MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2507311800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2507311800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 34.77,-100.38 Latitude: 34.77 Longitude: -100.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 555 SFC 942 636 36.2 15.1 29 21.1 21.5 165 10 314.7 316.9 296.8 350.6 11.54 3 900 1042 30.8 13.4 35 17.3 19.0 175 11 313.2 315.3 295.9 346.7 10.82 4 850 1550 25.9 12.4 43 13.5 16.8 186 11 313.3 315.3 295.8 346.3 10.68 5 800 2079 20.9 11.2 54 9.8 14.5 194 10 313.5 315.5 295.7 346.0 10.49 6 750 2633 16.0 9.2 64 6.8 11.7 202 9 314.0 315.8 295.4 344.4 9.81 7 700 3216 11.9 5.2 63 6.7 7.9 228 4 315.7 317.2 294.4 340.6 7.94 8 650 3832 7.1 2.0 70 5.1 4.2 251 3 316.9 318.3 293.9 338.5 6.80 9 600 4486 2.8 -2.7 67 5.5 -0.1 261 8 319.3 320.3 293.3 336.1 5.21 10 550 5185 -1.5 -7.6 63 6.2 -4.3 285 8 322.3 323.1 293.1 335.2 3.92 11 500 5938 -6.2 -14.2 53 8.0 -9.3 322 8 325.5 326.0 292.8 334.1 2.55 12 450 6756 -10.2 -23.4 33 13.1 -14.2 333 6 330.4 330.6 293.0 335.0 1.29 13 400 7653 -15.8 -27.1 37 11.3 -18.8 289 10 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.2 1.04 14 350 8645 -23.6 -31.2 49 7.7 -25.1 255 11 337.0 337.2 294.3 340.0 0.81 15 300 9751 -32.5 -38.7 54 6.2 -33.3 245 7 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.4 0.45 16 250 11008 -42.8 -48.8 52 6.0 -43.2 258 4 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.18 17 200 12471 -55.0 -56.7 82 1.6 -55.1 163 6 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.09 18 150 14261 -64.8 -71.4 39 6.7 -64.8 241 10 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.02 19 100 16704 -68.1 -82.5 11 14.3 -68.2 170 6 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.27 m Freezing level: 567.34 mb = 4942.24 m = 16214.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.14 mb = 4470.13 m = 14665.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.44 % Est. max temperature: 35.04 C = 95.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.11 mb = 3274.46 m = 10742.86 ft T: 11.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 16.47 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.90 mb = 3569.03 m = 11709.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.87 C = 100.16 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.07 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 37.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 626.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 697.93 mb = 3240.75 m = 10632.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.93 mb = 3921.27 m = 12864.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.93 mb = 12695.06 m = 41649.95 ft B at Equ Level: 624.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.93 mb = 14989.01 m = 49175.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: -3.9 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 48.05 Bulk Shear: 13.04 m/s