MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.18,-100.04 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -100.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 957 517 23.0 17.9 73 5.1 19.5 58 6 299.9 302.4 294.2 339.6 13.57 2 950 581 23.1 17.6 71 5.4 19.4 61 7 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.2 13.48 3 900 1054 22.7 15.9 65 6.8 18.0 188 8 304.9 307.3 295.0 342.8 12.69 4 850 1550 20.2 13.8 67 6.4 15.9 217 13 307.3 309.5 295.0 342.6 11.72 5 800 2072 17.8 11.4 66 6.4 13.7 243 10 310.2 312.2 295.0 342.8 10.68 6 750 2622 15.0 8.4 65 6.6 10.8 270 8 312.8 314.6 294.7 341.5 9.26 7 700 3203 11.1 3.8 61 7.3 6.9 286 9 314.8 316.2 293.7 337.4 7.21 8 650 3817 6.4 1.3 70 5.2 3.5 286 14 316.2 317.5 293.5 336.7 6.47 9 600 4469 1.6 -0.8 84 2.4 0.3 295 21 318.0 319.1 293.6 337.2 6.01 10 550 5165 -3.3 -4.0 95 0.8 -3.7 306 28 320.2 321.2 293.6 336.9 5.17 11 500 5913 -7.7 -12.1 71 4.4 -9.5 308 28 323.6 324.2 292.7 333.7 3.02 12 450 6726 -12.4 -18.8 59 6.4 -14.5 310 26 327.6 328.0 292.9 334.3 1.92 13 400 7616 -17.7 -25.8 49 8.1 -19.8 316 36 332.0 332.2 293.3 336.2 1.17 14 350 8601 -24.6 -32.0 50 7.4 -26.1 311 38 335.5 335.7 293.9 338.3 0.75 15 300 9706 -32.4 -32.8 96 0.4 -32.5 310 16 339.7 339.9 295.0 342.7 0.80 16 250 10965 -42.1 -46.1 65 4.0 -42.4 313 19 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.24 17 200 12435 -53.6 -65.5 22 11.9 -53.9 294 32 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14244 -62.2 -75.9 14 13.7 -62.3 282 32 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16688 -70.4 -82.2 16 11.8 -70.5 66 13 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.07 m Freezing level: 583.53 mb = 4698.32 m = 15414.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.08 mb = 4521.53 m = 14834.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.66 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.50 mb = 1175.20 m = 3855.60 ft T: 22.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 6.07 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 3003.72 m = 9854.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.04 C = 98.68 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.83 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 34.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 224.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 301.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.63 mb = 1800.75 m = 5907.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.63 mb = 4326.02 m = 14192.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.63 mb = 9456.23 m = 31023.99 ft B at Equ Level: 222.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.63 mb = 12414.00 m = 40727.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.1 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 321.1 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.8 neg: -3.5 tot: 117.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 2.98 Bulk Shear: 75.21 m/s