MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509111800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509111800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 35.5,-95.9 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -95.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 987 223 27.9 20.1 62 7.9 22.3 101 8 302.2 305.0 296.0 346.9 15.14 2 950 559 25.2 17.8 64 7.4 20.1 130 11 302.8 305.3 295.1 343.1 13.64 3 900 1034 23.7 14.2 55 9.5 17.3 173 19 305.9 308.0 294.3 340.0 11.35 4 850 1531 20.1 12.4 61 7.7 15.0 192 25 307.1 309.2 294.2 339.5 10.70 5 800 2051 15.9 10.8 72 5.1 12.6 205 28 308.1 310.0 294.1 339.1 10.23 6 750 2596 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.7 221 25 309.4 311.2 293.7 337.6 9.23 7 700 3171 7.6 5.6 87 2.0 6.4 235 25 310.8 312.4 293.3 336.0 8.18 8 650 3777 3.2 2.7 96 0.6 2.9 252 25 312.6 314.0 293.0 334.9 7.15 9 600 4422 -1.0 -3.6 83 2.6 -2.3 254 27 315.0 315.9 291.9 330.6 4.90 10 550 5111 -5.9 -8.4 83 2.4 -7.0 252 27 317.0 317.7 291.4 329.0 3.69 11 500 5852 -9.7 -12.9 77 3.2 -10.9 240 29 321.2 321.8 291.9 330.6 2.83 12 450 6659 -14.5 -15.8 90 1.3 -15.0 233 31 325.0 325.5 292.6 333.4 2.48 13 400 7541 -20.5 -23.0 81 2.5 -21.2 233 31 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.6 1.50 14 350 8515 -27.6 -33.0 60 5.3 -28.5 231 42 331.5 331.6 292.8 334.0 0.68 15 300 9604 -36.5 -42.1 56 5.7 -37.0 230 55 334.0 334.0 293.1 335.2 0.31 16 250 10840 -46.6 -48.6 80 2.0 -46.7 237 66 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.18 17 200 12287 -55.4 -64.6 31 9.2 -55.6 234 63 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14091 -62.3 -74.8 17 12.5 -62.4 237 46 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16564 -66.4 -82.9 8 16.5 -66.5 258 21 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.09 m Freezing level: 611.72 mb = 4271.26 m = 14013.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.97 mb = 4132.63 m = 13558.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.03 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.56 mb = 1224.08 m = 4015.95 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.39 mb = 2315.05 m = 7595.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 40.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1161.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.20 mb = 1733.34 m = 5686.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.20 mb = 2876.28 m = 9436.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.20 mb = 11811.68 m = 38751.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1159.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.20 mb = 14725.04 m = 48309.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 271.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 10.62 Bulk Shear: 109.37 m/s