MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.12,-98.94 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -98.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 963 473 31.2 16.5 41 14.7 21.0 115 10 307.7 310.0 295.5 344.9 12.34 2 950 594 29.4 16.0 44 13.4 20.2 114 11 307.0 309.3 295.2 343.7 12.16 3 900 1072 24.8 15.1 55 9.7 18.2 113 9 307.0 309.3 295.1 343.4 12.07 4 850 1570 20.0 14.1 69 5.9 16.1 111 6 307.1 309.4 295.1 343.3 12.00 5 800 2090 15.4 12.6 83 2.8 13.6 88 2 307.6 309.8 294.9 342.6 11.57 6 750 2635 12.4 9.2 81 3.2 10.4 304 7 310.1 311.9 294.3 339.9 9.77 7 700 3213 11.0 1.6 52 9.4 5.7 328 13 314.6 315.8 292.8 334.0 6.14 8 650 3828 7.6 -8.2 32 15.8 0.3 350 15 317.6 318.2 291.1 327.9 3.18 9 600 4482 3.2 -12.0 32 15.3 -3.2 345 21 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.3 2.53 10 550 5181 -0.9 -22.4 18 21.5 -7.9 326 23 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.1 1.15 11 500 5936 -5.1 -34.5 8 29.4 -12.1 315 24 326.8 326.8 291.2 328.3 0.41 12 450 6753 -11.3 -31.3 17 20.0 -16.0 328 23 329.0 329.2 292.1 331.3 0.62 13 400 7647 -16.1 -42.8 8 26.6 -20.5 317 34 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.9 0.22 14 350 8635 -24.7 -44.3 14 19.6 -27.2 309 36 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.21 15 300 9736 -33.4 -50.4 17 17.0 -34.8 298 36 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 16 250 10992 -41.9 -57.2 17 15.3 -42.6 282 39 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.07 17 200 12474 -51.1 -66.8 14 15.7 -51.5 281 37 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14285 -63.9 -75.0 21 11.1 -64.0 279 33 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16721 -69.0 -82.8 12 13.7 -69.1 41 3 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.39 m Freezing level: 560.51 mb = 5033.85 m = 16515.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.55 mb = 3883.95 m = 12742.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.88 mb = 2327.04 m = 7634.55 ft T: 14.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.99 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.84 mb = 2749.64 m = 9021.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.48 C = 94.06 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.26 C K Index: 29.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.00 mb = 2293.12 m = 7523.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 486.00 mb = 6155.73 m = 20195.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.00 mb = 10564.58 m = 34660.28 ft B at Equ Level: 153.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.00 mb = 12277.30 m = 40279.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.2 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 5.2 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: -5.5 tot: 47.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.15 Bulk Shear: 72.28 m/s