MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 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 132 SFC 995 177 38.0 15.9 27 22.1 22.6 153 9 311.6 313.8 295.9 346.8 11.47 2 950 596 32.2 14.3 34 17.8 20.1 152 11 309.8 311.9 295.0 343.0 10.88 3 900 1078 27.4 13.4 42 14.0 18.0 151 10 309.7 311.8 295.0 342.7 10.81 4 850 1580 22.6 12.4 53 10.2 15.8 150 10 309.8 311.8 294.9 342.5 10.73 5 800 2104 17.6 11.4 67 6.2 13.6 148 9 309.9 311.9 294.9 342.5 10.66 6 750 2652 12.4 10.1 86 2.3 11.0 144 9 310.1 312.1 294.8 341.9 10.41 7 700 3229 11.2 -3.0 37 14.2 3.9 115 9 314.9 315.8 291.4 328.9 4.38 8 650 3844 8.0 -9.6 28 17.6 0.1 68 8 318.0 318.5 290.9 327.3 2.84 9 600 4498 3.4 -15.5 24 18.9 -4.0 62 12 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.5 1.90 10 550 5197 -1.1 -24.3 15 23.2 -8.2 57 13 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.2 0.98 11 500 5950 -5.4 -29.9 13 24.5 -11.8 32 13 326.5 326.6 291.4 328.8 0.64 12 450 6768 -11.1 -24.1 33 13.0 -14.9 19 17 329.3 329.5 292.7 333.6 1.21 13 400 7661 -17.1 -25.2 49 8.1 -19.3 10 20 332.7 333.0 293.6 337.1 1.23 14 350 8650 -23.9 -33.9 39 9.9 -25.8 2 17 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.9 0.62 15 300 9752 -33.5 -39.5 55 6.0 -34.3 356 22 338.1 338.2 294.3 339.7 0.41 16 250 11003 -44.0 -48.7 59 4.7 -44.3 4 22 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.18 17 200 12461 -55.3 -61.0 49 5.7 -55.5 348 19 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 14256 -65.0 -72.4 36 7.3 -65.1 338 25 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 19 100 16681 -68.8 -82.1 13 13.3 -68.9 313 8 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.70 m Freezing level: 562.09 mb = 5028.11 m = 16496.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.03 mb = 3856.08 m = 12651.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.37 % Est. max temperature: 36.24 C = 97.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.64 mb = 2939.33 m = 9643.34 ft T: 11.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 20.57 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.77 mb = 3619.90 m = 11876.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.27 C = 109.89 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.99 C Cross Totals Index: 17.83 C K Index: 26.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 263.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.86 mb = 2856.50 m = 9371.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.86 mb = 5242.34 m = 17199.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.86 mb = 11932.28 m = 39147.42 ft B at Equ Level: 258.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.86 mb = 13976.61 m = 45854.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.1 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 128.1 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -144.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -3.3 tot: -2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 22.98 Bulk Shear: 11.45 m/s