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,-97.44 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 970 333 27.7 17.7 54 10.1 20.7 88 10 303.5 306.0 295.0 342.8 13.22 2 950 513 27.9 14.8 45 13.2 19.1 97 17 305.5 307.6 294.1 339.1 11.18 3 900 990 24.4 13.2 50 11.2 17.0 132 12 306.7 308.7 294.0 338.9 10.68 4 850 1487 20.5 12.0 58 8.4 15.0 177 10 307.6 309.5 294.1 339.2 10.45 5 800 2008 16.6 10.7 68 5.9 12.9 222 16 308.9 310.8 294.3 339.9 10.18 6 750 2555 12.5 9.1 80 3.4 10.3 244 24 310.1 312.0 294.3 339.9 9.71 7 700 3132 9.4 4.2 70 5.2 6.4 272 39 312.9 314.3 293.3 336.0 7.42 8 650 3742 5.0 -2.7 58 7.7 1.1 289 43 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.0 4.84 9 600 4389 -0.7 -6.4 65 5.7 -3.3 301 40 315.3 316.1 291.2 328.0 3.95 10 550 5077 -5.7 -12.7 58 7.0 -8.4 309 42 317.3 317.8 290.5 325.9 2.61 11 500 5818 -10.1 -19.3 47 9.2 -13.0 316 44 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.3 1.66 12 450 6622 -14.9 -22.2 54 7.3 -17.0 312 45 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.4 1.43 13 400 7504 -20.2 -26.6 57 6.4 -21.7 317 41 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.6 1.09 14 350 8478 -28.0 -33.1 61 5.2 -28.8 308 46 331.1 331.2 292.7 333.5 0.67 15 300 9565 -36.9 -40.6 68 3.8 -37.2 303 46 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.37 16 250 10797 -47.4 -47.9 94 0.5 -47.4 320 45 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.20 17 200 12232 -59.1 -60.7 81 1.6 -59.2 334 48 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.05 18 150 13999 -64.9 -70.7 45 5.8 -65.0 305 54 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 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: 5755.56 m Freezing level: 605.91 mb = 4312.38 m = 14148.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.78 mb = 3895.56 m = 12780.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.47 mb = 1615.00 m = 5298.48 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.48 mb = 2972.27 m = 9751.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.25 C = 97.25 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 37.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 710.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.28 mb = 2263.20 m = 7425.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.28 mb = 3978.24 m = 13051.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.28 mb = 12191.21 m = 39996.94 ft B at Equ Level: 706.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.28 mb = 14366.81 m = 47134.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 554.5 neg: -12.1 tot: 542.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 180.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 281.36 m/s