MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 34.92,-98.55 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 968 426 34.3 19.6 42 14.7 23.6 189 12 310.3 313.1 297.9 356.1 15.01 2 950 596 30.9 18.3 47 12.6 22.0 192 15 308.6 311.2 296.9 351.3 14.10 3 900 1077 26.2 17.3 58 8.9 19.9 197 16 308.5 311.1 296.8 350.7 13.93 4 850 1578 21.6 16.2 71 5.4 17.8 203 15 308.8 311.3 296.7 350.5 13.76 5 800 2102 19.0 12.2 65 6.8 14.5 231 10 311.4 313.6 295.7 346.0 11.25 6 750 2654 15.4 4.5 48 10.9 9.0 240 6 313.3 314.7 293.2 335.4 7.06 7 700 3236 12.8 -7.4 24 20.2 3.1 307 3 316.6 317.2 290.8 326.8 3.13 8 650 3852 7.7 -3.3 46 11.0 2.1 347 8 317.7 318.6 292.4 332.6 4.63 9 600 4506 3.7 -14.8 24 18.5 -3.6 349 14 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.2 2.03 10 550 5206 -1.5 -18.2 27 16.8 -7.5 357 17 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.0 1.65 11 500 5956 -7.8 -19.7 38 11.9 -11.7 11 19 323.5 323.9 291.5 329.1 1.61 12 450 6767 -12.3 -28.9 24 16.6 -16.4 350 22 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.6 0.78 13 400 7656 -18.4 -30.5 34 12.2 -21.0 345 26 331.1 331.3 292.7 333.9 0.75 14 350 8639 -25.2 -32.7 50 7.5 -26.6 344 35 334.8 334.9 293.7 337.4 0.70 15 300 9742 -32.6 -39.8 48 7.2 -33.5 344 26 339.4 339.5 294.6 341.0 0.40 16 250 10999 -42.6 -50.7 41 8.1 -43.1 341 25 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.15 17 200 12467 -54.0 -61.8 38 7.8 -54.2 329 30 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14256 -65.6 -72.1 40 6.5 -65.7 328 28 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16711 -66.4 -82.7 8 16.3 -66.5 156 11 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.51 m Freezing level: 564.24 mb = 5006.75 m = 16426.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.78 mb = 4084.35 m = 13399.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.84 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 94.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.26 mb = 2272.08 m = 7454.24 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 29.25 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2957.84 m = 9704.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.01 C = 102.22 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -5.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 25.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1494.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.13 mb = 2208.29 m = 7244.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.13 mb = 3786.53 m = 12422.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.13 mb = 13292.85 m = 43611.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1486.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.13 mb = 16408.30 m = 53832.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.3 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 354.3 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -10.1 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 17.80 Bulk Shear: 84.01 m/s