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: 33.87,-97.15 Latitude: 33.87 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 78 SFC 982 247 38.2 15.7 27 22.5 22.5 188 13 313.0 315.2 296.3 348.5 11.48 2 950 541 34.0 14.3 31 19.7 20.5 191 18 311.7 313.8 295.5 345.0 10.84 3 900 1026 29.3 13.4 38 15.9 18.5 193 19 311.7 313.7 295.4 344.8 10.77 4 850 1531 24.5 12.4 47 12.1 16.4 195 19 311.8 313.8 295.4 344.7 10.71 5 800 2058 19.5 11.3 59 8.3 14.1 197 17 312.0 314.0 295.4 344.4 10.55 6 750 2610 15.2 8.3 63 6.9 10.9 202 11 313.1 314.8 294.7 341.6 9.21 7 700 3191 11.5 3.0 56 8.5 6.6 289 2 315.2 316.5 293.5 336.6 6.80 8 650 3806 6.7 -0.8 59 7.5 2.7 334 5 316.5 317.6 292.9 334.2 5.55 9 600 4457 1.0 -3.6 71 4.7 -1.3 296 5 317.3 318.3 292.5 333.0 4.87 10 550 5151 -4.1 -6.6 83 2.5 -5.3 320 7 319.2 320.0 292.5 333.0 4.24 11 500 5897 -8.0 -9.0 93 0.9 -8.4 353 16 323.2 324.0 293.3 336.1 3.88 12 450 6710 -12.3 -14.1 86 1.9 -13.0 3 13 327.8 328.4 293.7 337.5 2.85 13 400 7602 -17.1 -21.1 71 4.0 -18.3 17 8 332.8 333.1 294.1 339.1 1.78 14 350 8590 -24.3 -27.6 74 3.3 -25.0 114 3 336.0 336.3 294.4 340.2 1.13 15 300 9692 -33.5 -35.2 85 1.6 -33.7 118 4 338.1 338.3 294.4 340.6 0.64 16 250 10942 -44.2 -48.3 64 4.1 -44.5 295 8 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.1 0.19 17 200 12396 -56.8 -60.8 61 4.0 -56.9 324 14 342.8 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14168 -66.4 -68.9 70 2.5 -66.4 221 5 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16637 -64.3 -82.2 7 17.9 -64.5 162 11 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.33 m Freezing level: 589.87 mb = 4597.60 m = 15083.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.17 mb = 4240.83 m = 13913.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.69 % Est. max temperature: 37.05 C = 98.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.66 mb = 3064.07 m = 10052.59 ft T: 12.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 15.52 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.07 mb = 3479.88 m = 11416.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.00 C = 105.81 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 36.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 817.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.56 mb = 3029.75 m = 9940.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.56 mb = 3950.44 m = 12960.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.56 mb = 12758.86 m = 41859.27 ft B at Equ Level: 814.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.56 mb = 15107.02 m = 49563.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.0 neg: -10.7 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 58.74 Bulk Shear: 13.92 m/s