MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 34.57,-98.47 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 970 357 36.8 10.5 20 26.3 19.6 216 10 312.7 314.2 293.9 338.2 8.22 2 950 542 33.6 9.4 23 24.2 18.1 217 12 311.2 312.7 293.2 335.3 7.79 3 900 1026 28.7 8.5 28 20.3 16.0 217 12 311.1 312.6 293.0 335.0 7.74 4 850 1529 23.9 7.5 35 16.3 13.7 217 11 311.1 312.6 293.0 334.8 7.67 5 800 2054 18.8 6.5 45 12.3 11.4 215 10 311.2 312.7 293.0 334.8 7.63 6 750 2603 13.6 5.4 58 8.2 8.7 212 10 311.3 312.7 292.9 334.5 7.50 7 700 3180 9.3 -0.9 49 10.2 3.9 178 7 312.7 313.7 291.4 328.8 5.11 8 650 3790 5.6 -11.4 28 17.0 -1.6 164 2 315.3 315.8 289.8 323.4 2.46 9 600 4439 1.5 -19.1 20 20.6 -5.7 340 6 317.8 318.1 289.5 322.6 1.40 10 550 5133 -2.7 -27.8 12 25.1 -9.6 347 8 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.4 0.71 11 500 5881 -7.8 -29.0 16 21.2 -13.2 331 10 323.6 323.7 290.6 326.1 0.70 12 450 6690 -14.2 -29.8 25 15.6 -17.8 273 8 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.0 0.72 13 400 7575 -18.8 -43.0 10 24.2 -22.4 278 13 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.21 14 350 8554 -26.6 -43.9 18 17.3 -28.7 280 17 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.22 15 300 9649 -34.7 -42.7 44 8.0 -35.5 300 24 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.6 0.30 16 250 10894 -44.4 -44.4 100 -0.0 -44.4 287 37 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.2 0.29 17 200 12349 -55.9 -57.4 83 1.5 -55.9 289 64 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.08 18 150 14136 -64.5 -74.3 25 9.8 -64.6 288 64 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16591 -68.5 -82.4 12 13.9 -68.6 295 25 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.37 m Freezing level: 582.24 mb = 4685.34 m = 15371.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.33 mb = 3610.05 m = 11843.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.02 % Est. max temperature: 35.34 C = 95.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.47 mb = 3620.82 m = 11879.18 ft T: 6.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.12 mb = 4171.29 m = 13685.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.91 C = 105.64 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.61 C Cross Totals Index: 15.26 C K Index: 28.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 668.30 mb = 3561.03 m = 11683.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 453.30 mb = 6633.82 m = 21764.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.30 mb = 6974.10 m = 22880.61 ft B at Equ Level: 6.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 413.30 mb = 7329.20 m = 24045.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -47.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -22.6 tot: -19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 4.73 m/s