MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 34.62,-98.44 Latitude: 34.62 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 972 363 23.7 12.7 50 11.0 16.7 94 6 299.3 301.0 290.9 327.1 9.52 2 950 567 25.9 11.3 40 14.6 16.6 95 11 303.5 305.1 291.7 330.1 8.91 3 900 1041 23.1 9.4 42 13.7 14.6 31 3 305.3 306.8 291.7 330.2 8.25 4 850 1536 19.8 6.6 42 13.1 11.9 302 9 306.9 308.2 291.4 328.8 7.23 5 800 2055 16.3 1.3 36 15.0 8.1 353 11 308.5 309.5 290.2 324.8 5.27 6 750 2599 12.2 -0.3 42 12.5 5.5 3 18 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.3 4.98 7 700 3172 7.4 -2.5 50 9.9 2.4 7 21 310.7 311.5 290.3 325.0 4.56 8 650 3777 2.8 -8.1 45 10.9 -2.0 358 23 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.4 3.20 9 600 4420 -0.8 -16.9 28 16.1 -6.5 349 27 315.2 315.6 289.0 320.9 1.70 10 550 5111 -3.7 -18.5 31 14.8 -8.8 345 27 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.2 1.61 11 500 5858 -7.8 -21.3 33 13.4 -12.1 339 26 323.5 323.7 291.2 328.3 1.40 12 450 6667 -14.0 -27.6 31 13.5 -17.4 332 28 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.8 0.88 13 400 7549 -20.8 -35.7 25 14.9 -23.4 326 33 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.7 0.45 14 350 8521 -28.3 -43.2 23 14.9 -30.0 318 35 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.5 0.24 15 300 9606 -37.1 -50.4 24 13.3 -38.1 306 33 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.13 16 250 10838 -47.2 -58.2 27 11.0 -47.6 307 41 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.2 0.06 17 200 12277 -57.6 -62.9 51 5.3 -57.8 301 60 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 14061 -62.3 -74.4 18 12.1 -62.4 298 51 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16551 -65.6 -83.5 7 17.9 -65.7 288 24 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.46 m Freezing level: 610.50 mb = 4285.30 m = 14059.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.44 mb = 3500.24 m = 11483.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.55 mb = 1775.37 m = 5824.63 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 5.33 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.52 mb = 3378.83 m = 11085.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.57 C = 96.02 F Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lifted Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: 3.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.61 C Cross Totals Index: 14.49 C K Index: 24.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5617.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.99 mb = 2565.77 m = 8417.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.4 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 21.4 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.5 neg: -17.3 tot: 50.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 62.02 m/s