MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.44,-95.17 Latitude: 34.44 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 979 302 26.0 23.1 84 2.9 23.9 85 7 300.9 304.3 297.7 355.2 18.46 2 950 568 25.3 20.1 73 5.1 21.6 95 12 302.8 305.7 296.5 349.7 15.82 3 900 1043 23.2 17.7 71 5.5 19.4 191 8 305.4 308.1 296.3 348.3 14.32 4 850 1540 20.0 15.5 75 4.5 16.9 237 13 307.1 309.5 295.9 346.7 13.14 5 800 2061 16.4 13.3 82 3.1 14.4 257 21 308.7 311.0 295.6 345.4 12.11 6 750 2608 12.3 11.2 93 1.1 11.6 265 26 309.9 312.0 295.3 344.1 11.19 7 700 3184 9.3 7.7 90 1.6 8.3 265 27 312.7 314.5 294.8 342.0 9.46 8 650 3796 5.4 3.4 87 2.0 4.2 269 23 315.1 316.5 294.0 338.7 7.53 9 600 4446 1.5 -2.1 77 3.6 -0.4 282 21 317.9 318.9 293.2 335.4 5.47 10 550 5143 -2.1 -6.8 70 4.7 -4.3 294 23 321.6 322.4 293.2 335.3 4.17 11 500 5895 -6.2 -10.4 72 4.3 -8.0 295 27 325.5 326.2 293.6 337.1 3.46 12 450 6713 -10.7 -12.6 86 1.9 -11.5 296 29 329.8 330.4 294.5 340.8 3.24 13 400 7611 -16.0 -18.5 81 2.4 -16.9 299 28 334.2 334.6 294.8 342.0 2.23 14 350 8603 -23.0 -25.4 81 2.4 -23.6 310 34 337.8 338.1 295.0 342.8 1.39 15 300 9712 -31.9 -38.0 55 6.1 -32.7 305 35 340.4 340.5 294.8 342.3 0.48 16 250 10972 -41.7 -42.4 93 0.7 -41.7 335 35 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.6 0.37 17 200 12445 -54.1 -54.3 97 0.3 -54.1 335 48 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.12 18 150 14243 -64.9 -75.3 23 10.4 -65.0 321 52 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16669 -69.9 -82.3 15 12.5 -69.9 327 21 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.79 m Freezing level: 579.11 mb = 4737.67 m = 15543.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.93 mb = 4393.48 m = 14414.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.54 mb = 664.86 m = 2181.27 ft T: 24.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 19.97 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1942.05 m = 6371.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.32 C = 91.97 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 40.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1032.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.37 mb = 1393.99 m = 4573.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.37 mb = 2391.63 m = 7846.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.37 mb = 13125.65 m = 43062.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1014.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.37 mb = 16132.95 m = 52928.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.6 neg: -4.1 tot: 201.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 8.24 Bulk Shear: 125.30 m/s