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: 35.12,-98.94 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -98.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 965 472 20.7 19.4 92 1.3 19.8 333 12 296.9 299.6 294.3 339.8 14.84 2 950 603 19.9 18.9 94 1.0 19.2 334 19 297.4 300.0 294.3 339.7 14.63 3 900 1069 17.9 16.7 92 1.2 17.1 320 15 300.0 302.4 294.1 339.2 13.39 4 850 1559 17.1 14.1 83 3.0 15.1 290 11 304.0 306.3 294.3 339.8 12.00 5 800 2075 14.5 11.3 81 3.2 12.4 292 11 306.6 308.5 293.9 338.3 10.55 6 750 2618 11.0 8.7 86 2.3 9.6 296 11 308.5 310.3 293.6 337.2 9.44 7 700 3192 7.4 5.7 89 1.8 6.3 297 10 310.7 312.2 293.3 336.0 8.21 8 650 3799 3.3 2.2 93 1.0 2.7 289 8 312.7 314.0 292.9 334.3 6.94 9 600 4444 -0.3 -1.0 95 0.7 -0.7 267 7 315.8 316.9 292.9 334.5 5.92 10 550 5137 -3.6 -4.2 96 0.6 -4.0 251 11 319.8 320.7 293.4 336.2 5.09 11 500 5885 -7.1 -7.8 95 0.6 -7.4 260 19 324.3 325.2 293.9 338.5 4.27 12 450 6699 -11.4 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.6 270 27 329.0 329.6 294.4 340.6 3.42 13 400 7594 -16.7 -16.9 98 0.2 -16.7 279 33 333.3 333.8 294.8 342.2 2.55 14 350 8584 -23.5 -23.6 100 0.0 -23.5 287 33 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.9 1.64 15 300 9691 -32.4 -32.4 100 -0.0 -32.4 288 27 339.8 339.9 295.0 342.9 0.84 16 250 10947 -42.9 -42.8 100 -0.0 -42.9 294 37 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.35 17 200 12411 -54.8 -56.1 85 1.3 -54.8 303 40 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.10 18 150 14232 -59.5 -77.8 8 18.3 -59.7 281 32 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16691 -70.2 -82.4 15 12.2 -70.3 84 6 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.65 m Freezing level: 604.24 mb = 4389.48 m = 14400.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4310.15 m = 14140.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.30 mb = 636.41 m = 2087.94 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 5.48 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1845.20 m = 6053.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.46 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.38 mb = 1112.98 m = 3651.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.38 mb = 3187.16 m = 10456.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.38 mb = 6034.96 m = 19799.51 ft B at Equ Level: 114.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 340.38 mb = 8783.87 m = 28818.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.7 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 313.7 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -164.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -20.8 tot: -19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.53 Bulk Shear: 20.68 m/s