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: 34.57,-98.50 Latitude: 34.57 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 79 SFC 969 359 39.9 13.7 21 26.2 21.9 199 10 315.8 317.8 296.1 347.7 10.20 2 950 540 36.7 12.5 24 24.1 20.4 201 13 314.4 316.3 295.4 344.5 9.66 3 900 1029 31.8 11.6 29 20.2 18.4 204 13 314.3 316.1 295.3 344.2 9.60 4 850 1538 27.0 10.5 36 16.5 16.2 206 13 314.4 316.2 295.2 343.8 9.43 5 800 2069 22.1 9.3 44 12.8 13.8 209 11 314.7 316.5 295.2 343.6 9.25 6 750 2625 17.0 8.1 56 8.9 11.4 213 7 315.0 316.7 295.1 343.4 9.08 7 700 3210 13.4 3.3 50 10.1 7.5 276 3 317.3 318.7 294.1 339.4 6.95 8 650 3829 8.6 0.8 58 7.8 4.2 329 11 318.6 319.9 294.0 338.6 6.24 9 600 4484 2.4 -0.4 82 2.8 0.8 344 16 318.9 320.1 294.0 338.7 6.19 10 550 5182 -2.4 -3.5 92 1.1 -2.9 4 20 321.3 322.3 294.0 338.7 5.38 11 500 5934 -6.7 -8.8 85 2.1 -7.7 347 18 324.9 325.6 293.8 337.9 3.92 12 450 6749 -11.5 -12.6 92 1.1 -12.0 334 8 328.7 329.4 294.3 339.7 3.22 13 400 7642 -17.7 -17.9 99 0.2 -17.8 329 9 332.0 332.4 294.3 340.1 2.34 14 350 8628 -24.9 -25.6 94 0.7 -25.1 289 11 335.2 335.5 294.4 340.2 1.37 15 300 9729 -33.6 -38.8 59 5.2 -34.2 253 10 338.1 338.2 294.3 339.8 0.45 16 250 10979 -44.3 -47.2 73 2.9 -44.5 251 13 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.22 17 200 12433 -56.4 -58.7 75 2.3 -56.4 224 18 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.07 18 150 14208 -66.0 -72.1 42 6.1 -66.1 238 18 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16670 -65.6 -83.0 7 17.4 -65.8 154 13 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.85 m Freezing level: 574.88 mb = 4834.78 m = 15861.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.89 mb = 4634.19 m = 15203.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.31 % Est. max temperature: 38.68 C = 101.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.43 mb = 3620.49 m = 11878.11 ft T: 10.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 9.09 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.01 mb = 4045.87 m = 13273.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.77 C = 108.98 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.69 C Cross Totals Index: 17.22 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 564.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.58 mb = 3568.66 m = 11708.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.58 mb = 4408.53 m = 14463.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.58 mb = 12571.10 m = 41243.27 ft B at Equ Level: 561.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.58 mb = 14821.89 m = 48627.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.2 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 344.2 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.7 neg: -7.3 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.45 Bulk Shear: 59.73 m/s