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: 34.80,-97.81 Latitude: 34.80 Longitude: -97.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 977 350 20.4 18.5 89 1.8 19.1 119 3 295.4 297.9 293.1 335.2 13.86 2 950 595 21.7 17.6 77 4.1 18.9 157 10 299.2 301.7 293.9 338.4 13.45 3 900 1065 20.1 16.5 80 3.6 17.7 192 10 302.3 304.7 294.6 341.3 13.23 4 850 1557 17.2 14.8 86 2.4 15.6 240 7 304.1 306.5 294.7 341.5 12.54 5 800 2074 15.2 10.8 75 4.4 12.4 307 7 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.4 10.24 6 750 2620 12.7 7.4 70 5.3 9.5 329 10 310.3 312.0 293.6 336.9 8.65 7 700 3196 9.3 0.9 56 8.3 4.7 314 8 312.8 313.9 292.0 331.1 5.86 8 650 3806 5.4 -4.1 50 9.5 0.7 280 6 315.1 315.9 291.4 328.9 4.33 9 600 4455 0.5 -8.8 50 9.3 -3.6 264 6 316.7 317.3 290.9 327.3 3.28 10 550 5146 -4.3 -14.8 44 10.5 -8.2 273 8 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.3 2.20 11 500 5892 -8.4 -12.2 74 3.8 -9.9 272 17 322.8 323.4 292.5 332.8 3.01 12 450 6703 -12.6 -15.8 77 3.2 -13.7 273 21 327.4 327.9 293.3 335.9 2.48 13 400 7593 -17.8 -18.6 94 0.8 -18.1 291 27 331.8 332.3 294.2 339.6 2.21 14 350 8582 -23.6 -24.5 93 0.9 -23.9 302 31 336.9 337.2 294.9 342.3 1.50 15 300 9689 -32.2 -32.2 100 0.0 -32.1 301 30 340.0 340.2 295.1 343.3 0.86 16 250 10948 -42.6 -43.5 91 0.9 -42.7 301 36 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.0 0.33 17 200 12414 -53.3 -58.6 52 5.3 -53.5 291 46 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.07 18 150 14240 -59.7 -78.5 7 18.8 -59.9 271 26 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16690 -69.9 -82.6 14 12.7 -69.9 71 8 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.24 m Freezing level: 595.10 mb = 4522.41 m = 14837.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.23 mb = 3903.55 m = 12806.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.55 mb = 581.31 m = 1907.16 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 15.19 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.13 mb = 2221.66 m = 7288.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.03 C = 91.45 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 32.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.48 mb = 1263.55 m = 4145.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.48 mb = 4261.43 m = 13980.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.48 mb = 7509.33 m = 24636.61 ft B at Equ Level: 134.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.48 mb = 9817.66 m = 32209.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.4 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 302.4 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 55.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.59 Bulk Shear: 29.57 m/s