MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.99,-100.44 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 525 SFC 931 705 30.1 19.1 52 11.0 22.2 109 16 309.5 312.3 297.8 355.4 15.10 3 900 1005 26.8 17.9 58 8.9 20.5 114 21 309.2 311.9 297.3 353.2 14.51 4 850 1508 23.8 16.0 62 7.8 18.4 139 15 311.1 313.7 297.3 352.8 13.62 5 800 2037 20.2 14.5 70 5.7 16.3 174 12 312.6 315.1 297.3 352.9 13.07 6 750 2592 18.8 7.5 48 11.3 11.7 280 16 317.0 318.6 295.4 344.4 8.72 7 700 3182 15.6 -6.6 21 22.2 4.6 321 20 319.8 320.5 291.9 330.7 3.33 8 650 3803 10.2 -12.6 19 22.8 0.3 331 19 320.5 320.9 291.1 327.9 2.22 9 600 4461 4.2 -16.0 21 20.2 -3.7 326 20 320.9 321.3 290.9 327.2 1.83 10 550 5160 -2.0 -20.3 23 18.3 -8.1 321 22 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.5 1.39 11 500 5908 -7.7 -23.6 27 15.9 -12.4 324 31 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.6 1.14 12 450 6720 -12.6 -37.3 11 24.7 -17.4 306 35 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.35 13 400 7607 -19.3 -46.8 7 27.6 -22.9 301 37 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 14 350 8584 -26.5 -32.1 59 5.6 -27.5 325 51 333.0 333.2 293.3 335.8 0.74 15 300 9684 -32.8 -38.4 57 5.6 -33.5 324 71 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.0 0.46 16 250 10943 -41.4 -55.8 20 14.4 -42.2 324 76 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.08 17 200 12428 -50.8 -68.2 11 17.5 -51.1 297 58 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 18 150 14250 -62.2 -77.0 12 14.8 -62.3 302 44 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16702 -68.7 -82.8 11 14.1 -68.8 276 8 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.69 m Freezing level: 566.11 mb = 4934.35 m = 16188.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.08 mb = 3852.81 m = 12640.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.75 % Est. max temperature: 34.73 C = 94.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.94 mb = 2102.09 m = 6896.54 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 26.37 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.66 mb = 3465.93 m = 11371.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.49 C = 104.88 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 25.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1690.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 256.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.62 mb = 2303.17 m = 7556.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.62 mb = 4183.04 m = 13723.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.62 mb = 12732.59 m = 41773.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1678.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.6 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 348.6 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.9 neg: -3.3 tot: 328.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.18 Bulk Rich Number: 8.32 Bulk Shear: 203.21 m/s