MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.56 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 970 363 32.9 12.7 29 20.2 19.5 171 9 308.7 310.4 293.7 337.6 9.52 2 950 553 36.2 11.5 22 24.8 19.8 188 24 313.9 315.7 294.8 341.9 8.98 3 900 1043 32.9 10.0 25 22.9 17.9 193 23 315.4 317.1 294.9 342.3 8.59 4 850 1554 28.3 8.8 30 19.4 15.8 195 19 315.7 317.4 294.8 342.1 8.41 5 800 2087 23.3 7.8 37 15.5 13.5 200 16 316.0 317.6 294.8 342.1 8.32 6 750 2645 18.1 6.7 47 11.5 11.0 208 13 316.3 317.8 294.8 342.1 8.21 7 700 3231 14.1 3.2 48 11.0 7.7 227 6 318.1 319.4 294.3 340.0 6.88 8 650 3853 11.1 -3.2 36 14.3 3.5 324 6 321.5 322.4 293.5 336.6 4.64 9 600 4515 5.9 -6.5 40 12.4 -0.2 354 12 323.0 323.8 293.3 336.0 3.93 10 550 5219 -0.4 -8.8 53 8.4 -4.3 14 12 323.6 324.3 293.2 335.5 3.57 11 500 5973 -6.5 -11.1 70 4.6 -8.5 22 13 325.1 325.8 293.3 336.1 3.26 12 450 6789 -11.6 -18.2 58 6.6 -13.9 15 18 328.6 329.0 293.2 335.7 2.02 13 400 7681 -17.2 -27.7 39 10.6 -19.8 353 23 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.2 0.98 14 350 8668 -24.2 -36.3 32 12.0 -26.3 356 26 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.9 0.49 15 300 9770 -34.0 -43.7 37 9.7 -35.0 358 25 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.5 0.26 16 250 11017 -44.6 -47.7 71 3.1 -44.7 350 32 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.20 17 200 12477 -54.7 -60.4 49 5.7 -54.8 338 39 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.06 18 150 14273 -64.0 -73.1 28 9.1 -64.1 341 9 359.8 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16717 -66.6 -82.8 8 16.3 -66.7 10 8 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5877.85 m Freezing level: 553.15 mb = 5174.96 m = 16978.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.11 mb = 4485.93 m = 14717.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.39 % Est. max temperature: 40.04 C = 104.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.04 mb = 2943.82 m = 9658.08 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 6.87 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 584.57 mb = 4725.88 m = 15504.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.28 C = 117.10 F Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.76 C Cross Totals Index: 15.34 C K Index: 32.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 436.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.85 mb = 3739.59 m = 12268.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 503.85 mb = 5912.21 m = 19396.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.85 mb = 11454.13 m = 37578.71 ft B at Equ Level: 108.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.85 mb = 12671.90 m = 41573.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -38.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.7 neg: -18.9 tot: 42.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 6.20 Bulk Shear: 18.58 m/s