MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 973 363 33.4 14.0 31 19.5 20.3 64 6 309.0 311.0 294.4 340.6 10.36 2 950 570 30.4 12.7 34 17.7 18.7 48 6 308.0 309.9 293.7 337.7 9.76 3 900 1050 25.7 11.7 42 14.0 16.6 23 7 308.0 309.8 293.6 337.3 9.64 4 850 1548 20.9 10.6 51 10.4 14.3 2 8 308.1 309.8 293.5 336.8 9.46 5 800 2069 16.0 9.3 65 6.7 11.8 350 10 308.2 309.9 293.4 336.4 9.26 6 750 2613 10.9 7.9 82 3.0 9.0 342 13 308.4 310.1 293.2 335.7 8.96 7 700 3184 5.9 4.7 92 1.2 5.2 337 17 309.0 310.4 292.4 332.5 7.68 8 650 3787 2.7 -6.6 50 9.4 -1.5 341 20 312.1 312.7 289.8 323.4 3.58 9 600 4435 2.0 -20.4 17 22.4 -5.6 331 21 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.8 1.26 10 550 5132 -1.7 -24.6 16 22.9 -8.7 321 26 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.3 0.95 11 500 5882 -7.1 -28.6 16 21.5 -12.7 317 31 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.72 12 450 6693 -13.1 -38.8 10 25.6 -17.9 316 33 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.30 13 400 7581 -18.4 -39.9 13 21.5 -22.0 303 31 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.30 14 350 8561 -26.3 -47.7 11 21.4 -28.6 294 35 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.15 15 300 9657 -33.8 -53.7 12 19.9 -35.2 289 47 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.09 16 250 10911 -42.3 -60.4 12 18.1 -43.0 288 66 343.2 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 17 200 12388 -52.2 -67.4 14 15.2 -52.5 295 67 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14204 -62.4 -77.5 11 15.1 -62.5 290 42 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16641 -69.4 -82.6 13 13.2 -69.5 288 21 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.47 m Freezing level: 573.05 mb = 4810.39 m = 15781.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.42 mb = 3645.49 m = 11960.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.56 C = 90.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.78 mb = 2794.20 m = 9167.21 ft T: 9.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 17.78 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2864.90 m = 9399.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.54 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 17.66 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.27 mb = 2799.95 m = 9186.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.27 mb = 2971.12 m = 9747.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 618.27 mb = 4192.19 m = 13753.74 ft B at Equ Level: 35.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 558.27 mb = 5012.19 m = 16443.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.6 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 2.6 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 18.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 39.12 m/s