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: 35.87,-97.37 Latitude: 35.87 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 971 321 27.2 17.6 56 9.6 20.6 87 11 302.9 305.3 294.8 341.9 13.16 2 950 514 27.1 14.9 47 12.2 18.9 95 18 304.7 306.8 294.0 338.5 11.31 3 900 990 23.9 13.4 52 10.5 17.0 129 12 306.1 308.1 294.0 338.5 10.78 4 850 1487 19.9 12.2 61 7.8 14.8 172 11 307.0 309.0 294.0 338.8 10.54 5 800 2007 16.3 10.8 70 5.4 12.8 221 17 308.5 310.4 294.2 339.7 10.26 6 750 2553 12.6 8.9 78 3.6 10.3 246 26 310.2 312.0 294.2 339.6 9.60 7 700 3130 9.6 3.4 65 6.2 6.0 274 41 313.1 314.4 293.0 334.9 6.98 8 650 3741 4.9 -2.9 57 7.8 1.0 290 43 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.7 4.76 9 600 4387 -0.8 -6.1 67 5.4 -3.3 300 41 315.2 316.0 291.2 328.2 4.03 10 550 5076 -5.8 -12.0 62 6.2 -8.2 308 42 317.2 317.7 290.6 326.2 2.76 11 500 5816 -10.2 -18.6 50 8.4 -12.9 316 45 320.6 320.9 290.7 326.5 1.76 12 450 6620 -14.9 -21.0 59 6.2 -16.7 311 45 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.0 1.59 13 400 7502 -20.3 -26.7 57 6.4 -21.8 317 42 328.6 328.8 292.4 332.5 1.08 14 350 8476 -27.9 -33.1 61 5.2 -28.8 308 47 331.1 331.2 292.7 333.6 0.67 15 300 9563 -36.9 -39.6 76 2.7 -37.2 303 47 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.41 16 250 10795 -47.4 -48.0 94 0.6 -47.4 320 46 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.20 17 200 12230 -59.3 -60.5 85 1.3 -59.3 333 49 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.06 18 150 13996 -64.9 -70.6 45 5.7 -65.0 305 55 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.02 19 100 16489 -62.4 -84.4 4 22.0 -62.6 302 31 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.88 m Freezing level: 606.68 mb = 4301.07 m = 14110.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.39 mb = 3886.49 m = 12750.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.16 mb = 1546.09 m = 5072.40 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 13.42 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.06 mb = 2964.01 m = 9724.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.50 C = 97.70 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 649.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.75 mb = 2159.19 m = 7083.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.75 mb = 3983.73 m = 13069.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.75 mb = 12205.99 m = 40045.41 ft B at Equ Level: 642.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.75 mb = 14387.18 m = 47201.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.2 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 321.2 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 603.1 neg: -18.7 tot: 584.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 194.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 297.57 m/s