MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.93,-97.33 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -97.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 972 333 36.9 16.1 29 20.8 22.3 271 11 312.6 314.9 296.5 349.4 11.95 2 950 542 33.8 14.7 32 19.1 20.7 267 14 311.5 313.6 295.7 345.7 11.14 3 900 1027 29.0 13.8 39 15.2 18.7 261 15 311.4 313.5 295.6 345.5 11.10 4 850 1531 24.2 12.9 49 11.2 16.6 255 16 311.5 313.6 295.6 345.5 11.08 5 800 2058 19.1 12.0 63 7.1 14.4 252 16 311.5 313.6 295.7 345.6 11.11 6 750 2609 13.9 11.0 83 2.9 12.0 250 17 311.6 313.7 295.7 345.7 11.09 7 700 3187 9.9 8.3 90 1.6 8.9 260 21 313.4 315.3 295.3 343.9 9.84 8 650 3800 5.8 4.3 90 1.6 4.9 273 25 315.6 317.1 294.5 340.7 8.02 9 600 4451 1.4 0.0 90 1.4 0.7 282 25 317.7 319.0 293.9 338.1 6.40 10 550 5148 -2.4 -4.6 85 2.2 -3.5 295 24 321.3 322.2 293.7 337.4 4.96 11 500 5901 -5.1 -14.6 47 9.5 -8.8 302 27 326.8 327.3 293.1 335.2 2.46 12 450 6722 -9.9 -22.0 37 12.1 -13.7 306 27 330.8 331.1 293.3 335.9 1.46 13 400 7620 -15.8 -37.9 13 22.1 -20.0 313 30 334.5 334.6 293.3 335.9 0.37 14 350 8614 -21.5 -45.9 9 24.4 -24.9 302 31 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.18 15 300 9729 -31.1 -35.8 63 4.7 -31.9 318 36 341.5 341.6 295.2 343.8 0.60 16 250 10991 -41.9 -42.5 94 0.6 -41.9 322 38 343.8 343.9 295.6 345.2 0.36 17 200 12464 -53.1 -58.8 50 5.6 -53.3 307 45 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.07 18 150 14265 -64.5 -76.0 19 11.5 -64.6 314 42 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16684 -70.2 -82.3 15 12.1 -70.2 315 20 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.79 m Freezing level: 581.48 mb = 4709.33 m = 15450.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.02 mb = 4558.59 m = 14955.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.71 % Est. max temperature: 35.88 C = 96.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.39 mb = 2935.05 m = 9629.32 ft T: 11.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 10.46 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.49 mb = 3133.83 m = 10281.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.62 C = 99.71 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 40.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 224.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.43 mb = 2934.54 m = 9627.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.43 mb = 3470.69 m = 11386.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.43 mb = 8478.63 m = 27816.69 ft B at Equ Level: 185.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.43 mb = 13614.43 m = 44666.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.3 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 306.3 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 39.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 27.80 Bulk Shear: 8.06 m/s