MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.33,-99.49 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -99.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 541 SFC 947 572 28.6 20.1 60 8.4 22.5 95 13 306.5 309.4 297.5 354.2 15.88 3 900 1020 25.4 17.9 63 7.5 20.1 102 14 307.6 310.4 296.9 351.3 14.46 4 850 1521 22.5 16.1 67 6.3 18.1 169 4 309.7 312.3 296.9 351.3 13.69 5 800 2046 18.0 14.8 82 3.2 15.8 212 8 310.4 312.9 296.9 351.3 13.39 6 750 2596 14.3 11.5 83 2.9 12.4 240 13 312.1 314.3 296.0 347.2 11.41 7 700 3180 13.2 -1.2 37 14.4 5.5 305 15 317.1 318.1 292.6 333.2 5.02 8 650 3797 8.6 -11.4 23 20.0 -0.1 322 21 318.7 319.2 290.8 326.9 2.45 9 600 4452 2.9 -12.6 31 15.5 -3.5 314 24 319.5 319.9 291.0 327.5 2.42 10 550 5148 -3.5 -14.5 42 11.0 -7.7 310 25 320.0 320.4 291.0 327.6 2.26 11 500 5892 -9.3 -26.1 24 16.8 -13.7 316 30 321.7 321.9 290.3 324.9 0.91 12 450 6700 -13.2 -44.5 5 31.2 -18.1 311 41 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.16 13 400 7585 -19.7 -48.5 6 28.8 -23.3 315 46 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.12 14 350 8561 -27.1 -52.1 7 25.1 -29.4 316 61 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 15 300 9656 -33.6 -58.5 6 24.9 -35.2 322 73 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 16 250 10915 -41.3 -61.1 10 19.8 -42.2 323 81 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 17 200 12399 -50.3 -71.5 6 21.2 -50.7 312 67 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14234 -60.3 -77.9 8 17.6 -60.4 289 42 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16695 -68.1 -83.0 10 14.9 -68.1 331 5 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.72 m Freezing level: 577.26 mb = 4768.25 m = 15643.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.13 mb = 3782.74 m = 12410.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.38 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.79 mb = 1646.52 m = 5401.89 ft T: 21.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.29 C/km ThetaE index: 24.49 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.26 mb = 2435.92 m = 7991.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.64 C = 92.55 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.72 C Cross Totals Index: 25.38 C K Index: 33.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1692.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.44 mb = 1998.31 m = 6556.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.44 mb = 3931.22 m = 12897.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.44 mb = 12092.30 m = 39672.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1689.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.44 mb = 16147.91 m = 52978.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.9 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 338.9 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 199.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 12.75 Bulk Shear: 132.69 m/s