MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 33.10,-96.89 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 992 182 34.9 17.0 35 17.8 22.3 135 13 308.7 311.1 295.8 346.3 12.38 2 950 569 31.4 15.2 37 16.3 20.3 140 21 309.1 311.3 295.3 344.0 11.49 3 900 1051 27.2 13.9 44 13.4 18.2 149 18 309.6 311.7 295.1 343.5 11.13 4 850 1553 22.7 12.6 53 10.1 16.0 157 15 310.0 312.0 295.1 343.1 10.85 5 800 2077 18.0 11.2 64 6.8 13.6 159 11 310.3 312.3 294.9 342.4 10.50 6 750 2626 13.2 9.6 79 3.6 10.9 139 6 310.9 312.8 294.7 341.7 10.04 7 700 3203 8.9 6.5 85 2.3 7.5 60 8 312.3 314.0 294.1 339.3 8.73 8 650 3813 5.2 2.8 84 2.4 3.8 80 10 314.8 316.2 293.7 337.5 7.21 9 600 4465 3.0 -7.4 46 10.4 -1.9 81 14 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.5 3.66 10 550 5164 -1.3 -12.0 44 10.7 -5.7 70 17 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.8 2.77 11 500 5917 -5.3 -21.0 28 15.6 -10.5 59 20 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.6 1.44 12 450 6737 -10.2 -33.9 12 23.7 -15.6 46 23 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.3 0.49 13 400 7632 -17.0 -37.2 16 20.2 -20.7 52 23 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.39 14 350 8619 -24.4 -41.0 20 16.6 -26.8 67 20 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.1 0.30 15 300 9723 -32.7 -48.5 19 15.8 -34.1 73 17 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.16 16 250 10979 -42.8 -49.1 50 6.3 -43.2 84 11 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.17 17 200 12445 -54.3 -61.0 44 6.7 -54.5 142 9 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14243 -63.6 -73.5 25 9.9 -63.7 99 8 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16705 -67.3 -83.5 8 16.2 -67.4 130 9 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.66 m Freezing level: 564.93 mb = 4955.14 m = 16256.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.32 mb = 4246.19 m = 13930.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.24 % Est. max temperature: 36.13 C = 97.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.97 mb = 2435.53 m = 7990.49 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 14.80 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.88 mb = 2899.12 m = 9511.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.68 C = 99.82 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.94 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 231.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.49 mb = 2620.17 m = 8596.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.49 mb = 3255.93 m = 10682.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 605.49 mb = 4390.57 m = 14404.58 ft B at Equ Level: 22.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.49 mb = 13261.92 m = 43509.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.9 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 131.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -147.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 34.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 15.18 Bulk Shear: 15.24 m/s