MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 34.85,-94.84 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 985 269 22.2 15.9 68 6.3 18.1 114 2 296.6 298.7 291.7 330.2 11.62 2 950 587 25.6 13.9 48 11.7 17.9 109 12 303.2 305.1 293.0 334.6 10.58 3 900 1060 22.0 12.0 53 9.9 15.5 103 15 304.1 306.0 292.7 333.5 9.85 4 850 1553 17.7 10.4 62 7.3 13.1 93 12 304.7 306.5 292.5 332.8 9.38 5 800 2068 13.1 8.9 76 4.2 10.5 82 10 305.1 306.8 292.3 332.1 8.98 6 750 2608 8.8 5.5 80 3.3 6.9 68 12 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.0 7.55 7 700 3178 8.0 -1.7 50 9.7 3.0 14 12 311.4 312.3 290.7 326.5 4.82 8 650 3786 4.8 -8.3 38 13.0 -1.1 5 13 314.4 315.0 290.1 324.5 3.15 9 600 4434 1.6 -22.2 15 23.8 -6.1 2 13 317.9 318.2 289.2 321.6 1.07 10 550 5129 -2.4 -30.3 10 27.9 -9.7 346 18 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.2 0.56 11 500 5879 -6.8 -33.2 10 26.4 -13.0 324 27 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.4 0.46 12 450 6691 -12.7 -40.3 8 27.6 -17.7 306 30 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.25 13 400 7580 -18.2 -47.6 6 29.4 -22.1 311 34 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.13 14 350 8564 -24.1 -53.8 5 29.7 -27.1 307 40 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.07 15 300 9674 -30.6 -53.4 9 22.8 -32.5 299 59 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.09 16 250 10942 -40.9 -48.2 45 7.4 -41.4 293 66 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.1 0.19 17 200 12418 -53.2 -57.9 56 4.7 -53.4 292 68 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14216 -64.5 -74.2 25 9.7 -64.6 302 52 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16650 -68.3 -81.9 12 13.6 -68.4 334 26 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.82 m Freezing level: 580.20 mb = 4709.49 m = 15450.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.33 mb = 3619.57 m = 11875.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.15 mb = 1078.11 m = 3537.05 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 13.01 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.73 mb = 2390.64 m = 7843.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: 2.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 17.28 C K Index: 25.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5190.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.29 mb = 2001.79 m = 6567.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.9 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 44.9 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -45.0 tot: -39.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 43.56 m/s