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: 34.52,-97.24 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -97.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 972 320 35.2 17.1 34 18.2 22.4 299 2 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.7 12.69 2 950 528 34.5 15.4 32 19.0 21.2 270 5 312.1 314.4 296.2 348.1 11.67 3 900 1015 30.3 14.0 37 16.3 19.1 262 10 312.7 314.9 296.0 347.3 11.20 4 850 1522 25.6 12.9 45 12.7 17.1 262 13 313.0 315.1 296.0 347.3 11.10 5 800 2051 20.6 12.0 58 8.6 14.9 263 15 313.1 315.2 296.1 347.4 11.09 6 750 2605 15.3 11.0 75 4.4 12.4 264 18 313.2 315.3 296.0 347.4 11.04 7 700 3186 10.0 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 268 20 313.6 315.6 295.9 346.7 10.70 8 650 3798 5.8 5.3 97 0.5 5.5 284 22 315.5 317.2 294.9 342.5 8.64 9 600 4450 2.0 1.3 95 0.6 1.6 297 22 318.4 319.7 294.5 340.8 7.03 10 550 5148 -1.6 -3.3 88 1.7 -2.5 309 24 322.2 323.2 294.3 339.9 5.45 11 500 5902 -5.6 -11.0 66 5.3 -7.9 317 29 326.2 326.9 293.7 337.3 3.31 12 450 6723 -9.2 -26.5 23 17.3 -14.1 316 27 331.7 331.9 293.1 335.2 0.97 13 400 7627 -13.3 -35.5 14 22.2 -18.1 319 33 337.7 337.8 294.2 339.5 0.46 14 350 8626 -22.0 -35.6 28 13.6 -24.5 312 34 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.2 0.53 15 300 9738 -31.4 -38.5 50 7.1 -32.4 323 23 341.1 341.2 295.0 342.9 0.46 16 250 11000 -42.0 -49.1 46 7.1 -42.5 335 22 343.6 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.17 17 200 12475 -52.5 -57.2 57 4.6 -52.7 319 46 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.08 18 150 14284 -64.3 -73.9 26 9.6 -64.4 326 44 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16689 -71.9 -82.1 20 10.2 -71.9 328 20 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.47 m Freezing level: 572.56 mb = 4833.11 m = 15856.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.47 mb = 4715.40 m = 15470.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.91 % Est. max temperature: 37.41 C = 99.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.83 mb = 2617.99 m = 8589.11 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 12.17 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.96 mb = 3114.28 m = 10217.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.90 C = 100.22 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 43.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 401.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.00 mb = 2971.88 m = 9750.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.00 mb = 3268.72 m = 10724.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 423.00 mb = 7197.67 m = 23614.12 ft B at Equ Level: 206.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.00 mb = 14159.39 m = 46454.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.6 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 319.6 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 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: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 15.11 Bulk Shear: 26.57 m/s