MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.47 Latitude: 34.57 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 103 SFC 972 356 30.4 16.9 44 13.5 21.0 44 6 306.0 308.4 295.2 343.7 12.55 2 950 556 27.5 16.2 50 11.3 19.8 45 6 305.1 307.4 294.7 341.8 12.29 3 900 1031 22.8 15.4 63 7.4 17.8 48 6 305.0 307.3 294.7 341.7 12.28 4 850 1526 18.1 14.5 79 3.6 15.7 49 5 305.1 307.3 294.7 341.7 12.27 5 800 2042 13.6 13.3 98 0.3 13.4 49 5 305.7 307.9 294.8 341.9 12.09 6 750 2586 11.5 10.2 91 1.3 10.6 337 5 309.1 311.0 294.5 340.9 10.45 7 700 3162 9.3 5.9 79 3.4 7.2 334 8 312.8 314.4 294.0 338.6 8.34 8 650 3774 6.1 2.3 77 3.8 3.9 330 12 315.9 317.2 293.8 337.9 6.97 9 600 4426 2.6 -3.0 66 5.7 -0.3 318 20 319.2 320.2 293.2 335.6 5.10 10 550 5125 -1.5 -7.1 66 5.6 -4.1 305 22 322.3 323.1 293.2 335.7 4.09 11 500 5878 -5.8 -12.7 59 6.8 -8.6 298 23 325.9 326.5 293.2 335.7 2.89 12 450 6697 -10.2 -19.8 45 9.6 -13.4 309 24 330.5 330.8 293.5 336.7 1.77 13 400 7597 -14.8 -41.5 8 26.7 -19.5 308 30 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.8 0.25 14 350 8591 -22.6 -29.6 53 7.0 -24.1 297 35 338.3 338.5 294.7 341.8 0.94 15 300 9705 -30.2 -45.5 21 15.3 -31.9 291 38 342.8 342.9 295.2 343.7 0.22 16 250 10974 -40.8 -45.6 59 4.9 -41.2 281 35 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.5 0.26 17 200 12452 -52.5 -57.7 54 5.2 -52.7 281 34 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.08 18 150 14252 -65.4 -73.4 32 8.0 -65.5 299 35 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16657 -72.1 -80.5 27 8.5 -72.1 272 13 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.08 m Freezing level: 568.33 mb = 4868.99 m = 15974.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.24 mb = 4382.42 m = 14377.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.23 mb = 2050.28 m = 6726.54 ft T: 13.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 6.31 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.88 mb = 2075.16 m = 6808.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 34.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2868.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.64 mb = 1982.34 m = 6503.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.7 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 351.7 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 24.60 m/s