MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 34.60,-98.44 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 360 23.6 19.3 77 4.3 20.6 144 3 298.9 301.6 294.7 341.4 14.61 2 950 591 24.2 18.4 70 5.8 20.2 117 7 301.8 304.4 295.1 343.5 14.18 3 900 1064 21.1 16.6 75 4.5 18.1 76 10 303.3 305.8 295.0 342.9 13.35 4 850 1557 17.8 14.2 79 3.6 15.4 44 14 304.8 307.0 294.5 340.8 12.05 5 800 2074 14.3 11.1 81 3.1 12.3 25 18 306.3 308.3 293.8 337.8 10.45 6 750 2616 11.2 6.1 71 5.1 8.2 37 15 308.8 310.3 292.5 332.9 7.90 7 700 3191 8.8 0.6 56 8.2 4.4 45 11 312.2 313.3 291.7 330.1 5.72 8 650 3800 5.0 -3.2 55 8.2 0.9 29 12 314.7 315.5 291.6 329.4 4.64 9 600 4449 1.4 -11.3 38 12.7 -3.9 19 15 317.8 318.3 290.7 326.6 2.69 10 550 5144 -2.3 -16.7 32 14.5 -7.5 8 17 321.4 321.8 291.1 327.8 1.87 11 500 5895 -6.4 -19.5 34 13.2 -10.8 341 18 325.3 325.6 292.0 330.9 1.63 12 450 6711 -11.5 -29.6 21 18.1 -16.0 328 17 328.8 328.9 292.1 331.4 0.73 13 400 7606 -15.1 -52.9 2 37.7 -20.1 308 29 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.07 14 350 8602 -21.8 -44.0 12 22.2 -25.0 295 39 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.3 0.22 15 300 9717 -30.6 -38.4 46 7.8 -31.7 289 45 342.2 342.3 295.3 344.0 0.46 16 250 10981 -41.8 -44.8 72 3.1 -42.1 280 46 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.1 0.28 17 200 12456 -53.0 -58.9 49 5.9 -53.2 279 49 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.07 18 150 14256 -65.7 -71.2 46 5.6 -65.7 284 48 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16673 -70.5 -81.8 18 11.3 -70.6 315 27 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.37 m Freezing level: 580.82 mb = 4715.70 m = 15471.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.65 mb = 3917.64 m = 12853.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.86 mb = 910.98 m = 2988.76 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.96 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.36 mb = 1880.30 m = 6168.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.46 C = 86.84 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 30.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.25 mb = 1453.47 m = 4768.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.25 mb = 3486.73 m = 11439.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 425.25 mb = 7141.12 m = 23428.60 ft B at Equ Level: 114.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 315.25 mb = 9358.19 m = 30702.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.5 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 52.5 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -28.8 tot: -26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.63 Bulk Shear: 31.76 m/s