MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 34.65,-98.41 Latitude: 34.65 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 77 SFC 968 369 32.5 13.1 31 19.4 19.6 176 11 308.5 310.4 294.0 338.5 9.86 2 950 532 35.0 11.6 24 23.4 19.5 184 25 312.7 314.4 294.5 340.7 9.05 3 900 1020 31.8 10.2 26 21.6 17.7 184 26 314.3 315.9 294.7 341.4 8.70 4 850 1530 27.3 9.4 32 17.9 15.7 191 22 314.7 316.4 294.8 342.0 8.73 5 800 2061 22.5 8.4 40 14.1 13.6 204 19 315.2 316.9 294.9 342.4 8.70 6 750 2618 17.5 7.4 52 10.1 11.2 219 16 315.6 317.2 295.0 342.7 8.66 7 700 3203 12.8 5.2 60 7.6 8.2 239 9 316.7 318.2 294.7 341.7 7.95 8 650 3822 9.1 1.0 57 8.1 4.5 338 7 319.2 320.4 294.2 339.5 6.32 9 600 4479 3.9 -1.5 68 5.4 1.0 354 13 320.6 321.7 294.1 339.1 5.72 10 550 5180 -2.0 -4.3 84 2.3 -3.1 7 14 321.8 322.8 293.9 338.3 5.07 11 500 5931 -6.4 -12.2 63 5.8 -8.8 14 18 325.3 325.9 293.2 335.4 3.00 12 450 6747 -11.6 -20.2 49 8.6 -14.4 5 20 328.6 329.0 292.9 334.6 1.70 13 400 7639 -17.5 -21.8 69 4.3 -18.8 345 17 332.2 332.6 293.9 338.2 1.67 14 350 8626 -24.4 -29.4 63 5.1 -25.4 311 15 335.9 336.1 294.2 339.4 0.95 15 300 9730 -33.0 -38.8 56 5.7 -33.8 281 14 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.5 0.44 16 250 10983 -43.7 -45.9 79 2.2 -43.9 285 12 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.1 0.25 17 200 12440 -56.2 -56.6 96 0.3 -56.2 301 21 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.09 18 150 14213 -67.1 -70.4 62 3.4 -67.1 292 14 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16669 -65.4 -83.2 7 17.8 -65.6 301 2 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.85 m Freezing level: 566.80 mb = 4944.28 m = 16221.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.79 mb = 4644.88 m = 15238.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.83 % Est. max temperature: 38.92 C = 102.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.75 mb = 2838.39 m = 9312.18 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.79 mb = 4359.95 m = 14304.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.20 C = 111.57 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.64 C Cross Totals Index: 15.75 C K Index: 35.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 318.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.57 mb = 3573.99 m = 11725.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 494.57 mb = 6015.95 m = 19737.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.57 mb = 8324.79 m = 27311.98 ft B at Equ Level: 28.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.57 mb = 10338.88 m = 33919.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -44.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.4 neg: -10.9 tot: 66.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 41.88 m/s