MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.44 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 973 361 29.2 18.5 53 10.7 21.6 83 6 304.7 307.3 295.8 346.1 13.87 2 950 569 30.6 17.3 45 13.3 21.2 98 10 308.2 310.7 296.2 348.1 13.18 3 900 1051 26.5 16.2 53 10.3 19.4 125 11 308.8 311.2 296.3 348.2 12.99 4 850 1552 22.2 14.6 62 7.5 17.0 143 8 309.4 311.7 296.0 347.1 12.41 5 800 2076 18.2 11.0 63 7.2 13.6 165 3 310.6 312.5 294.9 342.4 10.39 6 750 2626 14.6 5.2 53 9.4 9.0 313 2 312.4 313.8 293.2 335.5 7.43 7 700 3206 12.0 -5.0 30 17.0 3.5 335 12 315.8 316.5 291.1 327.9 3.76 8 650 3822 8.2 -13.6 20 21.8 -0.8 345 18 318.3 318.7 290.3 325.1 2.06 9 600 4477 3.7 -15.9 22 19.6 -3.9 351 22 320.4 320.7 290.7 326.6 1.85 10 550 5176 -1.5 -20.4 22 18.9 -7.9 341 27 322.3 322.5 290.9 327.0 1.37 11 500 5926 -7.1 -30.1 14 23.0 -12.9 341 32 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.7 0.63 12 450 6738 -11.9 -41.2 7 29.3 -17.1 346 32 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 13 400 7629 -18.4 -42.7 10 24.3 -22.1 341 30 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.22 14 350 8611 -25.5 -49.0 9 23.5 -28.0 345 39 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 15 300 9707 -34.3 -55.1 10 20.8 -35.7 341 45 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 16 250 10960 -42.8 -60.0 13 17.2 -43.5 343 61 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.05 17 200 12433 -51.6 -68.9 11 17.2 -52.0 325 45 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14255 -61.7 -76.3 13 14.7 -61.8 271 20 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16717 -67.5 -83.0 9 15.5 -67.6 99 6 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.47 m Freezing level: 564.70 mb = 4970.29 m = 16306.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.23 mb = 3704.65 m = 12154.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.16 % Est. max temperature: 34.41 C = 93.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.55 mb = 1731.30 m = 5680.03 ft T: 20.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 23.05 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.84 mb = 3029.70 m = 9939.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.12 C = 102.41 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 26.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 959.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.10 mb = 2257.91 m = 7407.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.10 mb = 4366.96 m = 14327.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.10 mb = 11860.97 m = 38913.48 ft B at Equ Level: 953.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.10 mb = 15213.02 m = 49910.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.6 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 18.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.0 neg: -8.4 tot: 84.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 16.02 Bulk Shear: 59.89 m/s