MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 34.60,-98.47 Latitude: 34.60 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 135 SFC 974 361 23.8 19.7 78 4.1 20.9 101 6 299.1 301.9 295.0 342.7 14.95 2 950 583 23.7 18.5 73 5.2 20.1 105 12 301.3 303.9 295.1 343.2 14.25 3 900 1054 20.4 16.9 81 3.4 18.0 92 9 302.5 305.0 295.0 342.8 13.63 4 850 1547 18.2 13.0 72 5.2 14.8 16 10 305.2 307.3 294.0 338.7 11.17 5 800 2064 14.4 10.6 78 3.8 12.0 356 17 306.5 308.4 293.6 336.9 10.09 6 750 2607 12.5 2.2 49 10.3 6.8 10 16 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.6 5.98 7 700 3183 9.1 -1.7 46 10.9 3.5 17 14 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.7 4.81 8 650 3793 5.8 -10.8 29 16.6 -1.3 7 16 315.6 316.1 290.0 324.0 2.59 9 600 4443 2.4 -29.4 7 31.8 -6.5 350 17 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.9 0.56 10 550 5140 -1.3 -36.7 5 35.4 -9.5 333 22 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.6 0.30 11 500 5892 -5.6 -44.0 3 38.3 -12.8 320 25 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.15 12 450 6710 -10.7 -49.8 2 39.1 -16.7 315 26 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.09 13 400 7606 -15.6 -52.3 3 36.7 -20.4 301 32 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.08 14 350 8600 -22.4 -37.4 24 15.1 -25.0 288 43 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.3 0.44 15 300 9711 -31.1 -36.6 58 5.5 -31.9 281 51 341.6 341.7 295.2 343.7 0.55 16 250 10976 -41.4 -48.3 47 6.8 -41.9 276 49 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.2 0.19 17 200 12451 -53.0 -57.5 58 4.5 -53.1 283 49 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.2 0.08 18 150 14256 -63.7 -76.0 17 12.3 -63.8 284 47 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16671 -71.3 -81.5 21 10.2 -71.4 311 29 389.9 389.9 303.8 390.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.74 m Freezing level: 567.59 mb = 4894.78 m = 16058.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.37 mb = 3625.01 m = 11892.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.61 mb = 884.72 m = 2902.58 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1894.56 m = 6215.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 18.67 C K Index: 26.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.24 mb = 1373.46 m = 4506.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 482.24 mb = 6172.98 m = 20252.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 442.24 mb = 6842.01 m = 22447.28 ft B at Equ Level: 13.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.24 mb = 7563.22 m = 24813.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.2 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 23.2 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -19.7 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 65.01 m/s