MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.38,-98.7 Latitude: 33.38 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 117 SFC 973 352 22.2 19.3 84 2.9 20.2 73 11 297.6 300.3 294.3 340.1 14.64 2 950 562 22.2 18.5 79 3.8 19.6 86 19 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.3 14.22 3 900 1034 22.9 15.8 64 7.1 18.1 140 7 305.1 307.5 295.0 342.8 12.62 4 850 1531 21.0 13.0 60 8.0 15.7 208 8 308.1 310.2 294.7 341.8 11.11 5 800 2054 17.7 11.1 65 6.7 13.4 245 13 310.1 312.0 294.8 341.9 10.42 6 750 2603 14.2 9.0 71 5.2 10.9 276 16 312.0 313.8 294.8 341.9 9.69 7 700 3183 10.4 5.9 73 4.6 7.6 294 18 314.0 315.6 294.3 340.0 8.33 8 650 3796 6.5 -0.5 61 7.0 2.7 311 21 316.3 317.4 292.9 334.3 5.67 9 600 4448 1.3 -3.8 69 5.0 -1.3 328 27 317.6 318.5 292.6 333.1 4.83 10 550 5141 -4.1 -11.4 57 7.3 -7.1 342 35 319.2 319.8 291.4 328.8 2.91 11 500 5885 -9.2 -18.8 45 9.7 -12.3 349 44 321.9 322.2 291.1 327.8 1.73 12 450 6693 -13.1 -24.6 37 11.5 -16.3 353 40 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.8 1.15 13 400 7584 -16.7 -26.0 44 9.3 -19.1 350 39 333.3 333.5 293.7 337.4 1.14 14 350 8576 -23.2 -41.4 17 18.2 -25.9 360 42 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.7 0.29 15 300 9684 -32.0 -48.9 17 16.9 -33.6 346 44 340.3 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.15 16 250 10944 -42.3 -54.7 25 12.4 -42.9 334 37 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.09 17 200 12416 -52.6 -66.6 17 14.0 -52.9 318 38 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14231 -62.4 -77.1 12 14.7 -62.6 317 24 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16669 -69.5 -82.1 14 12.6 -69.6 108 8 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.89 m Freezing level: 588.18 mb = 4611.43 m = 15129.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.93 mb = 4234.36 m = 13892.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.70 % Est. max temperature: 33.61 C = 92.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.11 mb = 718.27 m = 2356.49 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 14.16 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.60 mb = 2697.91 m = 8851.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.77 C = 98.19 F Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 38.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 314.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.71 mb = 1524.20 m = 5000.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.71 mb = 4237.25 m = 13901.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 395.71 mb = 7664.38 m = 25145.29 ft B at Equ Level: 263.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.71 mb = 11916.94 m = 39097.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.4 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 358.4 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.5 neg: -24.6 tot: 274.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 148.16 m/s