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,-97.21 Latitude: 35.60 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 100 SFC 974 331 29.3 19.4 55 9.9 22.2 151 5 304.7 307.4 296.3 348.5 14.68 2 950 554 29.0 15.6 44 13.3 19.8 169 7 306.6 308.8 294.8 342.2 11.82 3 900 1032 24.7 14.3 52 10.4 17.7 226 4 307.0 309.1 294.7 341.5 11.46 4 850 1531 20.5 12.6 61 7.9 15.3 296 8 307.6 309.7 294.4 340.5 10.88 5 800 2051 16.2 10.5 69 5.7 12.6 311 17 308.4 310.3 294.0 338.9 10.02 6 750 2596 11.5 7.8 78 3.6 9.2 314 25 309.0 310.7 293.4 336.2 8.91 7 700 3169 6.9 3.0 76 3.9 4.7 314 32 310.2 311.4 292.0 331.1 6.80 8 650 3774 2.4 -5.0 58 7.4 -1.1 322 38 311.7 312.5 290.1 324.5 4.06 9 600 4417 -0.1 -20.8 19 20.7 -6.8 329 38 316.0 316.2 288.8 320.1 1.21 10 550 5109 -3.2 -30.1 10 26.9 -10.2 328 37 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.3 0.57 11 500 5856 -8.3 -32.3 13 24.0 -13.8 325 37 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.51 12 450 6664 -13.8 -40.3 9 26.5 -18.4 322 38 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.25 13 400 7548 -20.0 -48.0 6 28.0 -23.4 319 43 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.12 14 350 8524 -27.2 -48.2 12 21.0 -29.3 314 46 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.14 15 300 9614 -35.8 -53.8 14 18.0 -37.0 310 47 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 16 250 10856 -44.3 -60.9 14 16.6 -44.9 299 59 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12330 -51.3 -68.6 11 17.3 -51.7 297 80 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14154 -61.0 -78.5 8 17.5 -61.2 300 62 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16619 -66.6 -83.2 8 16.6 -66.7 325 32 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.17 m Freezing level: 601.83 mb = 4393.63 m = 14414.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.43 mb = 3656.25 m = 11995.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.01 mb = 1591.33 m = 5220.84 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 28.36 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.40 mb = 2502.31 m = 8209.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.49 C = 92.29 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: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.69 mb = 2225.13 m = 7300.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.69 mb = 2722.51 m = 8932.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.69 mb = 11161.57 m = 36618.87 ft B at Equ Level: 811.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.69 mb = 13797.06 m = 45265.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.0 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 351.0 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 5.98 Bulk Shear: 137.14 m/s