MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.44 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 968 363 40.4 13.6 21 26.7 22.0 194 15 316.5 318.4 296.3 348.4 10.18 2 950 528 37.0 12.6 23 24.4 20.5 196 19 314.8 316.6 295.5 345.0 9.69 3 900 1018 32.1 11.7 29 20.4 18.5 199 20 314.6 316.4 295.4 344.6 9.63 4 850 1528 27.2 10.8 36 16.4 16.4 202 19 314.6 316.5 295.4 344.6 9.61 5 800 2059 22.2 9.9 45 12.3 14.1 203 19 314.8 316.6 295.4 344.7 9.59 6 750 2615 17.0 8.4 57 8.6 11.6 205 17 315.1 316.9 295.3 344.0 9.27 7 700 3200 13.6 2.6 47 11.0 7.2 222 9 317.6 318.8 294.0 338.6 6.63 8 650 3819 9.1 -0.2 52 9.3 3.9 276 9 319.2 320.3 293.8 337.9 5.81 9 600 4477 4.1 -2.7 61 6.8 0.5 314 12 320.9 321.9 293.8 337.9 5.24 10 550 5178 -1.5 -6.1 71 4.6 -3.7 334 14 322.3 323.1 293.5 336.7 4.41 11 500 5929 -7.2 -11.4 72 4.2 -8.9 344 13 324.3 324.9 293.0 335.0 3.20 12 450 6743 -12.1 -16.9 67 4.8 -13.8 351 10 328.0 328.5 293.3 335.8 2.26 13 400 7634 -18.2 -20.3 83 2.2 -18.8 329 8 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.1 1.90 14 350 8617 -25.3 -26.5 90 1.2 -25.6 308 9 334.6 334.9 294.1 339.1 1.25 15 300 9718 -33.5 -34.1 95 0.5 -33.6 319 7 338.1 338.2 294.5 340.8 0.71 16 250 10969 -44.0 -45.5 85 1.5 -44.1 313 8 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.7 0.26 17 200 12426 -55.9 -61.5 49 5.6 -56.0 341 14 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 14206 -67.0 -69.4 72 2.3 -67.1 274 12 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16646 -65.3 -83.3 7 18.0 -65.4 158 8 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.42 m Freezing level: 563.55 mb = 4988.12 m = 16365.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.60 mb = 4563.37 m = 14971.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.18 % Est. max temperature: 38.65 C = 101.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 660.39 mb = 3686.89 m = 12095.94 ft T: 10.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 9.68 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.58 mb = 4186.72 m = 13735.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.02 C = 111.24 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.39 C Cross Totals Index: 17.98 C K Index: 34.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 635.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 668.11 mb = 3589.79 m = 11777.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 563.11 mb = 4988.34 m = 16365.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.11 mb = 12643.19 m = 41479.79 ft B at Equ Level: 628.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.11 mb = 14924.71 m = 48965.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.4 neg: -13.2 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 25.49 Bulk Shear: 24.95 m/s