MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.57,-99.66 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -99.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 965 448 26.7 18.2 59 8.6 20.8 120 11 302.9 305.5 295.2 343.6 13.72 2 950 585 26.1 17.8 60 8.3 20.3 123 19 303.6 306.2 295.3 344.0 13.59 3 900 1061 24.9 14.8 53 10.1 18.1 129 20 307.2 309.4 295.0 343.0 11.87 4 850 1561 22.5 12.0 52 10.4 15.6 168 10 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.6 10.45 5 800 2086 19.1 10.4 57 8.7 13.5 233 11 311.6 313.5 294.8 342.3 9.98 6 750 2638 15.4 9.0 66 6.4 11.3 308 7 313.3 315.1 295.1 343.1 9.63 7 700 3220 11.4 5.6 67 5.8 7.9 346 15 315.1 316.7 294.5 340.7 8.18 8 650 3835 7.1 -2.8 49 9.8 2.0 344 15 317.0 317.9 292.3 332.4 4.80 9 600 4488 3.2 -12.3 31 15.5 -3.3 342 14 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.0 2.47 10 550 5187 -1.2 -16.5 30 15.4 -6.9 333 20 322.7 323.0 291.5 329.2 1.91 11 500 5941 -5.4 -28.6 14 23.2 -11.7 323 21 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.1 0.72 12 450 6759 -10.8 -34.5 12 23.7 -16.0 330 20 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.46 13 400 7653 -16.8 -34.5 20 17.8 -20.4 310 24 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.1 0.51 14 350 8640 -24.6 -33.1 45 8.5 -26.2 305 31 335.6 335.8 293.9 338.2 0.67 15 300 9741 -33.5 -40.9 47 7.4 -34.4 299 28 338.1 338.2 294.2 339.5 0.36 16 250 10998 -41.6 -50.4 38 8.8 -42.2 294 24 344.2 344.3 295.5 344.9 0.15 17 200 12480 -51.1 -67.5 13 16.4 -51.5 293 25 351.8 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.02 18 150 14292 -64.4 -75.5 20 11.2 -64.5 291 19 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16713 -69.6 -82.4 14 12.8 -69.7 39 4 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.04 m Freezing level: 563.55 mb = 4997.74 m = 16396.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.13 mb = 4075.29 m = 13370.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.41 % Est. max temperature: 34.68 C = 94.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.65 mb = 1544.37 m = 5066.76 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 15.06 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.32 mb = 3179.96 m = 10432.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.65 C = 101.57 F Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.78 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.46 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 346.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.96 mb = 2129.69 m = 6987.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 490.96 mb = 6082.40 m = 19955.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.96 mb = 10443.36 m = 34262.57 ft B at Equ Level: 149.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.96 mb = 12125.92 m = 39782.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.8 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 3.8 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.4 neg: -15.0 tot: 183.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 139.03 m/s