MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.44,-97.75 Latitude: 34.44 Longitude: -97.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 971 325 36.3 16.4 31 19.9 22.3 262 5 312.1 314.4 296.5 349.5 12.19 2 950 525 35.5 14.6 29 20.8 21.1 258 9 313.2 315.3 296.1 347.4 11.08 3 900 1013 30.9 13.6 35 17.3 19.1 259 12 313.4 315.5 296.0 347.3 10.97 4 850 1521 26.1 12.7 43 13.4 17.1 260 15 313.5 315.6 296.0 347.4 10.93 5 800 2051 21.1 11.8 55 9.3 14.9 261 17 313.6 315.7 296.1 347.5 10.92 6 750 2605 15.8 10.7 72 5.1 12.5 265 19 313.7 315.8 296.1 347.4 10.88 7 700 3187 10.8 8.3 84 2.5 9.2 279 22 314.4 316.3 295.5 345.1 9.85 8 650 3801 6.0 4.2 88 1.8 4.9 291 24 315.7 317.3 294.5 340.9 8.00 9 600 4454 2.6 0.4 85 2.2 1.4 301 22 319.1 320.4 294.3 340.1 6.56 10 550 5153 -1.0 -5.6 71 4.5 -3.3 306 22 322.8 323.7 293.8 337.9 4.60 11 500 5908 -5.2 -12.5 56 7.4 -8.2 313 21 326.7 327.3 293.4 336.6 2.92 12 450 6728 -9.7 -29.1 19 19.4 -14.7 315 22 331.1 331.3 292.8 333.9 0.77 13 400 7630 -13.9 -39.5 10 25.6 -18.8 325 31 336.9 337.0 293.9 338.1 0.31 14 350 8628 -22.0 -36.7 25 14.6 -24.6 311 32 339.1 339.2 294.6 340.9 0.47 15 300 9740 -31.5 -39.7 44 8.2 -32.6 317 24 341.0 341.1 294.9 342.6 0.41 16 250 11000 -42.2 -49.2 47 6.9 -42.7 319 24 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.0 0.17 17 200 12477 -52.0 -57.1 54 5.1 -52.2 318 47 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.8 0.08 18 150 14289 -64.1 -74.9 22 10.8 -64.2 323 41 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16697 -72.1 -82.0 21 9.9 -72.1 325 18 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.22 m Freezing level: 564.39 mb = 4951.83 m = 16245.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.23 mb = 4654.03 m = 15268.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.26 % Est. max temperature: 37.86 C = 100.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.95 mb = 2833.71 m = 9296.84 ft T: 13.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 13.54 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.75 mb = 3309.32 m = 10857.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.95 C = 102.11 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.31 C Cross Totals Index: 17.89 C K Index: 41.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.34 mb = 3134.93 m = 10285.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.34 mb = 3558.00 m = 11673.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.34 mb = 7453.21 m = 24452.50 ft B at Equ Level: 158.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.34 mb = 13908.62 m = 45631.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.4 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 317.4 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 17.92 Bulk Shear: 19.72 m/s