MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 974 362 24.9 16.3 59 8.6 19.1 118 7 300.3 302.6 293.2 335.7 12.05 2 950 579 26.2 15.5 52 10.7 19.0 120 17 303.8 305.9 294.0 338.7 11.75 3 900 1054 23.7 11.9 47 11.8 16.0 99 9 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.3 9.75 4 850 1550 20.5 8.5 46 12.0 13.1 11 7 307.6 309.1 292.4 332.6 8.21 5 800 2070 16.1 5.9 51 10.2 10.1 9 11 308.3 309.7 291.9 330.7 7.32 6 750 2614 11.8 1.8 50 10.1 6.3 37 16 309.4 310.5 291.0 327.4 5.81 7 700 3188 7.9 -2.9 46 10.8 2.5 34 19 311.2 312.0 290.3 325.0 4.40 8 650 3795 4.7 -9.8 34 14.5 -1.6 22 20 314.3 314.8 289.8 323.3 2.79 9 600 4443 1.9 -15.9 25 17.8 -4.8 7 20 318.3 318.7 290.1 324.5 1.84 10 550 5140 -1.5 -28.7 10 27.3 -9.0 359 19 322.3 322.5 290.2 324.7 0.65 11 500 5893 -5.7 -35.6 7 29.8 -12.5 343 19 326.1 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.37 12 450 6709 -11.4 -42.0 6 30.6 -16.9 326 25 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.21 13 400 7600 -18.4 -41.5 11 23.1 -22.0 319 27 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 14 350 8583 -25.1 -48.1 10 23.0 -27.6 296 37 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 15 300 9687 -31.8 -42.6 33 10.9 -33.0 305 57 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.8 0.30 16 250 10950 -41.9 -44.1 79 2.2 -42.1 299 65 343.8 343.8 295.5 345.0 0.31 17 200 12422 -53.1 -60.1 43 7.0 -53.3 307 59 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14228 -64.2 -76.8 16 12.7 -64.3 302 44 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16650 -68.4 -82.7 11 14.3 -68.5 340 21 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.42 m Freezing level: 571.75 mb = 4837.14 m = 15869.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.32 mb = 3554.80 m = 11662.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.00 % Est. max temperature: 32.50 C = 90.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.24 mb = 1466.43 m = 4811.05 ft T: 21.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 15.40 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.20 mb = 2893.85 m = 9494.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.80 C = 94.65 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.35 C Showalter Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.22 C K Index: 23.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4426.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.19 mb = 2227.67 m = 7308.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.1 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 46.1 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.0 neg: -30.3 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 70.72 m/s