MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.41 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 972 361 32.5 13.9 32 18.6 19.9 166 11 308.1 310.1 294.1 339.4 10.29 2 950 562 34.5 12.7 27 21.9 19.9 174 28 312.2 314.1 294.8 342.2 9.73 3 900 1049 31.3 11.0 29 20.3 17.9 183 27 313.8 315.5 294.9 342.4 9.22 4 850 1558 26.9 9.8 34 17.0 15.8 195 22 314.3 316.0 294.9 342.4 9.01 5 800 2089 22.1 8.7 42 13.4 13.5 205 19 314.7 316.4 294.8 342.3 8.85 6 750 2645 17.1 7.4 53 9.7 11.0 212 19 315.1 316.8 294.8 342.3 8.67 7 700 3229 13.1 3.1 51 9.9 7.2 223 13 317.0 318.3 294.0 338.7 6.86 8 650 3849 9.2 0.7 55 8.6 4.4 307 5 319.4 320.6 294.1 339.3 6.19 9 600 4507 3.8 -0.9 71 4.7 1.2 344 10 320.5 321.6 294.3 339.7 5.97 10 550 5207 -1.6 -4.7 79 3.1 -3.1 7 17 322.2 323.2 293.9 338.2 4.91 11 500 5959 -6.8 -10.1 78 3.2 -8.2 22 14 324.7 325.4 293.4 336.6 3.55 12 450 6775 -11.4 -21.4 43 10.0 -14.6 8 21 328.9 329.2 292.9 334.2 1.53 13 400 7667 -17.3 -33.6 23 16.3 -20.7 353 28 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.6 0.56 14 350 8652 -25.0 -39.7 24 14.7 -27.2 349 33 335.1 335.1 293.4 336.4 0.35 15 300 9753 -33.5 -51.7 14 18.2 -35.0 345 35 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.11 16 250 11006 -42.6 -49.5 47 6.9 -43.0 358 34 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.17 17 200 12472 -54.7 -61.2 45 6.5 -54.9 348 38 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14257 -66.8 -70.4 60 3.7 -66.8 345 30 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16686 -67.7 -82.3 11 14.6 -67.8 26 11 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.71 m Freezing level: 564.80 mb = 4999.93 m = 16403.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.26 mb = 4693.18 m = 15397.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.11 % Est. max temperature: 38.80 C = 101.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.00 mb = 2735.67 m = 8975.18 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 3.73 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.53 mb = 4243.39 m = 13921.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.28 C = 111.71 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.73 C Cross Totals Index: 16.68 C K Index: 33.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 332.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.61 mb = 3415.14 m = 11204.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 539.61 mb = 5357.90 m = 17578.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.61 mb = 10236.66 m = 33584.43 ft B at Equ Level: 138.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.61 mb = 12484.07 m = 40957.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: -5.0 tot: 99.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.34 Bulk Shear: 32.14 m/s