MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 34.54,-98.44 Latitude: 34.54 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 99 SFC 972 352 35.4 12.9 26 22.5 20.4 202 6 311.1 312.9 294.5 340.8 9.69 2 950 557 32.1 12.0 29 20.1 18.8 206 5 309.8 311.5 293.9 338.2 9.29 3 900 1039 27.3 11.1 36 16.2 16.8 215 4 309.7 311.4 293.8 338.0 9.26 4 850 1540 22.5 10.1 46 12.3 14.6 232 3 309.7 311.4 293.8 337.8 9.19 5 800 2063 17.5 9.1 58 8.4 12.2 260 2 309.8 311.5 293.7 337.7 9.12 6 750 2610 12.3 7.9 74 4.4 9.6 318 2 309.9 311.6 293.6 337.3 8.93 7 700 3185 8.2 2.0 65 6.2 4.8 24 9 311.5 312.7 292.0 331.2 6.32 8 650 3792 4.1 -10.5 33 14.6 -2.1 26 10 313.6 314.1 289.4 322.1 2.63 9 600 4439 1.4 -26.9 10 28.3 -6.8 357 10 317.8 317.9 288.8 320.2 0.70 10 550 5134 -2.1 -29.6 10 27.5 -9.5 348 16 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.60 11 500 5884 -7.2 -32.0 12 24.8 -13.1 344 17 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.53 12 450 6697 -12.3 -42.9 6 30.6 -17.5 343 19 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 13 400 7586 -18.3 -36.6 18 18.4 -21.6 326 20 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.8 0.41 14 350 8566 -26.0 -37.0 35 10.9 -27.7 300 26 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.4 0.46 15 300 9662 -33.6 -49.9 18 16.3 -34.9 300 39 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.13 16 250 10917 -42.8 -51.6 37 8.9 -43.3 297 48 342.5 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.13 17 200 12383 -54.3 -59.6 52 5.4 -54.4 300 46 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14182 -63.4 -75.0 19 11.6 -63.5 304 43 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16621 -69.6 -82.6 13 13.0 -69.7 310 28 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.43 m Freezing level: 579.72 mb = 4721.08 m = 15488.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.24 mb = 3601.99 m = 11817.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.11 C = 93.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.99 mb = 3149.32 m = 10332.29 ft T: 8.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 20.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.70 mb = 3330.08 m = 10925.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.37 C = 97.47 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.62 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3099.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.80 mb = 3080.70 m = 10107.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.4 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 20.4 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -166.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 24.27 m/s