MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 32.93,-99.60 Latitude: 32.93 Longitude: -99.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 956 486 30.8 13.4 35 17.4 19.2 172 16 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.7 10.17 2 950 543 31.1 13.2 34 17.9 19.2 173 22 308.7 310.6 294.2 339.5 10.10 3 900 1027 29.5 11.5 33 18.1 17.7 181 32 312.0 313.8 294.6 341.3 9.50 4 850 1533 26.2 9.6 35 16.6 15.5 187 19 313.6 315.3 294.6 341.2 8.85 5 800 2064 23.1 8.3 39 14.8 13.7 221 5 315.7 317.4 295.0 342.8 8.62 6 750 2623 18.8 6.1 43 12.7 11.0 296 5 317.0 318.5 294.8 341.9 7.89 7 700 3210 14.2 2.0 44 12.2 7.1 86 2 318.2 319.4 293.9 338.3 6.31 8 650 3830 9.1 -0.6 51 9.6 3.8 90 7 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.4 5.66 9 600 4487 3.7 -3.4 60 7.1 0.1 70 13 320.4 321.4 293.4 336.5 4.97 10 550 5187 -1.3 -10.2 51 8.9 -5.2 72 20 322.5 323.1 292.6 333.1 3.19 11 500 5940 -6.2 -16.1 45 9.9 -9.9 63 23 325.4 325.9 292.5 332.9 2.18 12 450 6756 -11.3 -21.4 43 10.0 -14.5 46 23 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.4 1.54 13 400 7649 -17.7 -27.9 40 10.3 -20.1 22 20 332.0 332.2 293.2 335.5 0.96 14 350 8633 -24.9 -37.5 30 12.6 -26.9 20 18 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.43 15 300 9736 -33.4 -42.9 38 9.5 -34.4 12 22 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.4 0.29 16 250 10986 -44.0 -55.6 27 11.5 -44.6 356 25 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.08 17 200 12446 -55.4 -59.5 60 4.1 -55.5 342 33 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.06 18 150 14229 -66.0 -71.9 43 5.9 -66.0 10 20 356.4 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16658 -68.0 -82.7 11 14.7 -68.1 205 5 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.26 m Freezing level: 563.19 mb = 5002.63 m = 16412.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.26 mb = 4497.19 m = 14754.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.95 % Est. max temperature: 38.30 C = 100.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.54 mb = 2707.99 m = 8884.38 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 9.86 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.97 mb = 4192.02 m = 13753.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.66 C = 108.79 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.22 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.47 C Cross Totals Index: 15.82 C K Index: 29.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 524.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.90 mb = 3223.40 m = 10575.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 423.90 mb = 7208.86 m = 23650.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.90 mb = 9411.87 m = 30878.45 ft B at Equ Level: 32.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.90 mb = 11147.96 m = 36574.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 135.9 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.0 neg: -14.2 tot: 122.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 83.46 m/s