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,-97.52 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 331 28.0 17.5 53 10.5 20.7 89 10 303.8 306.2 295.0 342.7 13.09 2 950 512 28.1 14.7 44 13.3 19.1 98 17 305.7 307.7 294.1 339.1 11.16 3 900 989 24.3 13.3 50 11.1 17.0 127 12 306.6 308.6 294.0 338.8 10.71 4 850 1487 20.4 12.1 59 8.3 15.0 172 10 307.5 309.5 294.1 339.1 10.46 5 800 2008 16.7 10.8 68 5.9 12.9 223 16 308.9 310.9 294.3 340.0 10.21 6 750 2554 12.4 9.3 81 3.2 10.4 242 24 310.1 311.9 294.3 340.1 9.83 7 700 3131 9.5 4.3 70 5.2 6.5 271 40 313.0 314.4 293.4 336.2 7.46 8 650 3742 5.0 -2.7 57 7.7 1.1 290 44 314.6 315.6 291.7 330.0 4.82 9 600 4389 -0.7 -6.3 65 5.7 -3.3 300 41 315.4 316.1 291.2 328.1 3.97 10 550 5077 -5.7 -12.5 59 6.8 -8.4 308 42 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.0 2.66 11 500 5818 -10.1 -18.9 49 8.7 -12.9 316 44 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.72 12 450 6622 -14.9 -21.3 58 6.4 -16.7 311 45 324.6 324.9 291.7 329.9 1.55 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 -33.2 60 5.3 -28.8 308 46 331.1 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.66 15 300 9565 -36.9 -39.9 73 3.1 -37.2 303 46 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 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 48 339.0 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.06 18 150 13999 -65.1 -70.5 47 5.4 -65.1 305 54 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16490 -62.4 -84.4 4 21.9 -62.6 303 31 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.05 m Freezing level: 605.82 mb = 4313.24 m = 14150.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.61 mb = 3897.25 m = 12786.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.56 mb = 1664.90 m = 5462.19 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.10 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.91 mb = 2990.00 m = 9809.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.41 C = 97.53 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 702.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.03 mb = 2265.30 m = 7432.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.03 mb = 3981.02 m = 13060.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.03 mb = 12199.76 m = 40024.97 ft B at Equ Level: 699.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.03 mb = 14377.58 m = 47169.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 565.5 neg: -12.7 tot: 552.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 184.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 2.47 Bulk Shear: 284.89 m/s