MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 968 363 32.9 13.6 31 19.3 19.9 159 13 308.9 310.8 294.3 339.8 10.14 2 950 532 35.2 12.0 25 23.2 19.8 167 28 312.9 314.7 294.7 341.8 9.34 3 900 1021 32.2 10.9 27 21.3 18.1 181 27 314.7 316.4 295.1 343.1 9.12 4 850 1531 27.8 10.0 33 17.8 16.2 196 23 315.3 317.0 295.2 343.7 9.10 5 800 2064 23.0 9.1 41 13.9 14.0 207 21 315.6 317.4 295.3 344.1 9.09 6 750 2621 17.7 8.0 53 9.7 11.6 213 20 315.8 317.6 295.3 344.1 9.03 7 700 3207 13.0 5.5 60 7.5 8.5 218 17 316.9 318.5 295.0 342.6 8.15 8 650 3827 9.7 0.4 52 9.3 4.5 328 4 320.0 321.2 294.2 339.5 6.08 9 600 4486 5.1 -4.4 50 9.5 0.3 28 12 322.0 322.9 293.6 337.0 4.59 10 550 5190 -0.5 -7.5 60 6.9 -3.8 41 24 323.4 324.2 293.4 336.6 3.97 11 500 5944 -5.6 -15.2 46 9.7 -9.2 40 24 326.3 326.7 292.9 334.3 2.34 12 450 6761 -11.7 -20.4 48 8.7 -14.5 24 21 328.6 328.9 292.9 334.5 1.68 13 400 7654 -17.2 -34.2 21 17.0 -20.7 3 21 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.6 0.53 14 350 8640 -24.7 -36.0 34 11.3 -26.6 4 22 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.4 0.50 15 300 9742 -33.6 -40.9 48 7.3 -34.4 353 22 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.4 0.36 16 250 10992 -44.1 -49.9 52 5.8 -44.5 346 24 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.16 17 200 12449 -55.3 -61.5 46 6.2 -55.5 335 27 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.05 18 150 14234 -66.1 -72.0 43 5.9 -66.1 344 26 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16665 -67.5 -83.1 9 15.6 -67.5 132 13 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5868.24 m Freezing level: 554.82 mb = 5121.84 m = 16803.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.86 mb = 4528.74 m = 14857.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.78 % Est. max temperature: 39.45 C = 103.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.92 mb = 2828.43 m = 9279.50 ft T: 16.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.85 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.17 mb = 4470.21 m = 14665.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.84 C = 114.51 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.36 C Cross Totals Index: 15.54 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 371.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.38 mb = 3543.46 m = 11625.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 487.38 mb = 6142.64 m = 20152.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.38 mb = 11330.32 m = 37172.53 ft B at Equ Level: 166.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.38 mb = 13193.84 m = 43286.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.8 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 189.8 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 110.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 26.73 Bulk Shear: 6.26 m/s