MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.46,-97.68 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -97.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 972 386 30.7 17.6 46 13.1 21.6 181 9 306.3 308.8 295.7 345.8 13.16 2 950 591 27.5 16.2 50 11.3 19.8 185 12 305.1 307.4 294.8 341.9 12.30 3 900 1067 22.9 15.3 62 7.6 17.7 190 13 305.1 307.3 294.7 341.6 12.23 4 850 1561 18.2 14.4 78 3.8 15.7 194 14 305.2 307.5 294.7 341.7 12.21 5 800 2078 13.7 12.9 95 0.8 13.1 212 15 305.7 307.9 294.6 340.9 11.73 6 750 2623 13.1 8.2 72 4.9 10.0 253 20 310.8 312.5 294.0 338.8 9.12 7 700 3201 9.1 6.3 83 2.8 7.5 263 19 312.6 314.2 294.1 339.3 8.61 8 650 3812 5.7 2.2 78 3.6 3.7 268 21 315.5 316.8 293.6 337.2 6.90 9 600 4463 1.7 -1.4 80 3.1 0.0 270 24 318.0 319.2 293.4 336.5 5.76 10 550 5160 -2.4 -5.7 78 3.3 -4.0 266 26 321.3 322.1 293.3 336.1 4.56 11 500 5911 -6.4 -16.4 45 10.0 -10.1 265 28 325.3 325.7 292.4 332.6 2.12 12 450 6728 -10.8 -24.7 31 13.9 -14.8 277 28 329.6 329.9 292.7 333.8 1.15 13 400 7623 -17.0 -26.9 42 9.9 -19.5 278 34 332.9 333.1 293.5 336.7 1.05 14 350 8610 -24.1 -41.5 18 17.4 -26.6 265 37 336.2 336.3 293.7 337.4 0.29 15 300 9716 -31.9 -50.1 15 18.2 -33.5 270 30 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.13 16 250 10977 -42.1 -46.3 64 4.2 -42.4 276 38 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.24 17 200 12451 -52.5 -66.2 18 13.7 -52.8 309 43 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14256 -64.4 -76.4 18 12.0 -64.6 316 35 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16685 -70.5 -82.7 15 12.2 -70.6 308 18 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.21 m Freezing level: 579.47 mb = 4749.20 m = 15581.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.75 mb = 4466.40 m = 14653.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.50 mb = 2030.03 m = 6660.12 ft T: 14.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 4.21 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.99 mb = 2713.18 m = 8901.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.44 C = 95.80 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.28 mb = 2021.83 m = 6633.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.28 mb = 4192.70 m = 13755.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.28 mb = 9025.90 m = 29612.18 ft B at Equ Level: 60.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.28 mb = 10698.21 m = 35098.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.0 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 283.0 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.26 Bulk Shear: 49.26 m/s