MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 33.50,-97.05 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 988 226 26.6 19.1 64 7.5 21.3 175 8 300.8 303.4 295.0 342.7 14.25 2 950 572 26.3 18.0 60 8.3 20.5 198 22 303.9 306.4 295.4 344.8 13.77 3 900 1049 25.8 14.3 49 11.5 18.1 199 18 308.1 310.3 295.0 342.9 11.48 4 850 1550 22.8 12.0 51 10.8 15.7 178 12 310.0 312.0 294.8 341.9 10.42 5 800 2075 18.6 10.1 58 8.4 13.1 153 7 311.0 312.8 294.6 341.0 9.78 6 750 2625 14.0 8.2 68 5.7 10.4 108 8 311.7 313.5 294.3 340.0 9.15 7 700 3203 9.8 2.5 60 7.3 5.6 92 12 313.3 314.6 292.7 333.8 6.56 8 650 3815 6.3 -7.1 38 13.4 0.1 79 8 316.1 316.8 291.0 327.3 3.46 9 600 4465 1.9 -18.1 21 20.1 -5.3 41 7 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.5 1.53 10 550 5160 -2.5 -25.4 15 23.0 -9.2 42 13 321.2 321.3 290.0 324.3 0.88 11 500 5911 -5.7 -35.1 8 29.4 -12.5 59 19 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.5 0.39 12 450 6728 -11.3 -29.2 21 17.9 -15.8 52 20 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.8 0.76 13 400 7620 -18.0 -31.5 30 13.5 -20.9 51 20 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.2 0.69 14 350 8603 -25.6 -40.2 24 14.5 -27.7 49 23 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.4 0.33 15 300 9700 -34.2 -52.9 13 18.6 -35.6 49 35 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.09 16 250 10950 -43.2 -61.8 11 18.7 -43.9 37 34 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 17 200 12419 -53.4 -69.0 13 15.6 -53.7 43 28 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14217 -64.7 -75.6 21 10.9 -64.8 58 18 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16670 -66.5 -83.0 8 16.5 -66.6 159 9 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.63 m Freezing level: 578.08 mb = 4769.96 m = 15649.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.27 mb = 3823.89 m = 12545.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.10 % Est. max temperature: 36.01 C = 96.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.97 mb = 1186.70 m = 3893.34 ft T: 24.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 21.29 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2734.46 m = 8971.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.81 C = 100.07 F Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.52 C Cross Totals Index: 17.75 C K Index: 33.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 431.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 287.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.51 mb = 1887.39 m = 6192.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.51 mb = 4165.90 m = 13667.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.51 mb = 11149.89 m = 36580.55 ft B at Equ Level: 430.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.51 mb = 13716.37 m = 45000.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.8 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 134.8 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -12.8 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 7.60 Bulk Shear: 56.84 m/s