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: 35.02,-98.05 Latitude: 35.02 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 974 381 20.3 18.8 91 1.5 19.3 125 2 295.7 298.2 293.4 336.5 14.20 2 950 597 21.3 18.0 82 3.2 19.1 169 8 298.8 301.3 294.1 339.0 13.82 3 900 1066 20.0 16.8 82 3.2 17.8 199 9 302.1 304.5 294.7 341.8 13.46 4 850 1558 17.4 14.5 83 2.9 15.5 245 7 304.4 306.7 294.6 341.2 12.34 5 800 2075 15.1 11.3 78 3.8 12.7 298 7 307.3 309.2 294.1 339.3 10.60 6 750 2620 12.3 8.9 79 3.4 10.2 324 10 309.9 311.8 294.1 339.2 9.57 7 700 3196 8.9 1.5 60 7.3 4.8 308 8 312.3 313.5 292.1 331.4 6.13 8 650 3805 4.9 -2.9 57 7.7 1.0 276 7 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.6 4.77 9 600 4453 -0.0 -6.8 60 6.8 -3.1 252 7 316.1 316.8 291.3 328.4 3.83 10 550 5143 -5.0 -12.6 55 7.6 -7.9 247 9 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.9 2.65 11 500 5887 -8.6 -10.0 90 1.4 -9.2 261 19 322.6 323.3 292.9 334.5 3.59 12 450 6699 -12.5 -13.5 93 0.9 -12.9 276 23 327.5 328.1 293.7 337.7 3.01 13 400 7590 -17.2 -17.4 99 0.2 -17.3 292 32 332.7 333.2 294.6 341.2 2.45 14 350 8580 -23.6 -23.6 100 0.0 -23.6 302 36 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.8 1.63 15 300 9687 -32.4 -32.4 100 -0.0 -32.4 293 32 339.7 339.9 295.0 342.8 0.84 16 250 10944 -42.7 -43.5 92 0.8 -42.8 294 36 342.5 342.6 295.2 343.8 0.32 17 200 12409 -54.4 -55.9 84 1.5 -54.5 296 54 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.10 18 150 14236 -59.1 -78.5 6 19.5 -59.3 271 27 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16694 -69.5 -82.6 13 13.1 -69.6 63 7 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.97 m Freezing level: 600.51 mb = 4446.29 m = 14587.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.33 mb = 3952.01 m = 12965.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.44 mb = 565.55 m = 1855.46 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 14.90 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.41 mb = 2081.26 m = 6828.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 198.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.17 mb = 1228.53 m = 4030.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.17 mb = 3954.09 m = 12972.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.17 mb = 7254.34 m = 23800.05 ft B at Equ Level: 197.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.17 mb = 10992.81 m = 36065.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.7 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 294.7 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -152.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -1.5 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 10.85 Bulk Shear: 18.25 m/s