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,-97.50 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -97.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 970 330 27.9 17.5 53 10.4 20.7 89 10 303.7 306.1 295.0 342.7 13.12 2 950 513 28.0 14.7 44 13.3 19.1 98 17 305.6 307.7 294.1 339.1 11.16 3 900 989 24.3 13.3 50 11.0 17.0 127 13 306.5 308.5 294.0 338.8 10.71 4 850 1487 20.3 12.1 59 8.2 14.9 172 10 307.4 309.4 294.1 339.1 10.47 5 800 2008 16.6 10.8 68 5.8 12.9 223 16 308.9 310.8 294.3 340.0 10.22 6 750 2554 12.4 9.3 81 3.1 10.4 242 24 310.0 311.9 294.3 340.1 9.84 7 700 3131 9.5 4.2 70 5.3 6.4 272 40 313.0 314.4 293.3 336.1 7.43 8 650 3742 5.0 -2.8 57 7.8 1.1 290 44 314.7 315.6 291.7 329.9 4.79 9 600 4388 -0.7 -6.3 66 5.7 -3.3 300 41 315.3 316.1 291.2 328.1 3.97 10 550 5077 -5.7 -12.5 59 6.8 -8.4 308 42 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.1 2.66 11 500 5818 -10.1 -18.8 49 8.7 -12.9 316 44 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.6 1.73 12 450 6622 -14.9 -21.2 58 6.4 -16.7 311 45 324.6 324.9 291.7 330.0 1.56 13 400 7504 -20.3 -26.6 57 6.4 -21.8 317 41 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.5 1.08 14 350 8478 -27.9 -33.1 61 5.2 -28.7 308 47 331.1 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.67 15 300 9565 -36.9 -39.9 73 3.0 -37.2 303 46 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.40 16 250 10798 -47.4 -48.0 93 0.6 -47.4 319 45 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.20 17 200 12233 -59.2 -60.5 85 1.3 -59.2 334 49 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.06 18 150 13998 -65.1 -70.5 47 5.5 -65.1 305 54 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16490 -62.4 -84.4 4 22.0 -62.6 302 31 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.57 m Freezing level: 605.88 mb = 4312.21 m = 14147.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.61 mb = 3897.05 m = 12785.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.46 C = 90.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.08 mb = 1649.17 m = 5410.61 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.06 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.50 mb = 2982.94 m = 9786.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.38 C = 97.49 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 694.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.04 mb = 2254.25 m = 7395.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.04 mb = 3967.99 m = 13018.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.04 mb = 12167.42 m = 39918.87 ft B at Equ Level: 692.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.04 mb = 14333.65 m = 47025.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 573.1 neg: -12.8 tot: 560.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 186.8 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: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 286.72 m/s