MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 31.51,-97.15 Latitude: 31.51 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 992 173 38.6 15.0 25 23.5 22.3 151 10 312.4 314.5 295.7 345.9 10.88 2 950 566 32.9 13.7 31 19.2 19.9 151 12 310.6 312.6 294.9 342.5 10.42 3 900 1050 28.2 12.8 39 15.4 17.9 149 12 310.5 312.5 294.8 342.2 10.35 4 850 1553 23.3 11.8 48 11.5 15.7 147 11 310.6 312.5 294.8 342.0 10.27 5 800 2078 18.3 10.8 61 7.6 13.4 145 11 310.7 312.6 294.8 342.0 10.20 6 750 2627 13.2 9.5 78 3.7 10.8 140 10 310.9 312.7 294.7 341.4 9.97 7 700 3204 10.4 -0.6 46 11.1 4.5 85 12 314.1 315.1 291.9 330.6 5.23 8 650 3818 7.6 -10.0 27 17.6 -0.2 50 14 317.5 318.1 290.7 326.6 2.74 9 600 4471 3.3 -11.6 33 14.9 -3.0 43 15 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.6 2.63 10 550 5171 -0.8 -15.0 33 14.2 -6.4 36 11 323.1 323.5 291.8 330.4 2.16 11 500 5926 -5.0 -19.7 31 14.7 -10.1 28 6 326.9 327.3 292.4 332.5 1.60 12 450 6746 -10.4 -23.1 35 12.7 -14.3 163 2 330.1 330.4 293.0 334.8 1.32 13 400 7640 -17.0 -26.1 45 9.2 -19.3 90 2 332.9 333.2 293.6 337.0 1.13 14 350 8627 -24.6 -34.2 40 9.6 -26.3 120 6 335.7 335.8 293.8 337.9 0.60 15 300 9729 -33.3 -40.3 49 7.0 -34.1 85 7 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.9 0.38 16 250 10982 -43.5 -52.1 38 8.6 -44.0 80 13 341.3 341.4 294.8 341.8 0.12 17 200 12444 -55.1 -62.6 39 7.6 -55.2 101 14 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14225 -67.6 -69.4 77 1.8 -67.6 156 8 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16658 -66.5 -83.6 7 17.1 -66.6 146 10 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.19 m Freezing level: 559.94 mb = 5032.08 m = 16509.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.55 mb = 3785.19 m = 12418.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.93 % Est. max temperature: 36.76 C = 98.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.06 mb = 3107.92 m = 10196.48 ft T: 10.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 19.39 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.87 mb = 3642.77 m = 11951.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.69 C = 108.84 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 0.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.32 C Cross Totals Index: 16.78 C K Index: 29.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.74 mb = 3006.07 m = 9862.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 441.74 mb = 6886.34 m = 22592.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.74 mb = 11479.25 m = 37661.11 ft B at Equ Level: 153.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.74 mb = 13387.16 m = 43920.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 90.3 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 120.3 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -165.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -10.1 tot: -9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.11 Bulk Shear: 17.35 m/s