MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 34.65,-98.47 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 965 372 41.2 11.7 18 29.5 21.3 196 14 317.5 319.3 295.7 345.9 9.00 2 950 517 38.3 10.3 19 27.9 19.8 197 19 316.0 317.6 294.8 342.1 8.31 3 900 1008 33.3 9.3 23 24.0 17.7 199 20 315.8 317.4 294.7 341.6 8.21 4 850 1519 28.4 8.4 29 19.9 15.6 201 20 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.6 8.18 5 800 2053 23.3 7.6 36 15.8 13.4 202 19 316.0 317.6 294.7 341.7 8.19 6 750 2610 18.0 6.5 47 11.5 10.9 203 18 316.1 317.7 294.7 341.6 8.12 7 700 3196 14.4 2.4 44 12.1 7.4 222 11 318.5 319.7 294.1 339.2 6.49 8 650 3818 10.0 1.3 55 8.7 5.0 261 7 320.2 321.5 294.6 341.1 6.49 9 600 4478 4.6 -1.1 67 5.7 1.5 273 11 321.4 322.6 294.4 340.5 5.89 10 550 5180 -1.0 -4.5 77 3.5 -2.8 299 16 322.9 323.8 294.1 339.2 4.98 11 500 5934 -6.0 -11.9 63 5.8 -8.5 323 14 325.7 326.3 293.3 336.1 3.08 12 450 6749 -12.3 -14.8 82 2.4 -13.2 343 10 327.7 328.3 293.6 337.0 2.70 13 400 7639 -18.2 -22.6 68 4.4 -19.4 314 19 331.4 331.7 293.5 336.9 1.55 14 350 8623 -25.0 -32.3 50 7.4 -26.3 314 16 335.1 335.2 293.7 337.8 0.72 15 300 9724 -33.4 -51.2 15 17.8 -34.8 325 17 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.11 16 250 10975 -44.2 -47.1 73 2.9 -44.4 330 23 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.22 17 200 12434 -54.9 -62.4 39 7.5 -55.1 310 8 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14230 -64.6 -72.3 34 7.7 -64.7 264 7 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16677 -65.5 -83.0 7 17.5 -65.6 154 3 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.68 m Freezing level: 559.18 mb = 5051.18 m = 16571.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.65 mb = 4714.65 m = 15467.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.85 % Est. max temperature: 39.66 C = 103.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 633.69 mb = 4027.68 m = 13214.00 ft T: 8.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 4.31 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 588.48 mb = 4634.26 m = 15204.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.37 C = 113.66 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.40 C Cross Totals Index: 14.46 C K Index: 30.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 188.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 215.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.23 mb = 4007.65 m = 13148.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 500.23 mb = 5930.08 m = 19455.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.23 mb = 11235.48 m = 36861.36 ft B at Equ Level: 186.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.23 mb = 13083.72 m = 42925.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -4.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -9.0 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 10.48 Bulk Shear: 17.99 m/s