MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 137 SFC 970 406 23.0 17.5 71 5.5 19.2 123 6 298.8 301.2 293.5 336.8 13.06 2 950 581 20.8 16.5 76 4.4 17.9 118 6 298.3 300.6 293.0 334.7 12.50 3 900 1047 16.5 15.4 93 1.1 15.8 105 5 298.5 300.7 292.9 334.4 12.33 4 850 1532 14.7 12.6 87 2.1 13.3 40 4 301.5 303.5 292.6 333.5 10.83 5 800 2045 13.3 9.4 77 3.9 10.9 323 8 305.3 307.0 292.6 333.2 9.29 6 750 2587 11.8 5.0 63 6.8 7.9 306 15 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.9 7.32 7 700 3163 9.3 0.4 54 8.9 4.5 304 20 312.8 313.9 291.9 330.5 5.64 8 650 3773 5.1 -1.2 64 6.3 1.8 299 18 314.7 315.8 292.2 331.8 5.41 9 600 4422 0.9 -4.1 69 5.0 -1.6 297 15 317.2 318.1 292.3 332.3 4.71 10 550 5118 -2.9 -6.1 79 3.1 -4.4 294 17 320.6 321.4 293.0 335.0 4.42 11 500 5867 -6.9 -7.7 93 0.9 -7.2 287 24 324.7 325.5 294.0 338.8 4.28 12 450 6684 -11.3 -11.9 95 0.6 -11.6 295 30 329.0 329.7 294.4 340.6 3.41 13 400 7578 -16.8 -17.0 99 0.2 -16.9 291 34 333.1 333.6 294.8 342.0 2.53 14 350 8568 -23.4 -23.4 100 0.0 -23.4 285 36 337.2 337.5 295.1 343.2 1.66 15 300 9676 -32.0 -32.0 100 -0.0 -32.0 280 37 340.3 340.5 295.2 343.6 0.87 16 250 10935 -42.9 -42.9 100 -0.0 -42.9 291 49 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.35 17 200 12399 -53.7 -61.7 37 8.0 -53.9 307 66 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.05 18 150 14211 -62.4 -78.0 11 15.5 -62.6 324 63 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16654 -69.2 -82.4 13 13.2 -69.3 313 21 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.38 m Freezing level: 588.13 mb = 4587.46 m = 15050.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.18 mb = 4114.97 m = 13500.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.87 mb = 1104.74 m = 3624.44 ft T: 16.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 6.30 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1689.36 m = 5542.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 2.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 25.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5195.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.63 mb = 1212.29 m = 3977.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.3 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 329.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -17.2 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 56.76 m/s