MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 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 148 SFC 971 405 21.1 18.7 86 2.4 19.5 106 8 296.8 299.3 293.7 337.5 14.11 2 950 590 18.7 17.7 94 1.0 18.1 106 9 296.2 298.6 293.1 335.2 13.56 3 900 1053 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 102 9 298.2 300.6 293.3 335.7 12.91 4 850 1540 15.3 12.8 85 2.5 13.7 81 10 302.2 304.2 293.0 334.7 11.01 5 800 2054 13.6 10.2 80 3.4 11.4 78 9 305.6 307.4 293.0 335.0 9.79 6 750 2596 11.1 7.4 78 3.7 8.8 73 9 308.6 310.2 293.0 334.9 8.64 7 700 3171 9.3 3.2 66 6.1 5.8 46 7 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.3 6.91 8 650 3783 6.1 1.3 71 4.8 3.4 338 9 315.9 317.1 293.4 336.3 6.47 9 600 4434 1.6 -1.7 79 3.3 -0.2 320 16 318.0 319.0 293.3 336.0 5.63 10 550 5130 -2.6 -6.5 74 4.0 -4.4 316 20 321.1 321.9 293.0 335.0 4.27 11 500 5881 -7.0 -12.1 67 5.1 -9.1 307 25 324.5 325.1 293.0 334.6 3.02 12 450 6695 -11.7 -18.8 56 7.1 -14.1 305 28 328.5 328.9 293.1 335.2 1.92 13 400 7587 -17.7 -25.4 51 7.7 -19.7 301 30 331.9 332.2 293.4 336.3 1.21 14 350 8573 -24.2 -46.4 11 22.1 -26.9 304 38 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.8 0.17 15 300 9676 -33.5 -43.4 36 9.9 -34.6 302 48 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.3 0.27 16 250 10926 -43.9 -45.6 82 1.8 -44.0 310 54 340.9 340.9 294.8 341.9 0.26 17 200 12403 -50.8 -69.0 10 18.2 -51.2 301 69 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14222 -63.2 -76.0 16 12.8 -63.3 302 46 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16669 -68.7 -82.7 12 14.0 -68.8 330 27 394.9 394.9 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.79 m Freezing level: 580.85 mb = 4700.70 m = 15422.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.18 mb = 4404.35 m = 14449.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.24 mb = 706.10 m = 2316.59 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 2.32 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 1016.14 m = 3333.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.36 C = 72.26 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 29.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4402.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.63 mb = 971.55 m = 3187.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.6 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 10.6 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -14.6 tot: -9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 54.14 m/s