MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.39,-96.22 Latitude: 34.39 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 991 227 28.0 21.7 69 6.3 23.4 68 4 301.9 305.0 296.9 351.1 16.69 2 950 601 24.9 19.1 70 5.8 20.8 68 7 302.4 305.2 295.8 346.2 14.80 3 900 1074 21.0 17.5 80 3.5 18.6 74 8 303.2 305.8 295.5 345.1 14.14 4 850 1567 17.3 15.3 88 2.1 16.0 74 6 304.3 306.7 295.0 342.9 12.95 5 800 2084 14.8 11.8 82 3.1 12.9 26 4 307.0 309.0 294.3 339.9 10.91 6 750 2629 12.9 6.7 66 6.1 9.2 335 6 310.5 312.1 293.3 335.9 8.26 7 700 3207 10.4 1.0 52 9.4 5.2 334 12 314.0 315.1 292.4 332.6 5.90 8 650 3820 6.7 -5.4 42 12.1 0.8 353 15 316.6 317.3 291.5 329.2 3.93 9 600 4471 2.1 -12.2 34 14.3 -3.8 349 16 318.6 319.1 290.8 326.9 2.50 10 550 5168 -1.6 -19.5 24 17.9 -7.8 328 22 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.3 1.48 11 500 5922 -4.9 -35.0 7 30.1 -12.0 332 31 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.39 12 450 6740 -10.4 -42.4 5 32.1 -16.2 319 27 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.0 0.20 13 400 7638 -15.8 -47.5 5 31.7 -20.5 315 25 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 14 350 8628 -23.7 -47.4 9 23.7 -26.5 301 27 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.15 15 300 9734 -32.3 -52.8 11 20.5 -34.0 289 34 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.10 16 250 10996 -41.5 -51.3 34 9.8 -42.1 273 38 344.4 344.4 295.5 345.0 0.14 17 200 12478 -50.7 -67.1 13 16.4 -51.1 289 30 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 18 150 14291 -64.1 -73.0 28 8.9 -64.1 274 25 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16725 -68.8 -82.6 12 13.8 -68.9 336 2 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.90 m Freezing level: 571.24 mb = 4871.97 m = 15983.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.93 mb = 3934.11 m = 12907.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.42 mb = 1031.10 m = 3382.85 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 24.30 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.64 mb = 1540.26 m = 5053.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.57 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 28.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 415.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.12 mb = 1335.53 m = 4381.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.12 mb = 3843.30 m = 12609.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.12 mb = 11319.32 m = 37136.44 ft B at Equ Level: 409.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.12 mb = 13572.51 m = 44528.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.3 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 16.3 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -6.6 tot: 20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 15.43 Bulk Shear: 26.91 m/s