MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.85,-98.15 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 971 377 22.2 19.4 84 2.9 20.2 130 6 297.8 300.5 294.4 340.5 14.72 2 950 568 23.2 18.2 74 5.0 19.8 139 17 300.8 303.3 294.8 341.9 14.01 3 900 1041 22.1 16.4 70 5.6 18.2 163 20 304.2 306.7 295.1 343.5 13.18 4 850 1536 19.6 14.3 71 5.3 16.0 181 16 306.7 309.0 295.1 343.2 12.14 5 800 2057 16.7 12.4 76 4.3 13.8 231 7 308.9 311.0 295.1 343.5 11.39 6 750 2606 14.4 6.8 60 7.6 9.8 287 11 312.2 313.8 293.8 338.0 8.32 7 700 3185 10.7 -0.6 45 11.4 4.6 316 12 314.4 315.4 292.0 330.9 5.23 8 650 3798 6.5 -7.0 37 13.5 0.2 337 15 316.3 317.0 291.0 327.6 3.48 9 600 4448 1.4 -11.3 38 12.7 -3.9 340 18 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.6 2.69 10 550 5141 -4.6 -13.6 49 9.0 -8.1 337 22 318.7 319.1 290.7 326.7 2.43 11 500 5883 -10.3 -15.3 67 5.0 -12.1 333 34 320.5 321.0 291.2 328.3 2.33 12 450 6687 -14.9 -22.7 51 7.8 -17.1 328 41 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.3 1.37 13 400 7570 -19.9 -30.2 39 10.4 -22.1 321 46 329.2 329.3 292.3 332.0 0.78 14 350 8546 -26.9 -36.6 39 9.7 -28.4 320 51 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.2 0.47 15 300 9647 -31.5 -45.8 23 14.3 -33.0 324 66 341.0 341.0 294.8 341.8 0.21 16 250 10914 -40.2 -57.2 14 17.1 -41.1 306 65 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.07 17 200 12397 -51.7 -56.7 55 5.0 -51.9 281 62 350.8 350.9 296.9 351.2 0.09 18 150 14222 -59.8 -75.4 11 15.6 -60.0 312 40 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.01 19 100 16696 -67.2 -83.1 9 15.9 -67.3 51 5 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.26 m Freezing level: 588.41 mb = 4608.94 m = 15121.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.62 mb = 3827.70 m = 12557.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.66 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.47 mb = 740.50 m = 2429.43 ft T: 22.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 16.94 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.38 mb = 2691.34 m = 8829.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.77 C = 98.19 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 32.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 627.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 257.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.71 mb = 1498.59 m = 4916.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.71 mb = 4198.83 m = 13775.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.71 mb = 9442.77 m = 30979.83 ft B at Equ Level: 625.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.71 mb = 13111.29 m = 43015.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.2 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 352.2 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.7 neg: -14.2 tot: 184.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 4.21 Bulk Shear: 148.87 m/s