MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 35.71,-97.21 Latitude: 35.71 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 978 321 20.2 19.3 95 0.9 19.6 50 9 295.2 297.8 293.6 337.0 14.58 2 950 570 18.0 18.0 100 -0.0 18.0 57 14 295.4 297.9 293.0 335.0 13.78 3 900 1035 18.4 18.1 98 0.4 18.2 94 7 300.5 303.2 295.1 343.5 14.65 4 850 1526 17.7 16.4 92 1.3 16.8 221 6 304.7 307.3 295.8 346.3 13.94 5 800 2046 16.6 13.0 79 3.6 14.2 253 12 308.9 311.1 295.5 344.8 11.85 6 750 2594 12.9 10.7 87 2.1 11.5 253 11 310.5 312.6 295.2 343.8 10.87 7 700 3171 9.3 8.3 94 1.0 8.6 245 10 312.7 314.6 295.1 343.3 9.87 8 650 3784 6.0 5.4 96 0.6 5.6 236 11 315.8 317.4 295.1 343.1 8.71 9 600 4437 2.5 2.2 98 0.3 2.3 233 14 319.0 320.5 295.0 342.9 7.49 10 550 5137 -1.0 -1.2 98 0.2 -1.2 227 13 322.9 324.1 295.1 343.5 6.37 11 500 5893 -4.8 -5.2 97 0.4 -5.0 225 14 327.2 328.2 295.4 344.5 5.21 12 450 6715 -9.6 -9.9 97 0.4 -9.7 238 15 331.2 332.0 295.5 344.8 4.00 13 400 7617 -14.7 -15.5 94 0.8 -15.0 249 15 335.9 336.5 295.7 346.0 2.87 14 350 8616 -21.1 -23.7 79 2.7 -21.8 269 15 340.4 340.7 295.8 346.3 1.61 15 300 9735 -29.8 -31.2 87 1.5 -30.0 253 17 343.4 343.6 296.0 347.0 0.94 16 250 11005 -40.3 -45.6 57 5.2 -40.8 283 16 346.1 346.2 296.0 347.2 0.26 17 200 12483 -53.1 -59.2 47 6.1 -53.2 292 10 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.07 18 150 14287 -64.3 -72.3 33 7.9 -64.4 225 29 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16701 -70.8 -82.5 16 11.7 -70.9 13 8 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.20 m Freezing level: 564.48 mb = 4934.13 m = 16187.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 566.66 mb = 4896.71 m = 16065.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.76 mb = 428.44 m = 1405.62 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 3.41 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.05 mb = 488.35 m = 1602.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.33 C = 68.59 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 2.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 37.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4247.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.47 mb = 822.74 m = 2699.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 73.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 71.19 m/s