MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 31.59,-97.15 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 998 177 37.1 15.9 29 21.2 22.4 150 8 310.5 312.6 295.6 345.5 11.46 2 950 618 31.2 14.2 36 17.0 19.7 149 10 308.9 310.9 294.7 341.7 10.80 3 900 1099 26.5 13.2 44 13.3 17.7 146 9 308.8 310.8 294.6 341.3 10.68 4 850 1599 21.7 12.2 55 9.6 15.4 142 9 308.9 310.9 294.6 341.0 10.54 5 800 2121 16.8 11.0 69 5.8 13.0 138 9 309.0 311.0 294.4 340.6 10.37 6 750 2667 11.7 9.4 86 2.3 10.2 131 9 309.2 311.1 294.2 339.5 9.91 7 700 3242 9.6 -2.6 42 12.2 3.4 91 12 313.2 314.0 291.0 327.5 4.51 8 650 3855 8.0 -15.6 17 23.6 -1.3 67 15 318.0 318.4 289.9 323.9 1.75 9 600 4510 4.3 -19.2 16 23.5 -4.3 68 15 321.1 321.3 290.5 325.8 1.39 10 550 5211 -0.2 -20.6 20 20.4 -7.2 49 17 323.8 324.1 291.3 328.5 1.35 11 500 5967 -4.6 -28.1 14 23.5 -11.1 37 14 327.4 327.6 291.7 330.2 0.76 12 450 6787 -10.4 -31.4 16 21.0 -15.5 16 14 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.4 0.61 13 400 7682 -16.8 -32.4 25 15.5 -20.2 3 17 333.1 333.2 293.2 335.4 0.63 14 350 8670 -24.2 -36.8 30 12.6 -26.3 360 17 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.9 0.47 15 300 9773 -33.1 -44.2 32 11.1 -34.2 6 17 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.25 16 250 11028 -43.0 -54.4 27 11.4 -43.6 350 11 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.09 17 200 12497 -53.3 -63.5 28 10.2 -53.5 340 7 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.04 18 150 14294 -65.9 -72.0 42 6.1 -66.0 358 17 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16710 -69.9 -82.0 15 12.1 -69.9 201 2 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.79 m Freezing level: 552.32 mb = 5178.68 m = 16990.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.16 mb = 3676.53 m = 12061.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.18 % Est. max temperature: 35.54 C = 95.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.69 mb = 2827.57 m = 9276.71 ft T: 11.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 21.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.25 mb = 3167.73 m = 10392.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.29 C = 102.71 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 16.76 C K Index: 26.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.68 mb = 2771.31 m = 9092.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 425.68 mb = 7209.08 m = 23651.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.68 mb = 10355.18 m = 33973.28 ft B at Equ Level: 58.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.68 mb = 11702.10 m = 38392.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.5 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 115.5 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -4.0 tot: -3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.37 Bulk Shear: 17.41 m/s