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: 36.07,-97.60 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 971 324 27.8 17.1 52 10.7 20.5 86 11 303.6 305.9 294.7 341.4 12.75 2 950 513 27.4 14.9 46 12.6 18.9 94 18 305.0 307.1 294.0 338.7 11.26 3 900 989 23.7 13.5 53 10.2 16.9 118 13 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.4 10.84 4 850 1486 19.7 12.3 62 7.5 14.8 161 9 306.8 308.8 294.0 338.8 10.61 5 800 2006 16.2 10.9 71 5.3 12.9 221 15 308.5 310.4 294.3 339.8 10.32 6 750 2552 12.6 8.9 78 3.7 10.3 246 26 310.3 312.1 294.3 339.7 9.62 7 700 3129 9.7 3.3 64 6.4 6.1 272 42 313.3 314.6 293.0 335.0 6.97 8 650 3740 4.9 -3.1 56 8.0 0.9 290 44 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.5 4.70 9 600 4387 -0.7 -6.0 67 5.3 -3.2 299 42 315.3 316.1 291.2 328.3 4.06 10 550 5075 -5.8 -11.9 62 6.0 -8.2 306 44 317.2 317.7 290.7 326.3 2.80 11 500 5815 -10.2 -17.9 53 7.7 -12.8 315 46 320.6 321.0 290.9 326.9 1.87 12 450 6620 -14.7 -19.8 65 5.1 -16.3 311 45 324.8 325.1 291.9 330.9 1.77 13 400 7502 -20.3 -26.9 56 6.6 -21.8 318 42 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.4 1.06 14 350 8477 -27.8 -33.1 60 5.3 -28.7 309 47 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.7 0.67 15 300 9564 -36.9 -38.6 84 1.7 -37.1 306 45 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.1 0.45 16 250 10797 -47.3 -48.0 93 0.6 -47.4 318 45 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.20 17 200 12231 -59.3 -60.1 90 0.8 -59.3 333 50 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.06 18 150 13997 -65.5 -70.1 53 4.6 -65.5 305 53 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16486 -62.3 -84.4 4 22.1 -62.5 306 31 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.47 m Freezing level: 606.35 mb = 4304.44 m = 14121.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.04 mb = 3877.24 m = 12720.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.27 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.27 mb = 1687.11 m = 5535.08 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 13.47 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.98 mb = 3022.49 m = 9916.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.92 C = 98.46 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 623.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.67 mb = 2169.48 m = 7117.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.67 mb = 3996.69 m = 13112.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.67 mb = 12241.60 m = 40162.24 ft B at Equ Level: 614.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.67 mb = 14435.26 m = 47359.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.3 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 321.3 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 603.8 neg: -19.1 tot: 584.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 194.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 2.08 Bulk Shear: 300.22 m/s