MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 33.74,-99.69 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -99.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 959 451 40.8 12.9 19 27.9 21.7 191 10 317.8 319.7 296.4 348.8 9.82 2 950 532 38.3 12.4 21 25.9 20.8 191 12 316.1 317.9 295.7 346.1 9.58 3 900 1024 33.2 11.5 27 21.7 18.7 193 13 315.7 317.5 295.6 345.5 9.53 4 850 1535 28.2 10.6 34 17.5 16.6 195 12 315.7 317.5 295.6 345.4 9.50 5 800 2068 23.1 9.6 42 13.5 14.3 196 12 315.7 317.5 295.6 345.2 9.41 6 750 2626 17.8 8.5 55 9.3 11.9 196 11 315.9 317.7 295.6 345.1 9.33 7 700 3211 12.2 7.2 71 5.0 9.1 197 11 316.0 317.8 295.4 344.7 9.15 8 650 3827 6.6 5.2 91 1.4 5.8 199 10 316.4 318.1 295.1 343.5 8.60 9 600 4479 1.7 -1.5 79 3.2 0.0 212 5 318.1 319.2 293.4 336.4 5.72 10 550 5179 -0.6 -11.9 42 11.4 -5.4 315 4 323.4 324.0 292.4 332.8 2.79 11 500 5934 -5.1 -20.4 29 15.3 -10.2 357 8 326.9 327.2 292.3 332.2 1.51 12 450 6753 -10.6 -23.3 34 12.7 -14.5 18 8 329.9 330.1 292.9 334.5 1.30 13 400 7648 -16.7 -27.9 38 11.1 -19.5 17 6 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.8 0.97 14 350 8637 -23.9 -32.7 44 8.8 -25.6 185 2 336.5 336.6 294.1 339.1 0.70 15 300 9742 -32.4 -40.1 46 7.7 -33.4 166 5 339.7 339.8 294.6 341.2 0.39 16 250 11002 -41.8 -52.2 32 10.3 -42.5 296 4 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.4 0.12 17 200 12472 -54.2 -60.8 44 6.6 -54.4 263 5 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14252 -68.9 -69.3 95 0.4 -68.9 219 12 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 19 100 16672 -66.3 -83.4 7 17.1 -66.4 332 7 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.38 m Freezing level: 562.37 mb = 5005.52 m = 16422.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.82 mb = 4481.15 m = 14701.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.91 % Est. max temperature: 38.78 C = 101.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 643.57 mb = 3907.89 m = 12821.00 ft T: 5.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.60 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.37 mb = 3809.41 m = 12497.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.48 C = 103.07 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.23 C Cross Totals Index: 15.69 C K Index: 38.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.28 mb = 3746.99 m = 12293.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.28 mb = 3936.91 m = 12916.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.28 mb = 11515.02 m = 37778.48 ft B at Equ Level: 340.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.28 mb = 14609.79 m = 47931.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.9 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 234.9 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 207.15 Bulk Shear: 1.66 m/s