MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 33.93,-92.54 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -92.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 84 37.7 19.1 34 18.6 24.3 164 3 310.1 312.7 297.2 352.6 13.95 1 1000 164 34.2 18.1 39 16.1 22.8 166 3 307.3 309.8 296.0 347.1 13.19 2 950 625 29.4 17.2 48 12.2 20.9 169 3 307.0 309.5 295.8 346.4 13.08 3 900 1104 24.7 16.2 59 8.5 18.8 171 3 306.9 309.4 295.7 345.9 12.94 4 850 1602 20.0 15.0 73 5.0 16.7 160 2 307.1 309.5 295.6 345.6 12.76 5 800 2122 15.2 13.8 91 1.5 14.3 127 2 307.4 309.7 295.5 345.1 12.48 6 750 2667 12.5 6.0 64 6.5 8.6 81 9 310.2 311.6 292.9 334.2 7.83 7 700 3244 10.5 0.4 50 10.1 5.0 60 13 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.9 5.64 8 650 3857 6.3 -1.8 56 8.2 2.1 34 14 316.1 317.1 292.4 332.5 5.15 9 600 4508 1.4 -6.0 58 7.4 -2.1 50 9 317.8 318.6 292.0 331.0 4.08 10 550 5202 -3.6 -11.1 56 7.5 -6.7 45 5 319.9 320.4 291.6 329.7 2.98 11 500 5949 -7.6 -13.3 64 5.7 -9.8 27 16 323.8 324.3 292.5 333.0 2.74 12 450 6763 -11.9 -19.6 53 7.7 -14.4 29 18 328.3 328.7 292.9 334.6 1.80 13 400 7655 -17.2 -26.1 46 9.0 -19.5 33 12 332.7 332.9 293.5 336.8 1.13 14 350 8644 -23.6 -38.7 24 15.0 -26.0 35 21 336.9 337.0 293.9 338.4 0.39 15 300 9750 -32.4 -47.6 21 15.1 -33.9 26 19 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.3 0.17 16 250 11007 -42.7 -53.2 31 10.5 -43.3 24 10 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.11 17 200 12474 -53.1 -65.9 20 12.8 -53.4 26 17 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.03 18 150 14282 -63.4 -76.3 16 12.8 -63.6 32 17 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16731 -69.0 -82.4 13 13.4 -69.1 67 14 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.49 m Freezing level: 585.63 mb = 4707.31 m = 15443.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.11 mb = 4174.33 m = 13695.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.71 C = 94.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.17 mb = 2409.68 m = 7905.66 ft T: 13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 20.72 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.30 mb = 2343.01 m = 7686.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.16 C = 97.09 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 32.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.96 mb = 2185.63 m = 7170.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.96 mb = 3743.71 m = 12282.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.96 mb = 11878.68 m = 38971.57 ft B at Equ Level: 727.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.96 mb = 14744.08 m = 48372.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 55.1 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 85.1 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -7.1 tot: -5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 61.44 Bulk Shear: 11.87 m/s