MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 35.53,-97.13 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -97.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 975 327 29.2 19.5 56 9.7 22.3 151 5 304.6 307.3 296.3 348.6 14.76 2 950 556 28.8 15.6 45 13.2 19.8 167 7 306.4 308.6 294.8 341.9 11.82 3 900 1033 24.5 14.5 54 10.0 17.7 213 4 306.7 308.9 294.7 341.6 11.58 4 850 1531 20.3 12.8 62 7.6 15.3 293 8 307.4 309.5 294.4 340.5 10.96 5 800 2051 16.0 10.5 70 5.6 12.5 311 17 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.6 9.99 6 750 2596 11.4 7.7 78 3.7 9.1 316 26 308.9 310.6 293.3 335.8 8.81 7 700 3169 7.0 2.7 74 4.3 4.6 316 33 310.2 311.5 291.9 330.8 6.66 8 650 3774 2.5 -4.9 58 7.4 -1.0 324 39 311.8 312.6 290.2 324.8 4.10 9 600 4417 -0.2 -19.5 22 19.4 -6.7 331 36 315.9 316.2 288.9 320.5 1.35 10 550 5109 -3.3 -29.5 11 26.2 -10.2 329 36 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.3 0.60 11 500 5855 -8.4 -31.4 14 23.0 -13.8 325 36 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.8 0.56 12 450 6664 -13.9 -39.8 9 25.9 -18.4 322 37 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.27 13 400 7547 -20.0 -49.1 6 29.1 -23.5 318 44 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.11 14 350 8523 -27.2 -47.9 12 20.6 -29.4 313 46 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.14 15 300 9613 -35.8 -53.6 14 17.8 -37.0 309 47 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.09 16 250 10855 -44.3 -61.0 14 16.7 -44.9 299 61 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12330 -51.2 -68.9 10 17.7 -51.6 296 81 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14155 -61.0 -78.7 8 17.7 -61.2 300 62 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16619 -66.7 -83.2 8 16.5 -66.8 326 32 398.9 398.9 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.77 m Freezing level: 603.04 mb = 4378.30 m = 14364.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.77 mb = 3664.42 m = 12022.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.46 mb = 1566.90 m = 5140.68 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 28.08 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.04 mb = 2472.97 m = 8113.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.39 C = 92.11 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.18 mb = 2187.75 m = 7177.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.18 mb = 2795.94 m = 9172.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.18 mb = 11064.85 m = 36301.57 ft B at Equ Level: 823.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.18 mb = 14063.51 m = 46139.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.9 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 351.9 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 5.94 Bulk Shear: 139.22 m/s