MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 34.85,-99.89 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -99.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 951 553 30.4 18.6 49 11.8 22.0 209 4 307.9 310.6 296.9 351.1 14.30 2 950 567 29.4 18.0 50 11.4 21.4 207 4 307.0 309.6 296.3 348.7 13.84 3 900 1045 24.6 16.9 62 7.7 19.2 202 6 306.8 309.4 296.1 347.6 13.57 4 850 1543 19.8 15.8 78 4.0 17.1 199 7 306.9 309.4 296.0 347.2 13.40 5 800 2063 15.8 13.2 84 2.7 14.1 213 9 308.0 310.3 295.3 344.3 11.98 6 750 2609 12.7 7.5 71 5.2 9.5 221 12 310.3 312.0 293.6 337.0 8.69 7 700 3186 9.0 3.9 70 5.1 6.1 232 13 312.5 313.8 293.1 335.1 7.27 8 650 3796 4.9 2.3 83 2.6 3.4 246 16 314.5 315.9 293.4 336.4 6.96 9 600 4445 0.7 -3.6 73 4.4 -1.4 254 19 317.0 317.9 292.4 332.6 4.88 10 550 5138 -3.6 -7.7 73 4.0 -5.4 248 17 319.8 320.6 292.4 332.6 3.91 11 500 5886 -8.3 -10.6 83 2.3 -9.2 231 21 322.9 323.6 292.9 334.3 3.41 12 450 6696 -13.6 -19.0 64 5.4 -15.3 230 27 326.2 326.6 292.4 332.7 1.90 13 400 7581 -19.1 -25.7 56 6.6 -20.8 228 33 330.2 330.4 292.9 334.4 1.17 14 350 8562 -26.1 -33.4 50 7.3 -27.4 220 38 333.6 333.7 293.3 336.0 0.65 15 300 9657 -35.0 -45.2 34 10.3 -36.0 215 40 336.1 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.22 16 250 10902 -44.0 -57.3 21 13.3 -44.6 217 42 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.07 17 200 12369 -53.2 -64.1 25 10.9 -53.4 220 41 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.03 18 150 14184 -61.8 -75.3 15 13.5 -61.9 233 34 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16647 -68.3 -81.8 13 13.5 -68.4 265 8 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.06 m Freezing level: 591.56 mb = 4561.94 m = 14966.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.86 mb = 4246.51 m = 13931.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.72 mb = 2044.79 m = 6708.54 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2251.25 m = 7385.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.31 C = 88.35 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1397.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.97 mb = 2020.79 m = 6629.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.97 mb = 2733.21 m = 8967.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.97 mb = 12401.68 m = 40687.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1383.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.97 mb = 15591.80 m = 51153.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 96.35 Bulk Shear: 14.51 m/s