MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 34.00,-95.75 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -95.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 998 163 24.9 18.4 67 6.4 20.4 158 5 298.2 300.6 293.6 337.3 13.48 2 950 603 28.2 16.5 49 11.7 20.1 201 22 305.8 308.2 295.1 343.4 12.53 3 900 1081 25.7 14.0 48 11.7 17.8 199 15 308.0 310.1 294.8 342.1 11.26 4 850 1582 22.0 12.2 54 9.8 15.5 198 11 309.2 311.1 294.6 341.3 10.54 5 800 2105 17.9 10.0 60 7.9 12.9 218 7 310.2 312.1 294.3 339.9 9.70 6 750 2655 15.1 4.1 48 10.9 8.7 339 3 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.4 6.88 7 700 3236 12.1 -0.7 41 12.8 5.2 43 9 315.9 316.9 292.4 332.4 5.20 8 650 3852 8.2 -3.2 45 11.4 2.3 40 17 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.3 4.66 9 600 4507 3.0 -4.1 60 7.1 -0.6 29 22 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.9 4.71 10 550 5205 -2.5 -13.3 43 10.8 -6.8 21 23 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.5 2.49 11 500 5954 -7.4 -25.3 22 18.0 -12.5 29 18 324.1 324.2 291.0 327.5 0.97 12 450 6764 -13.4 -26.1 33 12.7 -16.7 33 12 326.4 326.6 291.7 330.0 1.01 13 400 7649 -19.2 -35.4 23 16.1 -22.2 348 13 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.8 0.47 14 350 8633 -24.7 -44.3 15 19.5 -27.2 345 21 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.2 0.21 15 300 9736 -33.2 -44.7 31 11.5 -34.4 341 29 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.5 0.24 16 250 10988 -43.9 -49.8 52 5.9 -44.3 333 32 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.16 17 200 12446 -55.0 -61.9 42 6.9 -55.2 326 33 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14241 -64.7 -74.2 26 9.6 -64.8 309 21 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16687 -66.9 -82.4 10 15.5 -67.1 258 7 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.99 m Freezing level: 572.55 mb = 4890.30 m = 16044.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.86 mb = 4373.79 m = 14349.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.27 % Est. max temperature: 35.90 C = 96.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.65 mb = 996.73 m = 3270.06 ft T: 26.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 11.01 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.19 mb = 3329.01 m = 10921.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.92 C = 109.25 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.91 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 28.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 271.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 469.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.03 mb = 1965.43 m = 6448.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.03 mb = 4946.34 m = 16227.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.03 mb = 10509.52 m = 34479.62 ft B at Equ Level: 271.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.03 mb = 13172.07 m = 43214.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.2 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 65.2 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.3 neg: -12.4 tot: 97.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 2.44 Bulk Shear: 111.24 m/s