MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 33.30,-96.81 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 992 201 35.9 18.1 35 17.7 23.3 163 10 309.8 312.3 296.7 350.3 13.33 2 950 587 29.9 16.8 46 13.0 20.8 163 12 307.5 309.9 295.8 346.1 12.80 3 900 1066 25.2 15.9 56 9.3 18.8 161 11 307.4 309.8 295.7 345.7 12.69 4 850 1565 20.5 14.8 70 5.7 16.6 158 11 307.6 310.0 295.6 345.5 12.54 5 800 2085 15.9 13.1 84 2.8 14.1 146 10 308.1 310.4 295.4 344.3 11.96 6 750 2632 12.8 8.2 73 4.6 10.0 105 11 310.5 312.3 294.0 338.6 9.15 7 700 3208 9.4 -0.4 51 9.7 4.2 89 13 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.6 5.32 8 650 3819 6.4 -9.4 31 15.8 -0.7 85 15 316.1 316.7 290.4 325.5 2.88 9 600 4471 2.2 -13.6 30 15.8 -4.1 84 14 318.7 319.1 290.6 326.1 2.23 10 550 5167 -2.3 -19.6 25 17.3 -8.2 89 14 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.5 1.47 11 500 5918 -6.0 -28.0 16 22.0 -12.0 73 15 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.5 0.76 12 450 6735 -10.7 -35.5 11 24.8 -16.0 65 18 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.3 0.41 13 400 7629 -17.1 -38.7 13 21.7 -20.9 70 18 332.8 332.9 292.8 334.1 0.34 14 350 8615 -24.7 -40.8 21 16.1 -27.1 72 18 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.6 0.31 15 300 9716 -33.5 -50.9 16 17.5 -34.8 56 19 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.12 16 250 10970 -43.0 -58.6 16 15.6 -43.7 62 28 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.06 17 200 12436 -54.0 -66.6 20 12.6 -54.2 82 23 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14236 -63.6 -75.2 19 11.7 -63.7 72 10 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16683 -67.1 -83.0 9 15.9 -67.2 114 14 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.90 m Freezing level: 575.22 mb = 4815.64 m = 15799.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.03 mb = 3730.82 m = 12240.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.56 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.89 mb = 2421.42 m = 7944.20 ft T: 14.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 24.81 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.57 mb = 2524.66 m = 8282.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.17 C = 97.10 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 31.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 736.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.63 mb = 2271.39 m = 7451.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.63 mb = 3000.69 m = 9844.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.63 mb = 12189.71 m = 39991.98 ft B at Equ Level: 734.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.63 mb = 14755.69 m = 48410.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.3 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 135.3 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 168.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -4.6 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 41.55 Bulk Shear: 17.73 m/s