MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.92,-98.47 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 963 419 30.6 20.5 55 10.1 23.3 19 14 307.0 310.0 297.7 355.0 15.94 2 950 543 29.3 19.9 57 9.4 22.5 20 20 306.9 309.9 297.4 353.8 15.56 3 900 1022 25.5 18.3 65 7.2 20.4 17 20 307.8 310.6 297.2 352.8 14.89 4 850 1524 22.7 16.2 67 6.5 18.2 356 9 309.9 312.5 297.0 351.9 13.78 5 800 2050 19.6 13.2 67 6.4 15.3 254 9 312.1 314.4 296.4 349.1 12.04 6 750 2604 15.7 10.9 73 4.8 12.6 230 15 313.6 315.7 296.1 347.7 11.00 7 700 3186 11.6 6.1 69 5.4 8.3 267 17 315.3 316.9 294.8 341.9 8.50 8 650 3802 6.8 3.3 79 3.4 4.8 285 21 316.6 318.1 294.4 340.3 7.51 9 600 4454 2.0 -1.4 78 3.4 0.2 293 22 318.5 319.6 293.6 336.9 5.77 10 550 5153 -0.8 -8.8 54 8.1 -4.4 291 22 323.2 323.9 293.0 335.0 3.56 11 500 5910 -4.2 -17.1 36 12.9 -9.0 289 19 327.9 328.3 293.0 334.9 2.00 12 450 6732 -9.2 -26.6 23 17.4 -14.1 301 23 331.7 331.9 293.1 335.2 0.97 13 400 7632 -15.3 -27.9 33 12.6 -18.6 312 35 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.6 0.96 14 350 8628 -21.5 -40.3 17 18.8 -24.5 297 29 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.1 0.33 15 300 9742 -31.1 -36.4 59 5.3 -31.9 306 29 341.6 341.7 295.2 343.8 0.57 16 250 11006 -41.9 -45.9 65 4.0 -42.2 304 35 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.25 17 200 12477 -53.1 -58.6 51 5.6 -53.2 307 44 348.7 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.07 18 150 14280 -64.3 -73.5 27 9.2 -64.4 313 48 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16692 -70.8 -82.0 18 11.2 -70.9 324 21 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.25 m Freezing level: 563.79 mb = 4960.19 m = 16273.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.89 mb = 4482.55 m = 14706.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.73 % Est. max temperature: 35.02 C = 95.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.20 mb = 1707.74 m = 5602.75 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.05 mb = 2625.62 m = 8614.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.21 C = 98.98 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1216.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.50 mb = 1915.81 m = 6285.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.50 mb = 3335.80 m = 10944.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.50 mb = 13225.23 m = 43389.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1212.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.50 mb = 16261.60 m = 53351.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.4 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 324.4 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.0 neg: -22.9 tot: 67.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 14.65 Bulk Shear: 83.01 m/s