MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.54,-98.47 Latitude: 34.54 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 116 SFC 973 350 22.2 18.1 78 4.1 19.4 75 10 297.6 300.1 293.6 336.9 13.55 2 950 561 20.7 17.6 82 3.1 18.6 73 17 298.2 300.6 293.6 337.3 13.45 3 900 1028 19.3 15.7 80 3.6 16.9 39 8 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.4 12.58 4 850 1521 19.4 12.3 64 7.0 14.8 330 8 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.5 10.66 5 800 2043 18.8 8.9 52 9.9 12.6 327 12 311.2 312.9 294.0 338.9 8.98 6 750 2595 15.6 8.3 62 7.2 11.0 315 13 313.5 315.2 294.8 342.1 9.22 7 700 3177 11.7 5.1 64 6.6 7.8 303 14 315.5 317.0 294.4 340.2 7.89 8 650 3793 7.5 1.0 63 6.6 3.8 301 17 317.5 318.7 293.7 337.6 6.32 9 600 4448 3.6 -3.4 60 7.0 0.0 314 21 320.3 321.3 293.4 336.4 4.98 10 550 5150 -0.0 -7.5 57 7.4 -3.6 315 29 324.1 324.9 293.6 337.2 3.97 11 500 5908 -4.3 -13.7 48 9.4 -8.1 315 28 327.8 328.3 293.6 336.9 2.66 12 450 6729 -10.0 -18.9 48 9.0 -13.0 314 29 330.7 331.1 293.7 337.4 1.91 13 400 7627 -15.8 -24.9 45 9.1 -18.3 307 30 334.5 334.7 294.1 339.1 1.26 14 350 8620 -22.2 -39.7 19 17.4 -25.1 302 30 338.8 338.8 294.3 340.1 0.35 15 300 9735 -30.3 -36.1 57 5.8 -31.2 302 35 342.7 342.8 295.5 344.9 0.58 16 250 11005 -40.2 -49.0 39 8.8 -40.9 301 43 346.2 346.3 296.0 347.0 0.18 17 200 12488 -51.7 -59.9 37 8.2 -52.0 312 44 350.8 350.8 296.8 351.1 0.06 18 150 14294 -65.7 -73.9 31 8.2 -65.7 319 43 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16687 -74.0 -81.7 30 7.7 -74.0 328 13 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.25 m Freezing level: 550.17 mb = 5147.44 m = 16887.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.72 mb = 4451.51 m = 14604.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.70 % Est. max temperature: 33.41 C = 92.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.88 mb = 867.51 m = 2846.14 ft T: 19.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 5.67 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.20 mb = 3078.51 m = 10099.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.56 C = 103.21 F Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lifted Index: 3.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.73 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 16.65 C K Index: 29.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4657.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.33 mb = 1287.55 m = 4224.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.3 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 349.3 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -26.5 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 90.20 m/s