MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 33.32,-93.67 Latitude: 33.32 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 998 93 40.5 18.2 27 22.3 24.5 360 3 313.8 316.3 297.7 354.8 13.25 2 950 544 33.9 16.6 36 17.3 21.8 359 5 311.6 314.0 296.7 350.3 12.62 3 900 1030 29.2 15.7 44 13.5 19.8 357 5 311.6 314.0 296.7 350.2 12.57 4 850 1535 24.4 14.7 55 9.7 17.7 354 6 311.7 314.0 296.6 349.9 12.44 5 800 2062 19.4 13.5 69 5.9 15.4 350 6 311.9 314.2 296.5 349.6 12.27 6 750 2614 14.6 11.5 82 3.0 12.6 338 7 312.4 314.6 296.1 347.7 11.47 7 700 3194 9.8 8.0 88 1.8 8.6 329 8 313.3 315.1 295.1 343.2 9.64 8 650 3806 6.2 1.3 71 4.9 3.5 333 9 316.0 317.2 293.4 336.5 6.49 9 600 4459 2.8 -4.0 61 6.9 -0.6 346 9 319.4 320.3 293.0 334.7 4.73 10 550 5159 -1.1 -10.0 51 9.0 -5.0 360 11 322.8 323.5 292.7 333.6 3.25 11 500 5913 -5.3 -14.7 48 9.4 -9.0 17 12 326.5 327.0 293.0 334.9 2.45 12 450 6732 -10.8 -17.4 58 6.6 -13.1 20 8 329.7 330.1 293.6 337.2 2.17 13 400 7628 -16.1 -22.3 58 6.3 -17.9 14 8 334.1 334.4 294.3 339.8 1.59 14 350 8621 -22.6 -26.8 69 4.2 -23.7 67 4 338.3 338.5 295.0 342.8 1.22 15 300 9735 -30.5 -38.3 46 7.8 -31.6 92 8 342.4 342.5 295.3 344.2 0.47 16 250 11003 -40.3 -48.0 43 7.7 -40.9 124 9 346.2 346.2 296.0 347.0 0.20 17 200 12483 -52.8 -55.2 75 2.4 -52.9 158 10 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.6 0.11 18 150 14299 -62.3 -76.7 13 14.4 -62.4 215 23 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16734 -70.1 -82.2 15 12.1 -70.2 152 11 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.33 m Freezing level: 563.73 mb = 4966.66 m = 16294.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.62 mb = 4356.39 m = 14292.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.33 % Est. max temperature: 38.37 C = 101.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.93 mb = 2888.50 m = 9476.57 ft T: 12.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 21.19 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.37 mb = 2837.19 m = 9308.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.42 C = 102.96 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 42.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 964.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.87 mb = 2762.73 m = 9063.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.87 mb = 2935.55 m = 9630.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.87 mb = 12745.08 m = 41814.05 ft B at Equ Level: 961.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.87 mb = 15546.12 m = 51003.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.3 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 21.3 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 535.05 Bulk Shear: 1.80 m/s