MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F372.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F372.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 12 SEP 25 Station: 35.53,-97.68 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -97.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 970 384 24.1 21.0 83 3.2 21.9 190 16 299.9 302.8 296.1 347.5 16.30 2 950 566 23.2 20.0 82 3.2 20.9 190 26 300.8 303.6 295.9 346.8 15.68 3 900 1038 21.3 16.9 76 4.5 18.2 184 26 303.5 306.0 295.2 343.7 13.55 4 850 1532 18.7 13.8 73 4.9 15.4 185 21 305.7 307.9 294.6 341.0 11.77 5 800 2051 16.1 10.8 71 5.3 12.7 198 16 308.3 310.2 294.1 339.3 10.22 6 750 2598 12.9 8.1 73 4.8 9.9 216 11 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.5 9.08 7 700 3175 9.2 5.2 76 4.0 6.8 237 9 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.3 7.93 8 650 3786 5.0 2.4 83 2.6 3.5 256 10 314.6 316.0 293.4 336.6 7.01 9 600 4435 1.1 -0.8 87 1.9 0.1 265 16 317.4 318.6 293.5 336.7 6.04 10 550 5130 -3.7 -7.2 76 3.5 -5.3 252 19 319.7 320.5 292.5 332.9 4.05 11 500 5877 -8.3 -11.0 81 2.7 -9.4 259 27 323.0 323.6 292.8 334.0 3.31 12 450 6689 -12.0 -13.3 90 1.3 -12.5 237 45 328.2 328.8 294.0 338.6 3.06 13 400 7582 -17.5 -18.1 95 0.6 -17.7 221 43 332.3 332.7 294.4 340.3 2.29 14 350 8569 -24.0 -25.7 86 1.7 -24.4 216 45 336.4 336.7 294.6 341.3 1.35 15 300 9675 -32.4 -32.9 95 0.5 -32.5 210 34 339.7 339.8 295.0 342.7 0.80 16 250 10933 -42.4 -42.4 100 0.0 -42.4 215 43 343.0 343.1 295.4 344.5 0.36 17 200 12401 -54.6 -54.7 99 0.0 -54.6 212 51 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.8 0.11 18 150 14184 -66.7 -67.2 93 0.5 -66.7 233 62 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.4 0.03 19 100 16629 -67.2 -82.7 9 15.5 -67.3 227 23 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.57 m Freezing level: 588.15 mb = 4599.75 m = 15090.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.74 mb = 4451.97 m = 14606.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.59 mb = 784.03 m = 2572.24 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 10.93 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.88 mb = 2084.44 m = 6838.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.60 C = 90.69 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 556.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.97 mb = 1351.37 m = 4433.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.97 mb = 3257.97 m = 10688.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.97 mb = 11396.84 m = 37390.76 ft B at Equ Level: 554.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.97 mb = 14910.57 m = 48918.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.2 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 259.2 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: -50.0 tot: -14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 17.01 Bulk Shear: 32.70 m/s