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: 35.80,-97.37 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 970 327 27.4 17.7 55 9.7 20.6 87 10 303.2 305.6 294.9 342.4 13.23 2 950 514 27.5 14.9 46 12.7 19.0 96 18 305.1 307.2 294.0 338.8 11.25 3 900 990 24.2 13.3 50 11.0 17.0 132 12 306.5 308.5 294.0 338.7 10.71 4 850 1488 20.2 12.1 59 8.2 14.9 176 11 307.4 309.3 294.1 339.0 10.49 5 800 2008 16.4 10.8 69 5.7 12.8 221 17 308.7 310.6 294.3 339.7 10.20 6 750 2555 12.6 8.9 78 3.6 10.3 246 25 310.2 312.0 294.2 339.6 9.60 7 700 3131 9.4 3.8 68 5.7 6.2 273 39 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.3 7.18 8 650 3742 5.0 -2.7 57 7.7 1.0 289 43 314.6 315.5 291.7 329.8 4.81 9 600 4388 -0.7 -6.3 66 5.6 -3.3 301 40 315.3 316.0 291.2 328.1 3.98 10 550 5077 -5.8 -12.4 60 6.6 -8.4 309 42 317.2 317.7 290.6 326.0 2.68 11 500 5817 -10.2 -19.2 48 9.0 -13.0 316 44 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.3 1.68 12 450 6621 -15.0 -22.0 55 7.0 -17.0 311 45 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.5 1.46 13 400 7503 -20.2 -26.6 57 6.4 -21.8 316 41 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.5 1.08 14 350 8477 -28.0 -33.1 61 5.2 -28.8 308 47 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.5 0.67 15 300 9564 -36.9 -40.5 69 3.6 -37.3 303 47 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.37 16 250 10796 -47.4 -47.9 94 0.5 -47.4 320 46 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.20 17 200 12231 -59.2 -60.8 82 1.6 -59.2 333 48 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 18 150 13997 -64.8 -70.7 44 5.9 -64.9 305 55 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.02 19 100 16491 -62.6 -84.4 4 21.8 -62.8 300 31 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.65 m Freezing level: 606.38 mb = 4305.95 m = 14126.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.87 mb = 3894.05 m = 12775.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.97 mb = 1569.02 m = 5147.64 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.72 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.06 mb = 2965.08 m = 9727.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.33 C = 97.40 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 36.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 687.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.48 mb = 2217.25 m = 7274.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.48 mb = 3924.36 m = 12875.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.48 mb = 12371.33 m = 40587.87 ft B at Equ Level: 672.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.48 mb = 14185.55 m = 46539.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.1 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 321.1 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 569.8 neg: -15.1 tot: 554.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 184.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 2.41 Bulk Shear: 285.46 m/s