MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 34,-99.29 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -99.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 972 385 32.6 14.7 34 18.0 20.4 183 15 308.3 310.3 294.6 341.2 10.86 2 950 588 32.2 14.0 33 18.2 19.9 183 27 309.9 311.9 294.9 342.4 10.66 3 900 1073 29.8 12.3 34 17.5 18.1 186 30 312.2 314.1 295.1 343.2 10.04 4 850 1580 26.6 11.0 38 15.6 16.3 186 17 314.0 315.9 295.4 344.3 9.75 5 800 2111 22.5 9.3 43 13.2 14.0 204 11 315.1 316.9 295.3 343.9 9.21 6 750 2669 18.5 6.5 46 12.0 11.1 242 8 316.7 318.2 294.9 342.3 8.15 7 700 3256 14.3 2.5 45 11.8 7.4 267 2 318.3 319.6 294.1 339.1 6.54 8 650 3877 9.9 1.7 56 8.3 5.2 2 12 320.2 321.5 294.7 341.6 6.66 9 600 4538 5.8 -8.9 34 14.6 -1.0 15 19 322.8 323.4 292.7 333.6 3.26 10 550 5242 0.0 -13.3 36 13.3 -5.4 28 22 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.6 2.49 11 500 5996 -6.4 -15.7 48 9.2 -9.9 27 21 325.2 325.6 292.5 332.9 2.25 12 450 6812 -11.0 -29.6 20 18.5 -15.7 28 17 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.0 0.73 13 400 7705 -17.4 -37.7 15 20.3 -21.1 26 19 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.8 0.37 14 350 8690 -25.3 -41.4 21 16.1 -27.5 8 22 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.29 15 300 9790 -33.3 -40.8 47 7.5 -34.2 11 18 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.8 0.36 16 250 11042 -43.4 -50.7 44 7.3 -43.9 347 21 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.15 17 200 12506 -54.3 -60.8 44 6.5 -54.5 0 19 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14304 -65.0 -75.2 23 10.2 -65.1 133 4 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16742 -68.7 -82.5 12 13.8 -68.8 32 2 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.03 m Freezing level: 549.63 mb = 5247.87 m = 17217.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.33 mb = 4423.96 m = 14514.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.29 % Est. max temperature: 38.95 C = 102.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.46 mb = 2675.10 m = 8776.47 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 614.84 mb = 4336.11 m = 14225.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.25 C = 115.24 F Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.76 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.46 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 204.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 554.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.38 mb = 3107.00 m = 10193.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 517.38 mb = 5725.87 m = 18785.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.38 mb = 11111.46 m = 36454.48 ft B at Equ Level: 203.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.38 mb = 13255.64 m = 43489.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.0 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 69.0 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.1 neg: -34.1 tot: 101.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 208.95 m/s