MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z 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 143 SFC 970 406 21.6 18.7 84 2.9 19.6 91 7 297.3 299.9 293.9 338.2 14.14 2 950 586 20.0 17.8 87 2.1 18.5 94 11 297.5 299.9 293.6 337.0 13.65 3 900 1051 16.8 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 108 12 298.8 301.1 293.2 335.6 12.63 4 850 1537 14.4 13.9 97 0.5 14.1 105 11 301.3 303.4 293.4 336.2 11.86 5 800 2052 14.4 9.7 73 4.7 11.5 91 7 306.5 308.3 293.1 335.2 9.51 6 750 2596 12.7 5.4 61 7.3 8.4 74 5 310.4 311.8 292.7 333.5 7.52 7 700 3173 9.9 1.6 56 8.3 5.3 3 3 313.5 314.6 292.4 332.8 6.15 8 650 3785 5.8 1.1 72 4.7 3.2 322 10 315.5 316.8 293.3 335.7 6.40 9 600 4436 2.1 -4.5 62 6.6 -1.2 312 19 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.2 4.56 10 550 5134 -1.8 -11.0 50 9.1 -5.7 306 24 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.9 3.01 11 500 5886 -6.2 -18.4 38 12.2 -10.4 307 23 325.5 325.8 292.2 331.7 1.80 12 450 6701 -11.7 -27.0 27 15.4 -15.7 310 23 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.9 0.93 13 400 7595 -16.7 -44.7 7 28.0 -21.0 306 31 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.18 14 350 8582 -24.6 -32.7 47 8.2 -26.1 308 48 335.6 335.8 293.9 338.2 0.70 15 300 9684 -33.5 -36.2 76 2.7 -33.9 303 55 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.4 0.58 16 250 10936 -44.0 -46.4 77 2.4 -44.2 313 61 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.24 17 200 12402 -51.7 -69.0 11 17.3 -52.0 306 75 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14221 -62.3 -77.2 12 14.8 -62.5 310 50 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16673 -69.1 -82.4 13 13.3 -69.2 314 25 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.18 m Freezing level: 573.59 mb = 4804.70 m = 15763.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.68 mb = 4252.90 m = 13952.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.00 mb = 769.17 m = 2523.50 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 3.44 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1203.82 m = 3949.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.87 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: 2.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 26.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4263.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.02 mb = 1060.30 m = 3478.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.2 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 356.2 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -9.7 tot: 15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 64.51 m/s