MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 33.5,-97.15 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 982 245 38.5 15.5 26 23.0 22.5 184 11 313.3 315.5 296.3 348.4 11.33 2 950 542 34.4 13.9 29 20.4 20.4 186 15 312.1 314.1 295.4 344.6 10.58 3 900 1028 29.6 13.0 36 16.6 18.4 188 16 312.0 314.0 295.4 344.4 10.52 4 850 1533 24.7 12.1 45 12.6 16.4 190 16 312.1 314.1 295.4 344.4 10.51 5 800 2061 19.7 11.1 58 8.5 14.1 191 16 312.1 314.1 295.4 344.4 10.47 6 750 2612 14.5 10.0 74 4.5 11.6 193 16 312.3 314.2 295.3 344.1 10.31 7 700 3193 11.0 4.9 66 6.1 7.3 213 8 314.6 316.1 294.1 339.0 7.78 8 650 3807 6.8 -0.0 61 6.9 3.1 319 5 316.7 317.8 293.2 335.4 5.88 9 600 4459 1.6 -4.9 62 6.5 -1.6 307 6 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.2 4.42 10 550 5153 -4.0 -8.4 72 4.4 -6.0 302 10 319.3 320.0 292.1 331.3 3.69 11 500 5899 -8.3 -8.8 96 0.5 -8.5 328 16 322.9 323.7 293.3 336.0 3.95 12 450 6711 -12.7 -13.6 93 0.9 -13.0 344 14 327.3 327.9 293.7 337.3 2.97 13 400 7601 -17.8 -19.8 84 2.0 -18.4 326 8 331.9 332.3 294.0 338.9 1.99 14 350 8589 -23.8 -31.1 51 7.3 -25.3 170 3 336.7 336.9 294.3 339.7 0.82 15 300 9693 -33.4 -35.5 81 2.1 -33.7 109 6 338.3 338.4 294.5 340.7 0.62 16 250 10943 -44.2 -47.0 74 2.8 -44.4 50 1 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.22 17 200 12398 -56.7 -62.1 51 5.4 -56.9 311 11 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 14169 -66.4 -68.5 74 2.1 -66.4 223 6 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.03 19 100 16637 -64.5 -82.3 7 17.8 -64.6 154 11 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.86 m Freezing level: 586.13 mb = 4651.49 m = 15260.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.29 mb = 4227.58 m = 13869.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.34 % Est. max temperature: 37.31 C = 99.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.74 mb = 3123.95 m = 10249.07 ft T: 11.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 13.07 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.22 mb = 3503.71 m = 11494.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.88 C = 105.58 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 39.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 762.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.96 mb = 3109.43 m = 10201.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.96 mb = 4036.34 m = 13242.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.96 mb = 12979.96 m = 42584.67 ft B at Equ Level: 740.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.96 mb = 14949.13 m = 49045.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 59.79 Bulk Shear: 12.75 m/s