MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 35.8,-97.29 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 971 321 27.1 17.7 57 9.4 20.6 85 11 302.7 305.2 294.8 341.9 13.23 2 950 515 27.1 14.9 47 12.1 18.9 94 18 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.5 11.31 3 900 991 24.0 13.3 51 10.7 17.0 132 12 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.6 10.74 4 850 1488 20.0 12.1 61 7.9 14.9 175 11 307.1 309.1 294.0 338.9 10.52 5 800 2008 16.2 10.8 70 5.4 12.7 220 17 308.4 310.4 294.2 339.5 10.23 6 750 2554 12.6 8.7 77 3.9 10.2 248 26 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.3 9.48 7 700 3131 9.5 3.2 65 6.3 5.9 275 40 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.5 6.90 8 650 3741 4.9 -2.8 57 7.7 1.0 290 43 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.7 4.78 9 600 4388 -0.8 -6.1 67 5.4 -3.3 300 40 315.2 316.0 291.2 328.1 4.03 10 550 5076 -5.9 -12.1 62 6.2 -8.3 309 41 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.1 2.75 11 500 5816 -10.3 -19.1 48 8.8 -13.0 316 44 320.5 320.9 290.6 326.3 1.69 12 450 6620 -15.0 -21.8 56 6.8 -16.9 311 45 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.5 1.48 13 400 7502 -20.3 -26.6 57 6.4 -21.8 316 42 328.6 328.9 292.4 332.5 1.08 14 350 8476 -28.0 -33.2 61 5.2 -28.9 308 47 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.5 0.67 15 300 9562 -36.9 -40.3 71 3.4 -37.3 303 47 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.38 16 250 10795 -47.4 -47.9 94 0.5 -47.4 321 46 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.20 17 200 12229 -59.2 -60.8 82 1.6 -59.2 333 49 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 18 150 13996 -64.7 -70.8 43 6.0 -64.8 305 55 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.02 19 100 16490 -62.6 -84.4 4 21.8 -62.8 299 31 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.46 m Freezing level: 606.91 mb = 4298.63 m = 14102.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.65 mb = 3883.65 m = 12741.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.68 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.06 mb = 1517.48 m = 4978.54 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 13.41 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.45 mb = 2960.13 m = 9711.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.44 C = 97.60 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 657.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.23 mb = 2165.55 m = 7104.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.23 mb = 3990.94 m = 13093.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.23 mb = 12221.99 m = 40097.90 ft B at Equ Level: 649.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.23 mb = 14410.12 m = 47276.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.2 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 321.2 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 589.5 neg: -18.9 tot: 570.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 190.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 2.27 Bulk Shear: 290.39 m/s