MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.78,-99.25 Latitude: 34.78 Longitude: -99.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 963 453 23.5 18.9 75 4.6 20.3 17 6 299.9 302.5 294.8 342.1 14.43 2 950 571 24.5 17.6 65 6.9 19.8 51 7 302.1 304.6 294.8 341.9 13.48 3 900 1046 23.9 15.3 59 8.6 18.0 128 13 306.1 308.4 295.0 342.8 12.22 4 850 1543 20.3 14.2 68 6.1 16.2 133 6 307.4 309.7 295.3 343.8 12.07 5 800 2066 18.5 10.3 59 8.3 13.2 323 11 310.9 312.8 294.6 341.2 9.86 6 750 2616 14.2 6.6 60 7.6 9.6 323 15 312.0 313.6 293.6 337.2 8.16 7 700 3194 9.4 3.0 64 6.4 5.8 319 16 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.2 6.81 8 650 3804 4.3 -0.2 72 4.5 1.9 316 18 313.9 315.0 292.3 332.2 5.81 9 600 4451 -0.5 -2.9 84 2.4 -1.7 314 22 315.6 316.5 292.2 331.9 5.15 10 550 5142 -4.9 -5.7 94 0.8 -5.3 312 28 318.3 319.2 292.5 333.0 4.55 11 500 5886 -9.1 -9.7 96 0.5 -9.4 311 34 321.9 322.6 292.8 334.0 3.67 12 450 6694 -14.2 -14.5 97 0.3 -14.3 314 41 325.4 325.9 293.0 334.7 2.76 13 400 7578 -19.3 -19.3 100 0.0 -19.3 324 50 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.1 2.07 14 350 8559 -25.1 -25.1 100 0.0 -25.1 333 55 334.9 335.2 294.3 340.0 1.42 15 300 9663 -32.3 -32.6 97 0.3 -32.4 341 46 339.8 340.0 295.0 342.9 0.82 16 250 10921 -42.7 -43.6 91 0.9 -42.8 320 35 342.6 342.7 295.3 343.9 0.32 17 200 12393 -51.1 -57.2 49 6.0 -51.4 312 59 351.8 351.8 297.1 352.1 0.08 18 150 14228 -60.1 -78.2 8 18.1 -60.3 288 35 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16695 -66.9 -83.1 8 16.2 -67.0 61 7 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.99 m Freezing level: 605.01 mb = 4386.11 m = 14389.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.30 mb = 4143.03 m = 13592.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.49 C = 92.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.24 mb = 1043.51 m = 3423.56 ft T: 23.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 11.89 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.67 mb = 2789.21 m = 9150.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.77 C = 96.38 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 571.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.19 mb = 1882.68 m = 6176.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.19 mb = 3527.90 m = 11574.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.19 mb = 9610.41 m = 31529.83 ft B at Equ Level: 570.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.19 mb = 13347.51 m = 43790.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.7 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 346.7 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.9 neg: -43.7 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 6.64 Bulk Shear: 86.06 m/s