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: 35.53,-99.02 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 960 507 20.4 19.2 93 1.2 19.6 295 7 297.0 299.7 294.2 339.6 14.74 2 950 599 19.6 18.6 94 1.1 18.9 299 11 297.1 299.7 294.0 338.5 14.31 3 900 1065 18.7 13.2 70 5.6 15.1 300 17 300.8 302.8 292.3 332.1 10.62 4 850 1556 17.2 10.6 65 6.6 13.1 302 17 304.2 306.0 292.4 332.6 9.51 5 800 2072 14.5 8.0 65 6.6 10.5 310 18 306.6 308.2 292.3 332.1 8.42 6 750 2616 11.2 5.5 68 5.8 7.9 316 20 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.9 7.55 7 700 3189 7.4 3.2 75 4.2 5.0 319 20 310.7 312.0 292.3 332.0 6.88 8 650 3796 2.9 0.9 87 2.0 1.8 315 18 312.3 313.5 292.2 331.9 6.30 9 600 4442 -0.2 -0.8 96 0.6 -0.6 306 14 315.8 317.0 293.0 334.9 6.02 10 550 5136 -3.6 -4.2 95 0.7 -3.9 292 14 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.3 5.08 11 500 5884 -7.3 -8.0 95 0.6 -7.7 291 18 324.1 324.9 293.8 338.0 4.19 12 450 6699 -11.7 -12.2 96 0.5 -11.9 284 21 328.6 329.2 294.3 339.9 3.33 13 400 7592 -17.1 -17.2 99 0.2 -17.1 280 24 332.8 333.3 294.7 341.4 2.47 14 350 8580 -23.9 -23.9 100 0.0 -23.8 276 25 336.6 336.9 294.9 342.3 1.59 15 300 9686 -32.2 -32.2 100 -0.0 -32.3 273 25 339.9 340.1 295.1 343.1 0.85 16 250 10944 -42.8 -42.7 100 -0.0 -42.8 268 31 342.5 342.6 295.3 343.9 0.35 17 200 12408 -55.4 -55.7 97 0.3 -55.4 269 37 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14226 -58.8 -78.3 6 19.5 -59.0 292 33 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16692 -69.8 -82.7 14 12.8 -69.9 107 5 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.49 m Freezing level: 603.82 mb = 4392.88 m = 14412.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.78 mb = 4285.18 m = 14058.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.17 mb = 661.18 m = 2169.21 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 7.55 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.28 mb = 2467.74 m = 8096.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 2.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.98 C K Index: 30.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5040.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.14 mb = 1493.86 m = 4901.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.3 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 334.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 32.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.04 Bulk Shear: 2.41 m/s