MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 33.61,-94.21 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 998 109 26.3 20.3 70 6.0 22.1 147 5 299.7 302.4 295.3 344.1 15.20 2 950 549 31.2 17.1 43 14.1 21.3 160 10 308.9 311.3 296.3 348.3 13.01 3 900 1032 28.1 15.4 46 12.7 19.4 130 6 310.5 312.8 296.2 348.1 12.31 4 850 1537 24.4 14.0 52 10.4 17.4 39 2 311.7 314.0 296.3 348.4 11.93 5 800 2065 20.0 12.7 63 7.3 15.1 343 5 312.5 314.7 296.3 348.3 11.64 6 750 2618 15.1 11.1 77 4.0 12.5 333 8 313.0 315.1 296.1 347.4 11.15 7 700 3199 10.4 8.4 87 2.0 9.2 332 11 314.0 315.9 295.5 344.9 9.94 8 650 3812 6.4 1.9 73 4.5 3.9 347 12 316.2 317.5 293.7 337.6 6.78 9 600 4466 3.2 -3.7 60 6.9 -0.3 356 11 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.6 4.86 10 550 5167 -0.2 -9.0 51 8.8 -4.2 347 11 323.8 324.5 293.2 335.5 3.51 11 500 5924 -4.5 -14.4 46 9.9 -8.4 353 11 327.5 328.0 293.3 336.1 2.50 12 450 6746 -9.4 -17.7 51 8.3 -12.4 9 10 331.4 331.8 294.0 338.7 2.11 13 400 7647 -14.5 -23.1 48 8.6 -17.1 30 11 336.1 336.4 294.7 341.5 1.49 14 350 8646 -21.3 -28.2 53 7.0 -22.9 37 10 340.1 340.3 295.3 344.1 1.07 15 300 9764 -29.6 -35.8 55 6.3 -30.6 49 9 343.7 343.8 295.7 346.0 0.60 16 250 11036 -40.1 -42.6 77 2.5 -40.3 58 5 346.5 346.6 296.2 347.9 0.36 17 200 12518 -51.6 -56.4 56 4.8 -51.7 212 13 351.1 351.1 297.0 351.5 0.09 18 150 14339 -62.7 -76.3 15 13.5 -62.9 247 33 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16763 -71.5 -81.6 21 10.0 -71.6 62 2 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.05 m Freezing level: 552.94 mb = 5125.56 m = 16815.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.28 mb = 4421.03 m = 14504.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.36 % Est. max temperature: 38.43 C = 101.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.13 mb = 892.95 m = 2929.58 ft T: 29.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 12.86 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.96 mb = 2834.22 m = 9298.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.05 C = 104.10 F Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 18.55 C K Index: 40.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 128.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 289.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.10 mb = 2095.81 m = 6875.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.10 mb = 3535.24 m = 11598.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.10 mb = 8811.07 m = 28907.35 ft B at Equ Level: 128.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.10 mb = 12448.39 m = 40840.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.8 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 20.8 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -12.9 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.56 Bulk Shear: 36.22 m/s