MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 34.54,-98.47 Latitude: 34.54 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 111 SFC 973 351 32.3 12.4 30 19.9 19.2 20 11 307.8 309.6 293.3 336.1 9.31 2 950 565 28.8 11.0 33 17.8 17.4 14 13 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.8 8.73 3 900 1042 24.1 10.1 41 14.0 15.3 2 13 306.3 307.9 292.4 332.4 8.63 4 850 1538 19.3 9.1 51 10.3 13.0 350 13 306.4 308.0 292.3 332.2 8.54 5 800 2055 14.4 8.0 65 6.4 10.5 343 13 306.6 308.1 292.3 332.1 8.45 6 750 2596 9.4 6.6 83 2.7 7.8 337 14 306.7 308.3 292.2 331.6 8.19 7 700 3164 4.9 2.2 82 2.8 3.4 335 18 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.6 6.42 8 650 3766 2.6 -6.7 50 9.3 -1.6 339 24 311.9 312.6 289.8 323.3 3.57 9 600 4410 -0.7 -12.8 39 12.1 -5.5 336 29 315.3 315.7 289.7 323.1 2.38 10 550 5101 -3.6 -22.3 22 18.7 -9.4 335 27 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.8 1.16 11 500 5847 -8.1 -21.6 33 13.5 -12.3 335 27 323.2 323.4 291.1 327.9 1.36 12 450 6656 -13.9 -26.6 33 12.7 -17.1 335 27 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.2 0.97 13 400 7539 -20.8 -31.5 38 10.7 -22.9 326 28 327.9 328.0 291.8 330.4 0.68 14 350 8510 -28.1 -42.6 24 14.5 -29.9 326 30 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.26 15 300 9596 -37.0 -50.5 23 13.5 -37.9 320 32 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.12 16 250 10828 -47.6 -59.2 25 11.6 -48.0 314 29 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.05 17 200 12266 -56.9 -63.5 43 6.6 -57.1 301 47 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14063 -61.3 -74.0 17 12.7 -61.4 294 57 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16548 -65.6 -83.3 7 17.8 -65.7 302 23 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.48 m Freezing level: 610.82 mb = 4270.43 m = 14010.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.08 mb = 3567.78 m = 11705.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.70 mb = 2833.25 m = 9295.32 ft T: 7.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 13.04 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.85 mb = 2899.63 m = 9513.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 17.15 C K Index: 33.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.81 mb = 2798.20 m = 9180.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.81 mb = 3084.54 m = 10119.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 666.81 mb = 3558.95 m = 11676.22 ft B at Equ Level: 8.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 616.81 mb = 4187.65 m = 13738.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.9 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 9.9 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 18.66 m/s