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: 36.46,-98.14 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -98.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 962 400 27.5 16.2 50 11.3 19.8 71 10 304.0 306.2 294.3 340.1 12.13 2 950 513 27.1 15.0 47 12.2 18.9 79 15 304.7 306.8 294.0 338.6 11.32 3 900 988 23.4 13.4 53 10.0 16.8 101 12 305.6 307.6 293.8 337.9 10.78 4 850 1485 19.5 12.2 63 7.3 14.7 141 8 306.6 308.6 293.9 338.4 10.55 5 800 2004 16.0 10.8 71 5.3 12.7 216 14 308.3 310.2 294.1 339.2 10.21 6 750 2552 14.4 6.0 57 8.4 9.3 260 35 312.2 313.7 293.4 336.5 7.84 7 700 3131 10.1 0.2 50 9.9 4.8 278 41 313.7 314.8 292.0 331.2 5.57 8 650 3741 4.8 -3.5 55 8.3 0.7 288 42 314.4 315.3 291.4 328.8 4.53 9 600 4388 -0.6 -6.4 65 5.8 -3.3 297 42 315.4 316.2 291.2 328.1 3.94 10 550 5076 -6.2 -11.5 66 5.4 -8.3 305 45 316.8 317.3 290.6 326.2 2.88 11 500 5816 -10.3 -19.2 48 8.9 -13.1 317 47 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.2 1.68 12 450 6621 -14.1 -20.7 57 6.7 -16.1 314 43 325.6 325.9 292.0 331.2 1.63 13 400 7505 -20.0 -28.9 45 8.9 -22.0 322 41 329.0 329.2 292.3 332.2 0.88 14 350 8479 -28.1 -31.6 71 3.6 -28.7 312 43 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.7 0.77 15 300 9565 -36.7 -37.7 90 1.0 -36.8 318 42 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.5 0.50 16 250 10799 -47.2 -47.9 92 0.7 -47.2 319 46 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.20 17 200 12234 -59.1 -59.9 90 0.8 -59.1 333 47 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.06 18 150 13999 -66.3 -69.3 66 3.0 -66.3 308 46 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16489 -63.2 -84.2 4 21.0 -63.3 307 30 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.79 m Freezing level: 605.59 mb = 4315.60 m = 14158.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.60 mb = 3846.32 m = 12619.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.29 mb = 1831.25 m = 6007.98 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.88 mb = 3167.54 m = 10392.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.90 F Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 32.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 498.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 233.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.71 mb = 2189.38 m = 7182.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.71 mb = 4023.21 m = 13199.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.71 mb = 11688.82 m = 38348.68 ft B at Equ Level: 497.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.71 mb = 14093.80 m = 46238.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.3 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 324.3 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 620.4 neg: -21.8 tot: 598.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 199.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 271.06 m/s