MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 34.12,-95.20 Latitude: 34.12 Longitude: -95.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 996 186 27.3 17.6 55 9.7 20.6 63 3 300.8 303.1 293.9 338.4 12.81 2 950 605 23.4 14.3 56 9.2 17.4 61 7 301.0 302.9 292.4 332.8 10.81 3 900 1076 21.3 10.6 51 10.7 14.6 57 8 303.5 305.1 291.8 330.3 8.98 4 850 1568 17.3 8.7 57 8.6 12.0 53 7 304.3 305.8 291.5 329.2 8.32 5 800 2082 12.9 6.6 66 6.3 9.2 50 7 304.9 306.3 291.2 328.0 7.68 6 750 2620 8.4 4.3 75 4.2 6.1 55 10 305.7 307.0 290.8 326.8 6.95 7 700 3187 5.4 -0.1 68 5.5 2.5 53 9 308.4 309.5 290.3 325.2 5.42 8 650 3792 4.1 -15.8 22 19.9 -3.4 3 9 313.6 313.9 288.5 319.2 1.71 9 600 4438 0.5 -21.1 18 21.5 -6.6 336 12 316.7 316.9 288.9 320.7 1.19 10 550 5129 -4.0 -24.9 18 20.9 -10.0 328 13 319.4 319.6 289.5 322.6 0.92 11 500 5876 -7.4 -27.4 19 20.0 -12.8 321 15 324.0 324.2 290.8 326.9 0.81 12 450 6689 -11.6 -41.1 7 29.6 -16.9 308 24 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.23 13 400 7581 -17.4 -43.4 8 26.0 -21.4 305 33 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.20 14 350 8568 -24.6 -30.4 58 5.8 -25.8 304 40 335.6 335.8 294.0 338.9 0.87 15 300 9671 -33.0 -36.6 70 3.6 -33.5 302 48 338.8 339.0 294.6 341.0 0.55 16 250 10927 -42.7 -47.3 60 4.6 -43.0 300 61 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.5 0.21 17 200 12394 -53.9 -56.5 73 2.6 -53.9 309 77 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.9 0.09 18 150 14192 -64.9 -75.5 22 10.6 -65.0 293 57 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16631 -68.8 -82.5 12 13.7 -68.9 320 17 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.41 m Freezing level: 594.69 mb = 4511.23 m = 14800.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.55 mb = 3441.22 m = 11289.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.14 mb = 1415.92 m = 4645.35 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 19.16 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.69 mb = 2296.42 m = 7534.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: 2.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 16.07 C K Index: 27.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.62 mb = 1866.05 m = 6122.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.62 mb = 2891.90 m = 9487.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 695.62 mb = 3238.55 m = 10625.04 ft B at Equ Level: 11.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 655.62 mb = 3721.39 m = 12209.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.8 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 36.8 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -5.3 tot: -4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.28 Bulk Shear: 8.92 m/s