MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.99,-94.33 Latitude: 35.99 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 970 394 28.7 16.7 48 11.9 20.5 36 4 304.4 306.7 294.7 341.5 12.43 2 950 580 25.9 14.8 50 11.1 18.5 38 5 303.5 305.6 293.5 336.8 11.19 3 900 1053 21.3 13.7 62 7.5 16.3 48 4 303.4 305.5 293.4 336.3 11.04 4 850 1545 16.8 12.2 74 4.6 13.8 66 3 303.8 305.7 293.1 335.2 10.55 5 800 2059 13.8 7.4 65 6.4 9.9 45 3 305.8 307.3 291.8 330.3 8.09 6 750 2602 12.3 1.0 46 11.3 6.1 7 7 309.9 310.9 290.8 326.9 5.48 7 700 3177 9.4 -3.6 40 12.9 2.9 344 11 312.9 313.7 290.6 326.2 4.20 8 650 3787 5.4 -6.6 41 12.0 -0.2 313 14 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.6 3.58 9 600 4435 0.4 -10.5 44 10.9 -4.2 296 16 316.6 317.2 290.6 326.0 2.87 10 550 5126 -5.0 -15.0 45 10.1 -8.7 282 15 318.2 318.6 290.4 325.4 2.16 11 500 5869 -9.4 -13.0 75 3.6 -10.8 288 20 321.6 322.1 292.0 330.9 2.80 12 450 6676 -13.7 -19.1 64 5.4 -15.4 280 24 326.0 326.3 292.4 332.4 1.87 13 400 7562 -19.4 -31.5 33 12.1 -21.9 280 27 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.2 0.69 14 350 8539 -27.1 -31.5 66 4.4 -27.9 275 30 332.2 332.4 293.1 335.1 0.79 15 300 9635 -33.7 -34.0 97 0.3 -33.7 239 37 337.9 338.1 294.5 340.6 0.72 16 250 10885 -44.3 -44.3 100 -0.0 -44.3 248 47 340.2 340.3 294.7 341.4 0.30 17 200 12354 -48.7 -72.1 5 23.4 -49.3 282 43 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 14205 -59.7 -77.4 8 17.7 -59.9 258 28 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16687 -66.5 -83.1 8 16.6 -66.6 253 3 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.52 m Freezing level: 596.02 mb = 4490.45 m = 14732.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.46 mb = 3743.66 m = 12282.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.64 mb = 1895.07 m = 6217.35 ft T: 14.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 15.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.73 mb = 2945.39 m = 9663.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.85 C = 96.54 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 25.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.95 mb = 1996.45 m = 6549.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.95 mb = 4556.04 m = 14947.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 340.95 mb = 8725.14 m = 28625.45 ft B at Equ Level: 91.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.95 mb = 10084.64 m = 33085.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.8 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 337.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -12.6 tot: -8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.77 Bulk Shear: 19.59 m/s