MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 33.57,-97.05 Latitude: 33.57 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 988 228 30.4 17.2 45 13.2 21.3 150 12 304.7 307.0 294.8 342.3 12.60 2 950 577 29.8 16.0 43 13.8 20.3 157 27 307.4 309.7 295.3 343.9 12.10 3 900 1057 26.2 14.8 50 11.4 18.4 163 23 308.5 310.7 295.4 344.4 11.84 4 850 1558 22.4 12.8 55 9.6 16.0 155 15 309.6 311.6 295.0 343.0 10.97 5 800 2082 18.3 10.6 61 7.7 13.4 118 11 310.7 312.6 294.7 341.7 10.11 6 750 2632 13.7 8.1 69 5.5 10.2 91 12 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.4 9.09 7 700 3209 9.4 3.9 69 5.5 6.2 85 14 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.5 7.26 8 650 3821 7.1 -5.0 42 12.2 1.1 90 16 317.0 317.8 291.7 330.1 4.04 9 600 4476 3.9 -14.1 26 18.0 -3.4 73 16 320.6 321.1 291.1 327.8 2.14 10 550 5177 -0.1 -24.2 14 24.1 -7.7 59 17 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.4 0.98 11 500 5932 -5.1 -26.9 16 21.8 -11.3 49 22 326.9 327.0 291.7 329.9 0.85 12 450 6751 -10.9 -31.2 17 20.3 -15.7 53 21 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.63 13 400 7645 -16.9 -39.6 12 22.7 -20.8 53 19 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.31 14 350 8633 -24.0 -46.6 11 22.6 -26.8 58 18 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.17 15 300 9739 -32.4 -48.1 19 15.8 -33.8 55 25 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.4 0.16 16 250 10995 -42.8 -55.4 24 12.6 -43.5 81 14 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.08 17 200 12462 -54.0 -64.3 27 10.3 -54.2 118 2 347.2 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14264 -63.3 -75.0 19 11.7 -63.4 43 11 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.2 0.01 19 100 16718 -66.8 -83.5 8 16.7 -67.0 155 11 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.89 m Freezing level: 551.43 mb = 5156.91 m = 16918.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.44 mb = 3980.69 m = 13059.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.49 % Est. max temperature: 35.62 C = 96.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.38 mb = 1917.71 m = 6291.62 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 16.94 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.61 mb = 2873.88 m = 9428.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.80 C = 100.03 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 17.84 C K Index: 34.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 256.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.95 mb = 2320.25 m = 7612.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 482.95 mb = 6201.72 m = 20346.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.95 mb = 11183.17 m = 36689.76 ft B at Equ Level: 133.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.95 mb = 13019.83 m = 42715.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.1 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 128.1 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -14.8 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.83 Bulk Shear: 48.42 m/s