MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 33.97,-97.95 Latitude: 33.97 Longitude: -97.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 980 279 35.6 17.3 34 18.2 22.7 117 6 310.5 312.9 296.5 349.6 12.80 2 950 559 32.4 16.4 38 16.0 21.2 124 8 310.1 312.4 296.2 348.0 12.42 3 900 1042 27.7 15.6 48 12.1 19.3 133 8 310.1 312.4 296.2 348.0 12.45 4 850 1545 22.9 14.7 60 8.2 17.2 142 7 310.1 312.4 296.2 348.0 12.43 5 800 2070 17.8 13.7 76 4.2 15.0 154 6 310.2 312.5 296.2 347.9 12.38 6 750 2619 13.5 10.9 84 2.6 11.8 261 4 311.2 313.3 295.5 345.0 11.01 7 700 3198 10.4 5.8 73 4.5 7.6 319 14 314.0 315.6 294.3 339.9 8.32 8 650 3811 6.8 -5.6 41 12.4 0.8 327 22 316.7 317.4 291.5 329.2 3.88 9 600 4463 2.3 -17.0 22 19.3 -4.8 335 25 318.8 319.1 290.1 324.5 1.69 10 550 5160 -1.9 -23.0 18 21.1 -8.6 344 27 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.6 1.09 11 500 5911 -5.8 -30.2 13 24.4 -12.1 345 31 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.2 0.62 12 450 6726 -11.9 -40.3 7 28.4 -17.1 345 39 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.25 13 400 7618 -17.6 -44.7 7 27.1 -21.6 338 42 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.18 14 350 8604 -24.2 -49.8 7 25.7 -27.0 340 42 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.11 15 300 9707 -33.3 -46.9 24 13.6 -34.6 340 39 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.19 16 250 10962 -42.0 -52.9 30 10.9 -42.6 331 44 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.11 17 200 12439 -52.4 -62.6 28 10.2 -52.7 336 40 349.8 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.04 18 150 14249 -62.6 -76.1 15 13.4 -62.8 283 17 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16698 -68.8 -82.9 11 14.1 -68.8 155 11 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.05 m Freezing level: 572.68 mb = 4843.86 m = 15891.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.05 mb = 3898.98 m = 12791.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.47 % Est. max temperature: 35.21 C = 95.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.00 mb = 2573.89 m = 8444.43 ft T: 13.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 23.51 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.81 mb = 2813.62 m = 9230.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.23 C = 99.01 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 38.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 848.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.86 mb = 2575.44 m = 8449.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.86 mb = 3451.84 m = 11324.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.86 mb = 11842.34 m = 38852.34 ft B at Equ Level: 848.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.86 mb = 15166.48 m = 49758.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.1 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 9.1 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 106.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 11.97 Bulk Shear: 70.93 m/s