MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 33.23,-96.97 Latitude: 33.23 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 990 194 38.0 15.7 27 22.3 22.5 149 8 312.1 314.2 296.0 347.2 11.43 2 950 570 32.6 14.5 34 18.1 20.3 147 10 310.3 312.4 295.3 343.9 10.99 3 900 1053 27.9 13.5 41 14.4 18.2 143 11 310.2 312.3 295.1 343.4 10.84 4 850 1556 23.1 12.4 51 10.7 16.0 139 10 310.3 312.4 295.1 343.1 10.71 5 800 2081 18.2 11.2 64 6.9 13.6 135 10 310.5 312.5 295.0 342.7 10.53 6 750 2629 13.1 9.8 81 3.2 11.0 129 10 310.7 312.7 294.8 342.1 10.23 7 700 3205 7.9 7.2 95 0.7 7.5 121 11 311.2 313.0 294.1 339.4 9.15 8 650 3813 5.0 -2.4 59 7.4 1.3 93 12 314.6 315.6 291.8 330.3 4.94 9 600 4465 2.6 -11.7 34 14.3 -3.4 78 14 319.2 319.7 291.1 327.8 2.60 10 550 5163 -1.8 -17.4 29 15.6 -7.5 75 14 321.9 322.3 291.1 328.0 1.77 11 500 5914 -5.7 -29.4 14 23.7 -11.9 67 15 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.5 0.67 12 450 6733 -10.2 -38.2 8 28.0 -15.9 59 17 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.32 13 400 7628 -16.8 -36.5 16 19.7 -20.5 61 20 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.7 0.42 14 350 8616 -24.6 -41.5 19 16.9 -27.0 43 17 335.6 335.7 293.5 336.7 0.29 15 300 9718 -33.2 -49.7 18 16.5 -34.6 75 20 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.1 0.14 16 250 10972 -43.1 -54.6 27 11.5 -43.7 67 20 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.4 0.09 17 200 12435 -54.7 -64.2 30 9.5 -54.9 93 16 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14233 -63.6 -75.0 20 11.3 -63.7 80 14 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16696 -66.7 -83.3 8 16.6 -66.8 142 13 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.38 m Freezing level: 570.44 mb = 4877.34 m = 16001.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.58 mb = 3983.11 m = 13067.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.23 % Est. max temperature: 36.37 C = 97.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.44 mb = 2976.78 m = 9766.21 ft T: 9.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 19.43 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.93 mb = 2924.83 m = 9595.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.00 C = 98.60 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 18.09 C K Index: 40.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 338.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.00 mb = 2877.98 m = 9442.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.00 mb = 3051.81 m = 10012.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.00 mb = 11433.73 m = 37511.77 ft B at Equ Level: 338.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.00 mb = 13713.46 m = 44991.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.6 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 133.6 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -176.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -3.3 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 37.00 Bulk Shear: 9.14 m/s