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: 35.60,-97.13 Latitude: 35.60 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 101 SFC 975 323 29.1 19.4 56 9.8 22.2 150 5 304.5 307.2 296.3 348.2 14.68 2 950 555 28.8 15.7 45 13.1 19.8 169 7 306.4 308.6 294.8 342.1 11.89 3 900 1033 24.5 14.4 53 10.1 17.7 224 4 306.8 308.9 294.7 341.5 11.54 4 850 1531 20.4 12.7 61 7.7 15.3 295 8 307.5 309.5 294.4 340.4 10.90 5 800 2051 16.1 10.4 69 5.6 12.5 312 17 308.3 310.2 294.0 338.6 9.98 6 750 2596 11.4 7.7 78 3.6 9.2 315 25 308.9 310.6 293.3 335.9 8.85 7 700 3169 6.9 2.8 75 4.1 4.6 315 33 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.8 6.70 8 650 3773 2.5 -5.1 57 7.6 -1.1 323 38 311.8 312.5 290.1 324.5 4.02 9 600 4417 -0.2 -20.0 21 19.9 -6.8 330 37 315.9 316.2 288.8 320.3 1.30 10 550 5109 -3.3 -29.5 11 26.2 -10.2 328 36 320.1 320.3 289.5 322.3 0.60 11 500 5855 -8.4 -31.1 14 22.7 -13.8 325 36 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.9 0.57 12 450 6663 -13.9 -39.1 10 25.2 -18.4 322 37 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.29 13 400 7546 -20.1 -48.2 6 28.0 -23.6 318 44 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.12 14 350 8521 -27.3 -48.2 12 21.0 -29.4 313 47 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.14 15 300 9612 -35.8 -53.6 14 17.8 -37.0 310 48 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.09 16 250 10853 -44.3 -60.9 14 16.5 -45.0 299 60 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12327 -51.3 -68.6 11 17.3 -51.7 297 80 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14153 -60.8 -78.6 8 17.8 -60.9 300 61 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16618 -66.7 -83.2 8 16.5 -66.8 325 32 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.76 m Freezing level: 602.89 mb = 4379.54 m = 14368.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.62 mb = 3653.35 m = 11985.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.62 mb = 1564.85 m = 5133.95 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 27.90 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.23 mb = 2470.50 m = 8105.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 841.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.27 mb = 2186.43 m = 7173.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.27 mb = 2681.98 m = 8799.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.27 mb = 11060.72 m = 36288.00 ft B at Equ Level: 839.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.27 mb = 14057.45 m = 46119.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.1 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 351.1 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 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: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 6.13 Bulk Shear: 137.36 m/s