MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.55,-96.16 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -96.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 988 243 25.3 20.3 74 5.0 21.8 100 5 299.5 302.3 295.4 344.4 15.37 2 950 583 21.5 19.0 86 2.5 19.8 144 5 299.1 301.7 294.8 342.0 14.74 3 900 1052 19.1 17.9 93 1.2 18.4 219 9 301.2 303.9 295.3 344.0 14.54 4 850 1543 17.9 14.7 82 3.2 15.7 257 19 304.9 307.2 294.8 342.0 12.45 5 800 2062 16.6 9.9 64 6.7 12.3 273 28 308.8 310.6 293.9 338.1 9.60 6 750 2610 13.5 8.5 72 5.0 10.3 268 31 311.2 313.0 294.3 339.8 9.31 7 700 3188 9.7 6.2 79 3.5 7.6 266 29 313.3 314.9 294.3 339.8 8.54 8 650 3800 5.4 2.7 83 2.6 3.9 270 27 315.0 316.4 293.7 337.6 7.19 9 600 4449 0.8 -1.4 85 2.2 -0.4 270 24 317.0 318.1 293.2 335.4 5.75 10 550 5143 -3.3 -6.5 78 3.2 -4.8 276 22 320.2 321.0 292.8 334.1 4.28 11 500 5895 -5.9 -8.5 82 2.6 -7.1 286 29 325.9 326.7 294.1 339.3 4.03 12 450 6713 -10.9 -11.8 93 1.0 -11.2 296 34 329.6 330.3 294.6 341.3 3.44 13 400 7609 -16.6 -17.8 91 1.2 -17.0 293 33 333.4 333.9 294.7 341.7 2.37 14 350 8600 -23.5 -25.4 84 1.9 -24.0 299 31 337.1 337.4 294.8 342.1 1.38 15 300 9707 -32.3 -34.2 83 1.9 -32.6 292 24 339.9 340.1 295.0 342.6 0.71 16 250 10964 -42.6 -46.4 66 3.8 -42.9 327 45 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.24 17 200 12435 -53.8 -57.8 62 4.0 -53.9 325 66 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14241 -64.1 -77.0 15 12.9 -64.2 316 48 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16672 -69.1 -82.5 13 13.4 -69.2 322 24 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.70 m Freezing level: 590.29 mb = 4583.99 m = 15039.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.56 mb = 4387.71 m = 14395.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.20 mb = 878.16 m = 2881.08 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 5.92 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.55 mb = 2130.60 m = 6990.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.90 C = 94.82 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 34.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.22 mb = 1020.67 m = 3348.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.22 mb = 3695.88 m = 12125.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.22 mb = 9983.18 m = 32752.83 ft B at Equ Level: 155.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.22 mb = 12490.85 m = 40979.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.2 neg: -12.1 tot: 158.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 97.53 m/s