MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.34,-96.97 Latitude: 32.34 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 989 198 36.6 17.8 33 18.8 23.2 139 4 310.7 313.2 296.8 350.7 13.08 2 950 557 31.8 16.7 40 15.1 21.2 152 4 309.5 311.9 296.2 348.1 12.69 3 900 1039 27.1 15.8 50 11.3 19.2 162 4 309.4 311.8 296.1 347.7 12.61 4 850 1541 22.3 14.7 62 7.5 17.1 167 4 309.5 311.8 296.1 347.5 12.49 5 800 2065 17.4 13.6 78 3.8 14.8 167 4 309.6 312.0 296.0 347.1 12.30 6 750 2613 13.1 10.1 82 3.1 11.2 131 1 310.8 312.8 295.0 342.6 10.38 7 700 3191 10.4 5.2 70 5.2 7.3 345 15 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.8 7.93 8 650 3805 6.5 2.1 74 4.4 4.1 341 21 316.3 317.7 293.9 338.1 6.89 9 600 4457 2.1 -0.3 84 2.4 0.8 337 24 318.6 319.8 294.0 338.6 6.26 10 550 5156 -1.5 -8.3 60 6.7 -4.6 330 27 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.6 3.73 11 500 5910 -5.3 -18.0 36 12.7 -9.8 322 28 326.6 327.0 292.5 333.0 1.86 12 450 6728 -10.5 -24.6 30 14.1 -14.6 316 29 330.0 330.3 292.9 334.2 1.16 13 400 7624 -16.4 -40.1 11 23.7 -20.5 310 24 333.7 333.7 293.0 334.8 0.29 14 350 8612 -24.7 -44.0 15 19.3 -27.2 313 31 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.22 15 300 9713 -32.3 -38.3 55 6.0 -33.1 274 28 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.7 0.47 16 250 10974 -42.1 -49.3 45 7.2 -42.6 258 28 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.17 17 200 12449 -52.7 -66.1 18 13.4 -53.0 282 35 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14257 -63.7 -76.7 15 13.0 -63.8 278 19 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16680 -70.5 -82.3 16 11.8 -70.6 146 15 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.39 m Freezing level: 571.12 mb = 4860.66 m = 15946.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.75 mb = 4554.92 m = 14943.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.93 % Est. max temperature: 35.36 C = 95.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.10 mb = 2555.33 m = 8383.52 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 12.61 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2626.00 m = 8615.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.74 C = 98.14 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 37.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 766.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.91 mb = 2479.16 m = 8133.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.91 mb = 3347.28 m = 10981.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.91 mb = 12224.36 m = 40105.69 ft B at Equ Level: 760.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.91 mb = 15256.20 m = 50052.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.2 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 2.2 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -36.9 tot: -28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 16.82 Bulk Shear: 45.58 m/s