MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.85,-97.63 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -97.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 971 345 37.1 16.3 29 20.7 22.5 231 9 312.8 315.2 296.7 350.2 12.12 2 950 540 34.0 15.3 33 18.7 21.1 237 13 311.7 313.9 296.0 347.1 11.54 3 900 1026 29.2 14.4 40 14.8 19.1 243 15 311.6 313.8 296.0 347.0 11.52 4 850 1531 24.4 13.5 51 10.9 17.0 248 16 311.7 313.9 296.0 347.0 11.51 5 800 2058 19.4 12.6 65 6.8 14.8 252 18 311.8 314.0 296.0 347.1 11.50 6 750 2609 14.1 11.5 84 2.6 12.4 256 19 311.9 314.1 296.0 347.1 11.46 7 700 3188 9.5 8.7 95 0.7 9.0 265 22 313.0 314.9 295.4 344.5 10.17 8 650 3801 5.8 4.0 89 1.7 4.7 275 22 315.5 317.0 294.4 340.2 7.88 9 600 4452 1.3 1.0 97 0.4 1.1 291 24 317.7 319.0 294.2 339.5 6.86 10 550 5148 -2.5 -3.7 91 1.3 -3.1 304 24 321.2 322.2 293.9 338.3 5.28 11 500 5901 -5.7 -11.2 65 5.5 -8.1 306 20 326.0 326.7 293.6 337.0 3.24 12 450 6720 -10.5 -24.2 32 13.6 -14.5 300 23 330.0 330.2 292.9 334.3 1.20 13 400 7617 -15.4 -47.9 4 32.5 -20.2 318 24 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 14 350 8613 -22.2 -41.1 16 18.9 -25.1 314 35 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.1 0.30 15 300 9724 -32.0 -36.9 61 5.0 -32.7 317 34 340.3 340.5 294.9 342.4 0.54 16 250 10983 -42.5 -45.1 76 2.6 -42.7 334 32 342.9 342.9 295.3 344.0 0.27 17 200 12458 -52.5 -59.5 43 7.0 -52.7 314 53 349.7 349.7 296.6 350.0 0.06 18 150 14269 -64.2 -73.3 28 9.0 -64.3 317 44 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16687 -70.4 -82.3 16 11.9 -70.5 327 18 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.89 m Freezing level: 582.39 mb = 4697.05 m = 15410.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.66 mb = 4631.68 m = 15195.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.75 % Est. max temperature: 36.00 C = 96.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.05 mb = 2939.72 m = 9644.65 ft T: 11.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 12.86 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.82 mb = 3000.82 m = 9845.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.88 C = 98.38 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 42.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 547.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.65 mb = 2898.02 m = 9507.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.65 mb = 3192.51 m = 10474.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.65 mb = 11838.66 m = 38840.29 ft B at Equ Level: 544.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.65 mb = 14695.49 m = 48212.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.3 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 306.3 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 25.16 Bulk Shear: 21.76 m/s