MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 34.52,-95.67 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -95.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 990 260 21.7 18.8 84 2.9 19.7 133 5 295.7 298.2 293.2 335.6 13.89 2 950 622 25.0 16.6 60 8.4 19.2 162 21 302.5 304.8 294.3 339.8 12.60 3 900 1096 23.5 14.1 56 9.4 17.2 182 20 305.7 307.8 294.2 339.5 11.28 4 850 1593 20.5 11.6 57 8.9 14.7 192 10 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.3 10.14 5 800 2114 17.2 8.9 58 8.3 12.0 339 3 309.5 311.2 293.6 336.9 8.98 6 750 2662 14.4 -2.3 31 16.7 5.8 15 7 312.2 313.1 290.5 325.9 4.31 7 700 3241 11.3 -6.3 29 17.6 2.8 23 13 315.0 315.7 290.6 326.0 3.41 8 650 3855 7.2 -6.9 36 14.1 0.5 18 21 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.5 3.51 9 600 4508 3.0 -11.8 33 14.8 -3.3 27 26 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.1 2.57 10 550 5206 -2.5 -14.2 40 11.7 -7.1 25 26 321.1 321.5 291.4 328.8 2.31 11 500 5955 -6.8 -25.2 22 18.4 -12.1 23 24 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.98 12 450 6769 -12.5 -28.7 25 16.2 -16.4 21 29 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.5 0.80 13 400 7657 -18.3 -35.9 20 17.6 -21.6 8 26 331.2 331.2 292.5 332.8 0.45 14 350 8639 -25.6 -39.7 26 14.1 -27.6 347 24 334.3 334.3 293.2 335.6 0.35 15 300 9737 -34.0 -39.7 57 5.6 -34.7 324 31 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.9 0.40 16 250 10989 -43.1 -45.1 81 2.0 -43.3 323 40 341.9 342.0 295.0 343.0 0.27 17 200 12456 -53.9 -60.1 47 6.2 -54.1 315 41 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14256 -64.2 -74.0 25 9.8 -64.3 314 30 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16722 -67.2 -82.8 9 15.5 -67.4 106 6 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.84 m Freezing level: 572.95 mb = 4885.51 m = 16028.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3945.79 m = 12945.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.95 C = 93.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.85 mb = 632.23 m = 2074.22 ft T: 24.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.84 mb = 3159.69 m = 10366.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.59 C = 105.06 F Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.97 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 21.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 521.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.35 mb = 1701.45 m = 5582.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 464.35 mb = 6526.39 m = 21411.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 394.35 mb = 7761.98 m = 25465.51 ft B at Equ Level: 41.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.35 mb = 10351.19 m = 33960.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 31.5 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 61.5 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.3 neg: -32.7 tot: 152.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 111.02 m/s