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: 35.66,-99.18 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 954 559 19.6 18.1 91 1.5 18.6 179 3 296.8 299.3 293.5 336.7 13.84 2 950 592 19.3 17.8 91 1.5 18.3 225 3 296.8 299.3 293.3 336.1 13.62 3 900 1059 19.7 12.8 65 6.9 15.2 277 4 301.8 303.7 292.4 332.4 10.37 4 850 1551 18.1 10.6 61 7.6 13.4 310 6 305.2 306.9 292.7 333.6 9.46 5 800 2069 15.5 8.2 62 7.3 11.0 319 10 307.7 309.3 292.7 333.7 8.58 6 750 2614 12.3 5.8 65 6.5 8.5 316 16 309.9 311.4 292.7 333.8 7.76 7 700 3189 8.3 3.6 72 4.8 5.6 316 20 311.7 313.1 292.7 333.7 7.09 8 650 3798 3.7 1.4 85 2.3 2.4 314 23 313.2 314.4 292.7 333.6 6.52 9 600 4445 -0.1 -1.1 93 1.0 -0.6 314 22 316.0 317.1 293.0 334.6 5.89 10 550 5138 -3.5 -5.1 89 1.6 -4.3 314 22 319.9 320.9 293.2 335.4 4.77 11 500 5886 -7.7 -8.7 92 1.0 -8.2 310 25 323.6 324.4 293.5 336.7 3.96 12 450 6699 -12.0 -12.7 94 0.7 -12.3 292 28 328.1 328.8 294.1 339.0 3.20 13 400 7591 -17.6 -17.9 98 0.3 -17.7 289 30 332.1 332.6 294.4 340.3 2.34 14 350 8576 -24.6 -24.6 100 0.0 -24.6 281 28 335.6 335.9 294.6 340.9 1.49 15 300 9680 -32.7 -32.7 100 -0.0 -32.7 271 25 339.2 339.4 294.8 342.3 0.81 16 250 10936 -42.9 -42.9 100 -0.0 -42.9 255 24 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.35 17 200 12401 -54.6 -56.5 79 1.9 -54.6 258 32 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.09 18 150 14224 -59.1 -78.2 7 19.1 -59.3 293 35 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16692 -69.3 -82.7 12 13.5 -69.4 104 5 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.65 m Freezing level: 601.47 mb = 4425.89 m = 14520.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.25 mb = 4307.89 m = 14133.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.89 mb = 748.97 m = 2457.22 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 4.33 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.73 mb = 2865.39 m = 9400.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.38 C = 92.09 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 31.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5574.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.82 mb = 1725.13 m = 5659.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.9 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 340.9 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 37.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 33.47 m/s