MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 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 63 SFC 967 363 36.2 12.4 24 23.7 20.3 234 10 312.3 314.1 294.7 341.4 9.42 2 950 519 33.4 11.3 26 22.1 18.9 237 13 311.1 312.8 293.9 338.4 8.89 3 900 1003 28.6 10.4 32 18.2 16.8 243 14 310.9 312.6 293.9 338.1 8.84 4 850 1506 23.7 9.4 40 14.3 14.6 249 15 311.0 312.6 293.8 337.9 8.75 5 800 2031 18.7 8.4 51 10.3 12.3 253 16 311.1 312.7 293.8 337.9 8.69 6 750 2580 13.5 7.2 66 6.3 9.6 259 16 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.4 8.51 7 700 3157 8.5 3.9 72 4.7 5.8 277 19 311.9 313.3 292.9 334.4 7.23 8 650 3765 4.0 -3.2 60 7.1 0.4 290 21 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.2 4.66 9 600 4410 -0.8 -9.0 54 8.3 -4.3 291 19 315.2 315.9 290.5 325.7 3.22 10 550 5099 -5.5 -12.3 59 6.8 -8.1 306 27 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.5 2.70 11 500 5840 -10.4 -15.8 65 5.4 -12.3 312 30 320.4 320.8 291.1 327.8 2.24 12 450 6644 -14.7 -28.5 30 13.8 -17.9 309 32 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.7 0.81 13 400 7526 -20.6 -40.8 15 20.2 -23.6 308 32 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.27 14 350 8498 -28.3 -44.3 20 16.0 -30.1 305 36 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.21 15 300 9582 -37.4 -49.2 28 11.8 -38.2 304 41 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 16 250 10815 -47.0 -53.6 47 6.5 -47.3 298 53 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.10 17 200 12253 -58.7 -61.5 70 2.8 -58.7 291 58 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 18 150 14027 -64.0 -73.1 28 9.1 -64.1 294 60 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16513 -65.3 -83.8 6 18.6 -65.4 297 35 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.66 m Freezing level: 608.03 mb = 4306.37 m = 14128.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.04 mb = 3814.37 m = 12514.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.91 % Est. max temperature: 34.93 C = 94.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.56 mb = 3315.77 m = 10878.37 ft T: 7.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 15.78 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.61 mb = 3459.94 m = 11351.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.54 C = 97.77 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 38.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 588.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.59 mb = 3279.55 m = 10759.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.59 mb = 3707.31 m = 12162.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.59 mb = 11506.12 m = 37749.29 ft B at Equ Level: 588.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.59 mb = 13841.30 m = 45410.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.4 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 315.4 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 19.99 Bulk Shear: 29.46 m/s