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: 35.34,-98.85 Latitude: 35.34 Longitude: -98.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 484 20.4 19.3 93 1.1 19.6 318 10 296.8 299.4 294.2 339.5 14.79 2 950 601 19.7 18.8 95 0.9 19.1 320 15 297.2 299.8 294.1 339.1 14.51 3 900 1068 18.3 15.5 84 2.7 16.4 304 15 300.3 302.6 293.5 336.7 12.41 4 850 1558 17.2 12.7 75 4.5 14.3 296 14 304.1 306.2 293.5 336.7 10.93 5 800 2074 14.3 10.1 76 4.3 11.7 302 14 306.4 308.2 293.3 335.8 9.74 6 750 2617 11.0 7.5 79 3.5 8.9 308 13 308.5 310.1 293.0 335.0 8.71 7 700 3191 7.4 4.6 83 2.7 5.8 309 12 310.6 312.1 292.9 334.2 7.63 8 650 3797 3.1 1.5 89 1.6 2.2 301 11 312.5 313.7 292.5 333.0 6.59 9 600 4443 -0.4 -1.1 94 0.8 -0.8 281 9 315.7 316.8 292.9 334.3 5.88 10 550 5136 -3.8 -4.3 96 0.6 -4.0 264 12 319.6 320.6 293.3 336.0 5.05 11 500 5884 -7.3 -7.8 96 0.6 -7.5 267 17 324.2 325.0 293.9 338.2 4.24 12 450 6698 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.5 -11.7 273 24 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.3 3.38 13 400 7592 -16.9 -17.0 99 0.1 -16.9 280 28 333.1 333.6 294.8 341.9 2.52 14 350 8581 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 283 29 336.8 337.2 295.0 342.7 1.62 15 300 9688 -32.3 -32.3 100 -0.0 -32.3 282 27 339.8 340.0 295.0 343.0 0.85 16 250 10945 -42.8 -42.8 100 -0.0 -42.8 282 34 342.4 342.5 295.2 343.8 0.35 17 200 12408 -55.2 -55.8 94 0.5 -55.2 285 42 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.10 18 150 14229 -59.0 -78.2 7 19.2 -59.2 285 31 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16691 -69.8 -82.6 14 12.7 -69.9 93 6 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.51 m Freezing level: 605.35 mb = 4374.01 m = 14350.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.14 mb = 4268.31 m = 14003.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.38 mb = 625.21 m = 2051.19 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 3.74 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.76 mb = 2055.41 m = 6743.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: 0.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.09 mb = 1240.02 m = 4068.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.09 mb = 3463.04 m = 11361.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 517.09 mb = 5619.90 m = 18437.78 ft B at Equ Level: 67.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 417.09 mb = 7274.56 m = 23866.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.0 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 320.0 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -9.9 tot: -7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.79 Bulk Shear: 4.62 m/s