MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 141 SFC 970 406 22.1 18.8 81 3.3 19.8 90 7 297.8 300.4 294.1 339.0 14.19 2 950 585 19.7 17.8 88 2.0 18.4 92 9 297.2 299.7 293.4 336.6 13.60 3 900 1049 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 95 9 298.1 300.5 293.1 335.2 12.76 4 850 1535 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 96 10 302.2 304.3 293.3 335.8 11.37 5 800 2049 13.8 10.3 80 3.4 11.6 94 9 305.8 307.7 293.2 335.6 9.91 6 750 2592 11.9 6.6 70 5.3 8.7 83 7 309.5 311.1 292.9 334.5 8.17 7 700 3168 9.6 2.3 60 7.3 5.5 30 4 313.1 314.4 292.6 333.4 6.49 8 650 3780 5.9 1.6 74 4.3 3.5 326 9 315.6 316.9 293.4 336.6 6.64 9 600 4432 2.1 -3.6 66 5.7 -0.8 315 18 318.5 319.5 292.9 334.3 4.89 10 550 5129 -2.1 -9.1 59 7.0 -5.3 304 24 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.1 3.48 11 500 5880 -6.7 -14.1 55 7.5 -9.6 307 24 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.6 2.56 12 450 6695 -11.7 -20.2 49 8.5 -14.5 307 28 328.5 328.8 292.9 334.4 1.70 13 400 7587 -17.1 -38.6 14 21.5 -21.0 303 31 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.0 0.34 14 350 8574 -24.5 -43.1 16 18.6 -26.9 311 43 335.8 335.8 293.5 336.7 0.24 15 300 9676 -33.7 -39.7 55 6.0 -34.4 304 49 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.5 0.40 16 250 10926 -43.9 -51.1 45 7.2 -44.3 310 57 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.14 17 200 12400 -51.0 -69.2 10 18.2 -51.4 301 69 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14218 -62.7 -77.0 13 14.3 -62.8 306 46 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16667 -69.3 -82.4 13 13.1 -69.4 318 24 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.82 m Freezing level: 575.19 mb = 4777.89 m = 15675.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.23 mb = 4307.51 m = 14132.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.93 mb = 823.65 m = 2702.24 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 3.76 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.93 mb = 1020.93 m = 3349.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.35 C = 72.22 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 28.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.07 mb = 1029.11 m = 3376.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.07 mb = 1076.58 m = 3532.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 887.07 mb = 1171.98 m = 3845.04 ft B at Equ Level: 10.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 847.07 mb = 1564.57 m = 5133.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.1 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 359.1 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -5.7 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 53.99 m/s