MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 34.6,-98.7 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 972 380 22.4 19.5 84 2.9 20.4 128 9 297.9 300.6 294.6 341.0 14.86 2 950 582 22.0 18.0 78 3.9 19.2 125 12 299.5 302.0 294.3 339.8 13.81 3 900 1055 23.1 12.3 51 10.8 16.1 158 4 305.3 307.2 293.2 335.4 10.03 4 850 1551 20.9 9.0 46 11.9 13.4 288 6 308.0 309.6 292.7 333.8 8.49 5 800 2073 17.5 6.7 49 10.8 10.9 303 13 309.8 311.2 292.6 333.4 7.71 6 750 2621 13.6 4.3 54 9.2 8.2 305 20 311.3 312.6 292.5 332.9 6.97 7 700 3197 9.1 2.9 65 6.2 5.5 317 25 312.5 313.8 292.7 333.5 6.74 8 650 3807 4.5 0.7 76 3.8 2.4 330 33 314.1 315.2 292.7 333.5 6.19 9 600 4454 -0.0 -2.3 84 2.3 -1.2 333 38 316.1 317.1 292.6 333.2 5.38 10 550 5147 -3.8 -5.6 87 1.8 -4.6 328 37 319.6 320.5 292.9 334.5 4.59 11 500 5895 -8.0 -9.1 92 1.0 -8.5 319 37 323.3 324.0 293.3 336.0 3.85 12 450 6707 -12.7 -13.5 93 0.9 -13.0 312 38 327.3 327.9 293.7 337.5 2.99 13 400 7596 -18.5 -19.8 89 1.3 -18.9 310 31 330.9 331.3 293.8 337.9 1.98 14 350 8580 -24.9 -26.3 88 1.4 -25.2 307 34 335.2 335.5 294.3 339.8 1.27 15 300 9684 -32.5 -32.5 100 -0.0 -32.5 275 21 339.5 339.7 295.0 342.7 0.83 16 250 10942 -42.5 -43.9 86 1.4 -42.6 239 21 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.1 0.31 17 200 12415 -51.5 -67.1 14 15.6 -51.9 274 43 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14247 -60.9 -77.6 9 16.7 -61.1 301 25 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16691 -68.9 -82.6 12 13.7 -69.0 117 14 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.12 m Freezing level: 600.23 mb = 4451.43 m = 14604.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4232.94 m = 13887.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.36 C = 92.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.64 mb = 743.45 m = 2439.11 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.98 mb = 2892.81 m = 9490.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.25 C = 97.25 F Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 16.99 C K Index: 31.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 340.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.52 mb = 1792.12 m = 5879.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.52 mb = 4300.62 m = 14109.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 471.52 mb = 6346.61 m = 20821.95 ft B at Equ Level: 51.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 351.52 mb = 8548.09 m = 28044.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.3 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 352.3 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.8 neg: -10.7 tot: 178.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 158.85 m/s