MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 33.46,-98.73 Latitude: 33.46 Longitude: -98.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 971 354 29.4 13.7 38 15.7 19.0 118 6 305.1 307.0 293.3 335.7 10.21 2 950 544 32.3 11.8 29 20.5 18.8 126 8 310.0 311.7 293.9 338.2 9.20 3 900 1027 28.7 10.6 32 18.1 17.0 138 6 311.1 312.8 294.0 338.7 8.97 4 850 1531 24.1 9.6 40 14.5 14.8 164 4 311.4 313.1 294.0 338.7 8.86 5 800 2057 19.5 7.8 47 11.6 12.2 242 3 311.9 313.5 293.7 337.7 8.36 6 750 2608 14.5 5.7 55 8.8 9.2 271 5 312.4 313.8 293.4 336.2 7.69 7 700 3186 9.4 3.0 64 6.4 5.8 290 6 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.2 6.82 8 650 3796 4.2 -1.1 68 5.3 1.4 294 9 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.8 5.43 9 600 4441 -0.4 -10.9 45 10.5 -4.7 290 13 315.6 316.2 290.2 324.7 2.78 10 550 5131 -4.9 -16.6 39 11.8 -9.0 300 15 318.3 318.7 290.2 324.6 1.89 11 500 5875 -8.5 -23.5 29 15.0 -12.8 293 20 322.7 323.0 290.8 326.7 1.15 12 450 6685 -13.1 -22.4 45 9.3 -15.8 288 22 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.8 1.41 13 400 7575 -17.9 -26.7 46 8.8 -20.1 294 28 331.7 332.0 293.2 335.6 1.08 14 350 8558 -25.6 -31.7 56 6.1 -26.8 298 33 334.2 334.4 293.6 337.1 0.77 15 300 9656 -34.1 -40.3 54 6.2 -34.8 297 34 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.8 0.38 16 250 10906 -43.5 -50.4 47 6.8 -43.9 295 46 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.15 17 200 12371 -54.8 -57.8 69 3.0 -54.9 289 65 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.08 18 150 14153 -67.1 -71.2 56 4.1 -67.2 285 67 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16586 -68.0 -82.6 11 14.6 -68.1 296 33 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.53 m Freezing level: 604.51 mb = 4383.21 m = 14380.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.41 mb = 3940.82 m = 12929.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.52 % Est. max temperature: 35.88 C = 96.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.53 mb = 2355.40 m = 7727.59 ft T: 16.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 14.11 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.34 mb = 3505.60 m = 11501.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.50 C = 99.50 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.06 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 124.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.15 mb = 3148.73 m = 10330.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.15 mb = 3944.18 m = 12940.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 428.15 mb = 7061.08 m = 23166.00 ft B at Equ Level: 124.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.15 mb = 10425.66 m = 34204.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.40 Bulk Shear: 36.72 m/s