MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 31.56,-97.12 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 992 171 38.9 15.7 26 23.2 22.7 164 8 312.7 314.9 296.1 347.7 11.34 2 950 566 33.3 14.2 32 19.1 20.3 163 9 310.9 313.0 295.3 343.9 10.75 3 900 1050 28.5 13.2 39 15.3 18.2 161 9 310.9 312.9 295.2 343.6 10.67 4 850 1554 23.6 12.2 49 11.5 16.0 158 9 310.9 312.9 295.1 343.2 10.54 5 800 2079 18.7 11.1 61 7.6 13.7 155 8 311.1 313.0 295.0 343.0 10.40 6 750 2629 13.5 9.7 78 3.8 11.1 151 8 311.2 313.1 294.9 342.3 10.14 7 700 3206 8.4 6.6 88 1.9 7.3 135 7 311.8 313.5 294.0 338.8 8.75 8 650 3817 7.1 -9.3 30 16.4 -0.3 60 11 317.0 317.6 290.7 326.5 2.92 9 600 4470 2.9 -15.7 24 18.7 -4.3 53 18 319.5 319.9 290.5 325.8 1.87 10 550 5167 -2.1 -16.0 34 13.9 -7.3 42 18 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.3 1.99 11 500 5918 -6.6 -28.0 16 21.5 -12.3 33 25 325.0 325.2 291.1 327.8 0.76 12 450 6733 -10.9 -38.7 8 27.8 -16.3 17 17 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.30 13 400 7626 -17.8 -42.5 10 24.7 -21.6 8 17 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.23 14 350 8610 -24.9 -43.1 17 18.3 -27.3 18 20 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.2 0.24 15 300 9711 -33.5 -37.7 66 4.2 -34.1 23 27 338.2 338.3 294.3 340.1 0.50 16 250 10962 -44.1 -48.6 61 4.5 -44.3 24 33 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.19 17 200 12420 -55.4 -61.2 48 5.8 -55.6 16 37 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14205 -65.2 -73.1 33 7.8 -65.3 8 28 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16645 -67.5 -82.6 10 15.1 -67.5 95 15 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.86 m Freezing level: 571.12 mb = 4872.65 m = 15986.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.81 mb = 3794.03 m = 12447.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.67 % Est. max temperature: 37.11 C = 98.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.65 mb = 3067.81 m = 10064.86 ft T: 9.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 21.90 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.04 mb = 3028.13 m = 9934.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.82 C = 100.07 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 40.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 505.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.82 mb = 2984.05 m = 9790.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.82 mb = 3160.36 m = 10368.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 673.82 mb = 3520.16 m = 11548.94 ft B at Equ Level: 22.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.82 mb = 14458.57 m = 47435.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.2 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 105.2 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -3.2 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.66 Bulk Shear: 30.33 m/s