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,-97.66 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -97.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 328 28.0 17.0 51 11.0 20.5 86 11 303.8 306.1 294.7 341.5 12.68 2 950 513 27.6 14.9 46 12.7 19.0 93 18 305.2 307.3 294.0 338.9 11.25 3 900 989 23.8 13.4 52 10.4 17.0 117 13 306.1 308.1 294.0 338.6 10.81 4 850 1486 20.0 12.2 61 7.7 14.9 161 9 307.1 309.0 294.1 339.0 10.59 5 800 2006 16.4 10.9 70 5.5 12.9 221 15 308.6 310.6 294.3 339.9 10.29 6 750 2553 12.7 8.9 78 3.8 10.3 246 25 310.4 312.2 294.3 339.8 9.59 7 700 3130 9.7 3.5 65 6.2 6.2 271 41 313.3 314.6 293.2 335.3 7.06 8 650 3741 5.0 -3.0 56 7.9 1.0 289 44 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.6 4.73 9 600 4387 -0.7 -6.1 67 5.4 -3.2 298 42 315.3 316.1 291.2 328.3 4.04 10 550 5075 -5.8 -12.0 62 6.1 -8.2 307 44 317.2 317.7 290.6 326.3 2.78 11 500 5816 -10.2 -18.1 52 7.9 -12.8 315 45 320.7 321.0 290.8 326.9 1.85 12 450 6621 -14.7 -19.9 65 5.2 -16.3 311 45 324.7 325.0 291.9 330.7 1.75 13 400 7503 -20.3 -26.8 56 6.5 -21.8 318 42 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.4 1.07 14 350 8477 -27.8 -33.3 60 5.5 -28.7 309 47 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.7 0.66 15 300 9564 -36.9 -38.6 83 1.8 -37.1 306 45 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.1 0.45 16 250 10797 -47.3 -48.0 93 0.7 -47.3 319 45 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.20 17 200 12232 -59.2 -60.2 89 1.0 -59.2 334 49 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 18 150 13998 -65.6 -70.0 54 4.5 -65.6 305 53 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16487 -62.4 -84.4 4 22.0 -62.6 307 32 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.96 m Freezing level: 606.03 mb = 4309.27 m = 14137.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.49 mb = 3884.85 m = 12745.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.52 mb = 1726.05 m = 5662.81 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 13.65 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.81 mb = 3036.90 m = 9963.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.95 C = 98.51 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 643.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.01 mb = 2198.53 m = 7212.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.01 mb = 4031.49 m = 13226.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.01 mb = 12324.67 m = 40434.77 ft B at Equ Level: 630.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.01 mb = 14121.75 m = 46330.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 585.5 neg: -19.1 tot: 566.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 188.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 2.17 Bulk Shear: 296.41 m/s