MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 33.98,-100.37 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -100.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 953 591 31.8 16.1 39 15.7 20.9 58 6 309.2 311.5 295.8 346.2 12.17 2 950 618 30.4 15.8 41 14.6 20.3 56 6 308.0 310.2 295.3 344.1 11.95 3 900 1097 25.3 14.7 52 10.5 18.1 48 6 307.5 309.7 295.1 343.1 11.78 4 850 1596 20.4 13.6 65 6.9 15.8 30 5 307.6 309.7 294.9 342.5 11.57 5 800 2116 15.6 12.3 81 3.3 13.4 8 5 307.8 309.9 294.8 342.0 11.32 6 750 2661 10.8 9.7 93 1.1 10.2 340 7 308.4 310.3 294.1 339.2 10.16 7 700 3236 11.0 -6.7 28 17.7 2.6 319 18 314.7 315.3 290.4 325.4 3.32 8 650 3849 6.4 -6.7 39 13.1 0.2 318 16 316.2 316.9 291.0 327.7 3.56 9 600 4500 1.9 -9.8 42 11.7 -3.2 306 12 318.3 318.9 291.2 328.2 3.02 10 550 5196 -1.7 -20.8 22 19.1 -8.1 280 11 322.0 322.3 290.7 326.6 1.33 11 500 5949 -5.9 -13.8 53 8.0 -9.0 268 13 325.9 326.4 293.0 334.8 2.63 12 450 6768 -10.3 -18.3 52 8.0 -13.1 264 10 330.3 330.7 293.6 337.3 2.01 13 400 7665 -16.0 -26.1 41 10.1 -18.7 277 13 334.2 334.4 293.9 338.3 1.13 14 350 8657 -23.1 -25.9 78 2.8 -23.8 288 15 337.6 337.9 294.9 342.5 1.32 15 300 9766 -31.5 -34.7 74 3.2 -32.0 259 16 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.5 0.67 16 250 11030 -41.3 -52.5 29 11.2 -42.1 258 14 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.1 0.12 17 200 12507 -52.1 -63.5 24 11.4 -52.4 245 17 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.04 18 150 14319 -64.1 -76.1 18 12.0 -64.2 295 15 359.6 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16735 -71.7 -82.0 20 10.4 -71.7 74 11 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.38 m Freezing level: 574.01 mb = 4862.02 m = 15951.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.12 mb = 3885.25 m = 12746.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.88 mb = 2561.24 m = 8402.92 ft T: 11.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 20.85 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.96 mb = 2504.92 m = 8218.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 22.17 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.71 mb = 2441.74 m = 8010.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.71 mb = 2607.73 m = 8555.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.71 mb = 2832.43 m = 9292.63 ft B at Equ Level: 2.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 724.71 mb = 2946.80 m = 9667.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.6 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 340.6 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -175.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -4.1 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 23.32 m/s