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: 35.31,-98.83 Latitude: 35.31 Longitude: -98.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 963 481 20.4 19.3 93 1.1 19.6 320 10 296.7 299.4 294.1 339.4 14.77 2 950 601 19.7 18.8 94 0.9 19.1 321 15 297.2 299.8 294.1 339.2 14.51 3 900 1068 18.3 15.8 85 2.5 16.6 304 14 300.3 302.6 293.7 337.3 12.63 4 850 1558 17.2 13.0 76 4.3 14.4 295 13 304.2 306.2 293.7 337.3 11.12 5 800 2074 14.4 10.3 77 4.0 11.8 300 13 306.5 308.3 293.4 336.3 9.90 6 750 2618 11.0 7.7 80 3.3 9.0 306 13 308.5 310.2 293.2 335.5 8.85 7 700 3191 7.4 4.8 83 2.6 5.9 307 12 310.7 312.1 292.9 334.4 7.71 8 650 3798 3.2 1.5 89 1.6 2.2 298 10 312.5 313.8 292.6 333.1 6.60 9 600 4443 -0.4 -1.3 94 0.9 -0.9 277 9 315.7 316.8 292.8 334.1 5.82 10 550 5136 -3.8 -4.4 96 0.6 -4.1 260 12 319.6 320.5 293.3 335.8 5.02 11 500 5884 -7.3 -7.9 95 0.6 -7.5 265 18 324.2 325.0 293.9 338.2 4.23 12 450 6698 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.5 -11.7 273 25 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.3 3.39 13 400 7592 -16.9 -17.0 99 0.1 -16.9 280 29 333.1 333.6 294.8 341.9 2.53 14 350 8581 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 284 30 336.9 337.2 295.0 342.7 1.62 15 300 9688 -32.4 -32.3 100 -0.0 -32.3 283 28 339.8 340.0 295.0 343.0 0.84 16 250 10945 -42.8 -42.8 100 -0.0 -42.8 284 35 342.4 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.35 17 200 12408 -55.2 -55.8 93 0.6 -55.2 287 42 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.10 18 150 14230 -59.0 -78.2 7 19.1 -59.2 284 31 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16691 -69.8 -82.6 14 12.7 -69.9 91 6 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.52 m Freezing level: 605.40 mb = 4373.70 m = 14349.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.83 mb = 4259.53 m = 13974.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.62 mb = 623.10 m = 2044.26 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 2018.37 m = 6621.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.81 C = 85.67 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 34.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.44 mb = 1217.27 m = 3993.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.44 mb = 3434.97 m = 11269.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.44 mb = 5736.89 m = 18821.57 ft B at Equ Level: 79.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 399.44 mb = 7602.38 m = 24941.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.8 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 317.8 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -10.7 tot: -8.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.87 Bulk Shear: 5.75 m/s