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: 35.55,-97.21 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 974 335 29.3 19.4 55 9.9 22.2 151 5 304.7 307.4 296.3 348.6 14.72 2 950 555 29.0 15.6 44 13.4 19.8 167 7 306.6 308.8 294.8 342.0 11.79 3 900 1033 24.7 14.3 53 10.3 17.7 216 4 306.9 309.1 294.7 341.5 11.48 4 850 1531 20.5 12.7 61 7.8 15.3 294 8 307.6 309.7 294.4 340.6 10.90 5 800 2051 16.2 10.5 69 5.7 12.6 310 16 308.4 310.3 294.0 338.8 10.02 6 750 2597 11.5 7.8 78 3.7 9.2 315 25 309.1 310.7 293.4 336.2 8.88 7 700 3169 7.0 3.0 76 4.0 4.8 315 32 310.2 311.5 292.0 331.2 6.81 8 650 3774 2.4 -4.8 59 7.3 -1.0 323 38 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.7 4.11 9 600 4418 -0.1 -20.6 20 20.5 -6.8 330 37 316.0 316.3 288.8 320.2 1.24 10 550 5110 -3.2 -30.2 10 26.9 -10.2 329 37 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.3 0.57 11 500 5856 -8.3 -32.5 12 24.2 -13.9 326 37 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.50 12 450 6665 -13.7 -40.7 8 27.0 -18.4 323 38 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.24 13 400 7549 -19.9 -48.4 6 28.5 -23.4 319 43 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.12 14 350 8525 -27.2 -48.0 12 20.9 -29.3 314 46 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.14 15 300 9615 -35.8 -53.8 14 18.0 -37.0 309 46 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 16 250 10857 -44.2 -61.0 14 16.7 -44.9 299 60 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.04 17 200 12331 -51.3 -68.8 11 17.5 -51.7 296 81 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14156 -61.1 -78.6 8 17.5 -61.3 300 62 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16619 -66.5 -83.2 8 16.7 -66.7 326 32 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.24 m Freezing level: 601.65 mb = 4396.40 m = 14423.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.50 mb = 3668.03 m = 12034.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.12 mb = 1590.37 m = 5217.69 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 28.42 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.11 mb = 2505.72 m = 8220.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.26 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 805.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.70 mb = 2225.16 m = 7300.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.70 mb = 2722.55 m = 8932.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.70 mb = 11162.44 m = 36621.72 ft B at Equ Level: 797.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.70 mb = 13798.14 m = 45268.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.5 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 351.5 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 5.74 Bulk Shear: 140.34 m/s