MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.16,-98.64 Latitude: 34.16 Longitude: -98.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 977 333 33.8 16.6 36 17.2 21.8 79 6 308.9 311.2 295.7 346.1 12.22 2 950 587 30.9 15.5 39 15.4 20.4 81 7 308.6 310.8 295.3 344.2 11.76 3 900 1068 26.3 14.6 49 11.6 18.4 83 5 308.6 310.8 295.3 344.1 11.72 4 850 1568 21.5 13.7 61 7.8 16.3 85 3 308.6 310.8 295.3 344.1 11.69 5 800 2090 16.5 12.6 78 3.9 14.0 66 1 308.8 311.0 295.3 343.9 11.55 6 750 2638 14.3 6.4 59 8.0 9.5 308 9 312.2 313.7 293.6 337.1 8.05 7 700 3218 11.0 -1.3 42 12.3 4.5 332 10 314.6 315.6 291.8 330.4 4.98 8 650 3831 7.3 -7.3 35 14.6 0.4 347 13 317.2 317.8 291.2 328.2 3.39 9 600 4485 3.2 -9.2 40 12.4 -2.3 346 17 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.3 3.18 10 550 5185 -0.6 -19.9 22 19.4 -7.3 340 18 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.4 1.43 11 500 5940 -4.4 -32.7 9 28.4 -11.5 328 19 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.49 12 450 6761 -10.2 -27.1 24 16.9 -14.7 331 18 330.5 330.6 292.7 333.8 0.92 13 400 7657 -16.4 -40.1 11 23.7 -20.5 318 23 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.29 14 350 8646 -24.0 -44.9 13 20.8 -26.7 319 29 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.20 15 300 9749 -33.2 -50.0 17 16.7 -34.7 308 31 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.13 16 250 11003 -42.6 -58.1 17 15.5 -43.3 293 35 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.06 17 200 12483 -50.8 -68.2 11 17.3 -51.2 301 31 352.2 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14298 -63.8 -74.8 21 10.9 -64.0 292 22 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16727 -70.6 -82.4 16 11.8 -70.7 164 3 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.05 m Freezing level: 557.47 mb = 5080.43 m = 16667.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.19 mb = 3929.96 m = 12893.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.71 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.58 mb = 2496.75 m = 8191.35 ft T: 14.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 17.85 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3231.42 m = 10601.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.49 C = 103.09 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 18.09 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 181.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.95 mb = 2526.14 m = 8287.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 464.95 mb = 6506.49 m = 21346.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.95 mb = 11138.55 m = 36543.34 ft B at Equ Level: 177.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.95 mb = 12644.37 m = 41483.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.2 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 13.2 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.47 Bulk Shear: 24.31 m/s