MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 33.97,-96.57 Latitude: 33.97 Longitude: -96.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 991 216 22.0 19.2 84 2.8 20.1 112 4 296.0 298.5 293.6 337.0 14.25 2 950 582 24.3 17.6 66 6.7 19.7 239 12 301.9 304.3 294.7 341.5 13.45 3 900 1056 24.3 15.4 58 8.9 18.2 241 15 306.5 308.8 295.2 343.6 12.32 4 850 1556 21.4 14.7 65 6.7 16.8 242 12 308.6 310.9 295.8 346.4 12.46 5 800 2079 17.6 13.2 75 4.4 14.7 258 8 309.9 312.2 295.8 346.5 12.02 6 750 2628 14.9 3.0 45 11.9 8.0 300 8 312.7 313.9 292.4 332.5 6.33 7 700 3209 11.7 -6.6 27 18.3 2.9 358 8 315.5 316.1 290.6 326.2 3.33 8 650 3823 7.7 -10.7 26 18.3 -0.4 14 19 317.7 318.2 290.6 326.2 2.61 9 600 4477 2.8 -12.1 32 14.9 -3.4 354 27 319.4 319.9 291.1 327.8 2.52 10 550 5173 -2.7 -19.8 26 17.1 -8.5 3 28 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.8 1.45 11 500 5921 -8.2 -14.5 61 6.3 -10.5 11 38 323.1 323.5 292.1 331.4 2.49 12 450 6732 -12.7 -21.0 50 8.3 -15.2 351 39 327.3 327.6 292.5 332.9 1.59 13 400 7622 -18.1 -30.5 33 12.4 -20.8 333 23 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.3 0.75 14 350 8606 -24.6 -35.7 35 11.1 -26.5 338 24 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.6 0.52 15 300 9710 -32.5 -44.2 30 11.7 -33.8 349 26 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.25 16 250 10969 -41.1 -51.7 31 10.6 -41.8 334 37 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.5 0.13 17 200 12442 -53.2 -56.9 64 3.7 -53.3 310 30 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.9 0.09 18 150 14251 -63.0 -75.6 17 12.6 -63.1 333 24 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16701 -67.9 -82.8 10 14.9 -68.0 105 11 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.95 m Freezing level: 574.48 mb = 4832.40 m = 15854.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.90 mb = 3748.56 m = 12298.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.13 % Est. max temperature: 34.86 C = 94.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.19 mb = 579.89 m = 1902.52 ft T: 24.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 20.32 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.12 mb = 2970.37 m = 9745.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.35 C = 104.64 F Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.63 C Showalter Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 25.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 206.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 465.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.59 mb = 1539.28 m = 5050.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.59 mb = 4935.49 m = 16192.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 326.59 mb = 9101.49 m = 29860.18 ft B at Equ Level: 205.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.59 mb = 11618.14 m = 38116.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.1 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 18.1 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.2 neg: -10.6 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 2.68 Bulk Shear: 77.07 m/s