MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 34.58,-93.98 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 971 356 27.5 20.2 65 7.3 22.3 152 5 303.3 306.1 296.5 349.5 15.58 2 950 545 29.0 17.3 49 11.7 20.9 172 15 306.7 309.1 295.8 346.4 13.21 3 900 1024 25.2 15.5 55 9.7 18.6 195 17 307.5 309.8 295.5 345.0 12.41 4 850 1523 21.5 12.9 58 8.5 15.8 214 18 308.7 310.7 294.9 342.4 11.10 5 800 2046 17.5 10.9 65 6.6 13.2 233 21 309.8 311.7 294.6 341.1 10.28 6 750 2594 13.0 8.8 76 4.2 10.4 245 24 310.7 312.5 294.3 340.0 9.55 7 700 3170 8.5 6.7 88 1.8 7.4 245 26 311.9 313.6 294.1 339.2 8.84 8 650 3780 5.0 -1.7 62 6.6 1.5 246 25 314.6 315.6 292.0 331.1 5.21 9 600 4430 2.3 -9.6 41 12.0 -3.0 257 18 318.8 319.4 291.4 328.9 3.07 10 550 5128 -1.5 -16.2 32 14.7 -7.0 256 19 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.0 1.96 11 500 5881 -5.4 -33.1 9 27.6 -12.1 241 24 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.2 0.47 12 450 6699 -10.9 -22.5 38 11.6 -14.4 240 26 329.5 329.8 292.9 334.5 1.40 13 400 7593 -17.3 -21.5 70 4.2 -18.6 238 27 332.5 332.8 294.0 338.6 1.71 14 350 8582 -23.0 -36.3 29 13.3 -25.3 241 23 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.7 0.49 15 300 9692 -31.6 -42.3 34 10.7 -32.9 246 24 340.8 340.8 294.8 342.0 0.31 16 250 10954 -41.9 -45.7 66 3.8 -42.2 252 23 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.26 17 200 12425 -53.7 -60.6 43 6.9 -53.9 257 26 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.05 18 150 14219 -65.7 -75.2 25 9.5 -65.7 260 26 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16634 -69.0 -82.2 13 13.1 -69.1 237 35 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.38 m Freezing level: 569.50 mb = 4856.08 m = 15931.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3991.06 m = 13093.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.31 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.02 mb = 1289.86 m = 4231.79 ft T: 23.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 20.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.81 mb = 2551.03 m = 8369.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.68 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.92 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 359.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.24 mb = 2107.36 m = 6913.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.24 mb = 2943.92 m = 9658.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.24 mb = 11244.35 m = 36890.47 ft B at Equ Level: 357.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.24 mb = 14249.63 m = 46750.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 150.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 7.43 Bulk Shear: 48.36 m/s