MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 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 84 SFC 969 363 33.6 14.4 32 19.2 20.5 177 12 309.5 311.5 294.8 342.1 10.68 2 950 541 33.9 13.6 29 20.3 20.1 181 22 311.6 313.5 295.1 343.3 10.33 3 900 1028 31.4 12.2 31 19.2 18.5 177 24 313.8 315.7 295.4 344.8 9.96 4 850 1537 27.2 11.1 37 16.1 16.5 172 19 314.6 316.5 295.6 345.1 9.80 5 800 2069 22.7 9.7 44 13.0 14.3 191 14 315.3 317.2 295.5 345.0 9.50 6 750 2627 17.7 8.2 53 9.6 11.7 221 13 315.8 317.6 295.4 344.4 9.12 7 700 3212 12.7 6.1 64 6.6 8.6 238 11 316.5 318.1 295.1 343.1 8.45 8 650 3830 8.5 0.9 59 7.5 4.2 1 5 318.6 319.8 294.0 338.7 6.32 9 600 4486 3.2 -1.4 72 4.7 0.7 7 12 319.9 321.0 293.9 338.4 5.76 10 550 5185 -2.0 -6.5 71 4.5 -4.2 34 14 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.6 4.26 11 500 5938 -5.7 -17.0 40 11.4 -9.8 11 14 326.1 326.5 292.6 333.1 2.02 12 450 6756 -10.9 -22.9 37 12.0 -14.5 3 10 329.6 329.8 292.9 334.4 1.35 13 400 7651 -16.9 -21.8 66 4.9 -18.3 280 10 333.1 333.4 294.1 339.0 1.67 14 350 8638 -24.5 -26.3 85 1.8 -24.9 262 12 335.7 336.0 294.4 340.3 1.27 15 300 9741 -33.2 -39.2 55 6.0 -34.0 255 16 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.2 0.43 16 250 10994 -43.7 -49.4 53 5.7 -44.0 261 19 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.8 0.17 17 200 12453 -55.6 -56.6 89 1.0 -55.6 277 33 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.09 18 150 14231 -65.9 -71.3 47 5.4 -66.0 272 24 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16687 -66.9 -82.7 9 15.8 -67.0 221 12 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.77 m Freezing level: 569.33 mb = 4914.92 m = 16124.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.61 mb = 4585.66 m = 15044.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.04 % Est. max temperature: 39.11 C = 102.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.30 mb = 2806.14 m = 9206.37 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 12.07 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.77 mb = 3972.82 m = 13034.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.85 C = 109.14 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.83 C Cross Totals Index: 16.74 C K Index: 37.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 274.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.04 mb = 3283.12 m = 10771.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.04 mb = 4771.72 m = 15655.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.04 mb = 12163.73 m = 39906.77 ft B at Equ Level: 306.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.04 mb = 14269.77 m = 46816.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.7 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 213.7 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.1 neg: -18.6 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 46.52 Bulk Shear: 6.67 m/s