MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.74,-97.26 Latitude: 37.74 Longitude: -97.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 415 23.2 17.1 69 6.0 19.1 143 6 298.9 301.2 293.3 336.1 12.78 2 950 597 20.3 16.1 77 4.2 17.5 138 7 297.8 300.0 292.6 333.1 12.16 3 900 1061 16.1 14.8 92 1.3 15.3 129 6 298.1 300.2 292.4 332.6 11.85 4 850 1546 13.4 12.9 97 0.5 13.1 127 5 300.2 302.2 292.4 332.6 11.05 5 800 2056 12.2 9.0 80 3.3 10.2 143 3 304.2 305.9 292.0 331.2 9.02 6 750 2596 10.5 5.0 69 5.5 7.3 254 3 308.0 309.3 291.8 330.2 7.29 7 700 3170 9.0 -0.5 51 9.5 4.0 302 11 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.1 5.28 8 650 3781 6.8 -5.0 43 11.7 1.0 308 20 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.7 4.07 9 600 4434 2.7 -7.4 47 10.1 -2.0 306 22 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.3 3.67 10 550 5132 -1.9 -8.2 62 6.3 -4.8 304 21 321.8 322.5 292.8 334.1 3.74 11 500 5884 -6.7 -11.0 72 4.3 -8.5 292 23 324.9 325.6 293.3 336.0 3.32 12 450 6699 -12.0 -13.5 89 1.5 -12.6 296 27 328.1 328.7 293.9 338.3 3.00 13 400 7590 -18.0 -18.3 97 0.3 -18.1 301 32 331.6 332.1 294.2 339.5 2.26 14 350 8577 -24.2 -24.4 99 0.1 -24.3 302 41 336.1 336.4 294.7 341.6 1.52 15 300 9682 -32.5 -33.6 90 1.1 -32.6 294 44 339.6 339.8 294.9 342.5 0.75 16 250 10939 -42.8 -42.8 100 0.0 -42.8 297 53 342.4 342.5 295.3 343.8 0.35 17 200 12403 -54.3 -62.1 38 7.8 -54.5 305 62 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14216 -61.9 -78.4 9 16.5 -62.0 322 66 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16663 -69.2 -82.3 13 13.2 -69.2 320 18 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.96 m Freezing level: 570.66 mb = 4843.94 m = 15892.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.00 mb = 3997.56 m = 13115.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.00 mb = 1175.15 m = 3855.43 ft T: 15.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 3.59 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.95 mb = 1359.07 m = 4458.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.66 C = 74.59 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.62 C Showalter Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 23.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5571.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.36 mb = 1219.59 m = 4001.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.9 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 328.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.1 neg: -6.3 tot: 35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 52.59 m/s