MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 33.17,-97.29 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 988 232 31.7 19.2 47 12.5 22.8 186 10 305.9 308.5 296.3 348.6 14.27 2 950 584 26.9 18.1 59 8.8 20.7 190 13 304.4 307.0 295.7 345.8 13.88 3 900 1059 23.9 15.6 60 8.3 18.2 193 13 306.1 308.5 295.2 343.7 12.51 4 850 1559 22.1 11.9 52 10.2 15.4 161 10 309.3 311.2 294.5 340.8 10.33 5 800 2082 18.1 9.8 58 8.3 12.8 130 10 310.4 312.2 294.3 339.7 9.56 6 750 2631 13.5 8.7 72 4.9 10.4 102 12 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.3 9.43 7 700 3209 9.5 2.3 61 7.2 5.5 89 15 313.0 314.2 292.6 333.2 6.46 8 650 3820 6.4 -7.6 36 14.0 -0.0 74 11 316.2 316.9 290.9 327.0 3.32 9 600 4471 1.7 -15.1 27 16.8 -4.7 58 10 318.1 318.5 290.2 324.7 1.97 10 550 5166 -2.2 -25.4 15 23.2 -9.1 69 15 321.5 321.6 290.1 324.5 0.88 11 500 5918 -5.7 -30.4 12 24.8 -12.1 61 16 326.1 326.3 291.2 328.4 0.61 12 450 6735 -11.3 -31.9 16 20.6 -16.0 55 20 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.2 0.59 13 400 7627 -17.7 -31.7 28 14.1 -20.7 56 20 332.0 332.2 292.9 334.5 0.67 14 350 8610 -25.4 -40.4 23 15.0 -27.5 57 24 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.7 0.32 15 300 9709 -33.9 -48.4 22 14.4 -35.2 62 24 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 16 250 10961 -43.1 -59.9 14 16.8 -43.8 48 35 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 17 200 12427 -54.0 -67.9 17 13.9 -54.2 54 34 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 14231 -63.3 -75.9 17 12.5 -63.4 86 15 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16684 -69.0 -82.5 13 13.4 -69.1 142 3 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.89 m Freezing level: 578.05 mb = 4776.14 m = 15669.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.35 mb = 3815.86 m = 12519.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.91 % Est. max temperature: 35.37 C = 95.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.70 mb = 1819.62 m = 5969.80 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 15.74 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.39 mb = 2581.53 m = 8469.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.02 C = 98.63 F Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.75 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 32.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 608.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 176.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.71 mb = 1882.59 m = 6176.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.71 mb = 3899.41 m = 12793.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.71 mb = 11691.31 m = 38356.86 ft B at Equ Level: 607.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.71 mb = 14489.95 m = 47538.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.4 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 126.4 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 165.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -14.3 tot: -12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.79 Bulk Shear: 41.13 m/s