MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 35.46,-98.42 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -98.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 958 475 38.5 14.6 24 24.0 21.9 200 9 315.6 317.7 296.5 349.7 10.96 2 950 549 36.3 13.5 26 22.7 20.8 202 10 314.0 316.0 295.7 346.0 10.32 3 900 1037 31.2 12.6 32 18.6 18.7 206 11 313.7 315.7 295.6 345.4 10.24 4 850 1546 26.4 11.7 40 14.7 16.6 208 11 313.8 315.7 295.6 345.4 10.19 5 800 2076 21.4 10.5 50 10.9 14.3 209 10 314.0 315.9 295.6 345.2 10.04 6 750 2631 17.2 7.7 54 9.5 11.3 192 6 315.3 317.0 295.0 343.0 8.84 7 700 3216 12.0 5.5 65 6.5 8.1 149 6 315.8 317.3 294.6 341.3 8.14 8 650 3831 6.7 3.6 81 3.1 4.9 102 7 316.5 318.0 294.5 340.7 7.66 9 600 4484 3.3 -10.3 36 13.6 -2.7 116 9 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.5 2.91 10 550 5185 -0.3 -19.3 22 19.0 -7.1 53 6 323.7 324.0 291.4 328.9 1.50 11 500 5940 -5.2 -20.4 29 15.1 -10.3 27 8 326.7 327.0 292.2 331.9 1.51 12 450 6758 -10.9 -17.1 60 6.2 -13.1 37 8 329.6 330.0 293.6 337.3 2.22 13 400 7653 -16.8 -26.5 43 9.7 -19.3 79 4 333.1 333.3 293.6 337.1 1.10 14 350 8641 -23.7 -42.7 16 19.0 -26.3 94 21 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.8 0.25 15 300 9746 -32.8 -38.5 57 5.7 -33.6 88 25 339.1 339.2 294.5 340.8 0.46 16 250 11004 -42.6 -43.1 95 0.5 -42.6 39 18 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.1 0.34 17 200 12466 -55.8 -55.9 99 0.1 -55.8 89 14 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.10 18 150 14243 -67.3 -71.1 58 3.8 -67.4 97 17 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16666 -66.3 -83.0 8 16.6 -66.5 74 4 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.02 m Freezing level: 554.50 mb = 5121.71 m = 16803.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.70 mb = 4247.17 m = 13934.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.62 % Est. max temperature: 36.99 C = 98.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.50 mb = 3462.52 m = 11359.83 ft T: 9.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 20.85 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.60 mb = 3671.73 m = 12046.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.34 C = 102.82 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.59 C Cross Totals Index: 16.89 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.60 mb = 3388.32 m = 11116.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.60 mb = 5175.95 m = 16981.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.60 mb = 12763.44 m = 41874.29 ft B at Equ Level: 383.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.60 mb = 14629.91 m = 47997.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 151.6 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 181.6 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 40.12 Bulk Shear: 9.70 m/s