MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 35.92,-98.08 Latitude: 35.92 Longitude: -98.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 968 379 34.4 16.3 34 18.1 21.8 190 12 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.4 12.12 2 950 541 31.0 15.1 38 15.9 20.2 193 16 308.7 310.8 295.1 343.4 11.45 3 900 1022 26.2 14.0 47 12.1 18.0 197 17 308.5 310.6 295.0 342.7 11.27 4 850 1522 21.5 12.8 58 8.6 15.7 200 17 308.6 310.7 294.8 342.1 11.02 5 800 2043 16.6 11.5 72 5.2 13.3 201 17 308.9 310.9 294.7 341.4 10.69 6 750 2590 13.6 3.8 52 9.8 8.0 207 13 311.4 312.6 292.3 332.3 6.73 7 700 3168 9.3 2.9 64 6.4 5.7 202 8 312.8 314.1 292.7 333.9 6.75 8 650 3779 6.8 -14.1 21 20.9 -1.6 213 9 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.2 1.97 9 600 4432 4.3 -26.7 8 31.0 -5.3 237 13 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.6 0.72 10 550 5134 0.3 -34.9 5 35.2 -8.5 243 17 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.36 11 500 5890 -5.4 -37.5 6 32.1 -12.4 248 15 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.31 12 450 6706 -11.2 -41.6 6 30.4 -16.7 260 12 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.22 13 400 7597 -18.3 -42.1 10 23.8 -22.0 269 11 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.24 14 350 8578 -26.3 -46.4 13 20.1 -28.6 264 14 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.17 15 300 9672 -34.7 -55.0 11 20.2 -36.1 274 13 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 16 250 10925 -42.5 -62.6 9 20.0 -43.3 274 8 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.03 17 200 12395 -53.6 -67.7 16 14.1 -53.9 268 13 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14193 -65.2 -73.7 30 8.5 -65.3 305 13 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16648 -65.5 -83.0 7 17.5 -65.7 15 6 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.38 m Freezing level: 547.27 mb = 5175.65 m = 16980.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.11 mb = 3638.86 m = 11938.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.27 % Est. max temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.63 mb = 2639.24 m = 8658.82 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.18 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.62 mb = 2982.85 m = 9786.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.28 C = 97.30 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 18.19 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 340.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.75 mb = 2559.40 m = 8396.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 487.75 mb = 6081.85 m = 19953.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.75 mb = 10715.08 m = 35154.02 ft B at Equ Level: 339.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.75 mb = 13493.84 m = 44270.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -15.5 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 56.76 Bulk Shear: 6.00 m/s