 5 297.2 299.4 292.2 331.8 11.94 4 850 1543 13.8 12.4 91 1.5 12.9 63 2 300.7 302.6 292.3 332.1 10.70 5 800 2053 11.4 10.7 96 0.7 11.0 328 2 303.3 305.2 292.7 333.6 10.17 6 750 2593 10.8 6.7 76 4.1 8.3 301 5 308.3 309.9 292.6 333.5 8.25 7 700 3167 9.7 -3.1 41 12.7 3.2 299 11 313.2 314.0 290.9 327.0 4.36 8 650 3779 6.6 -5.7 41 12.3 0.7 304 18 316.5 317.2 291.4 328.9 3.85 9 600 4431 2.3 -8.0 46 10.3 -2.4 302 21 318.7 319.4 291.7 330.1 3.48 10 550 5128 -2.2 -9.3 59 7.0 -5.3 301 21 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.8 3.45 11 500 5880 -6.4 -12.3 63 5.9 -8.8 292 23 325.2 325.8 293.1 335.2 2.98 12 450 6695 -12.0 -13.2 90 1.3 -12.5 291 26 328.2 328.8 294.0 338.6 3.07 13 400 7587 -17.6 -18.0 97 0.4 -17.7 304 35 332.1 332.6 294.4 340.2 2.32 14 350 8574 -24.0 -24.0 100 0.0 -23.9 298 42 336.4 336.8 294.8 342.1 1.58 15 300 9680 -32.5 -33.2 93 0.7 -32.6 299 47 339.6 339.8 294.9 342.6 0.78 16 250 10938 -42.6 -42.9 97 0.3 -42.7 294 54 342.7 342.7 295.3 344.0 0.35 17 200 12402 -54.6 -56.2 83 1.6 -54.7 302 64 346.2 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.09 18 150 14209 -62.3 -78.1 10 15.8 -62.4 325 69 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16656 -69.1 -82.5 13 13.4 -69.1 323 18 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.01 m Freezing level: 574.82 mb = 4782.20 m = 15689.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.30 mb = 3914.53 m = 12842.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.50 C = 79.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.82 mb = 974.90 m = 3198.45 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.60 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1147.15 m = 3763.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.23 C = 72.01 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.42 C Showalter Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.26 C Cross Totals Index: 18.81 C K Index: 19.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5443.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.65 mb = 1090.02 m = 3576.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -3.2 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 41.79 m/s