MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34,-97.79 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -97.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 990 270 25.2 16.4 58 8.8 19.3 134 8 299.2 301.4 292.8 334.1 11.94 2 950 629 20.4 15.5 73 5.0 17.2 143 10 297.9 300.0 292.2 331.9 11.72 3 900 1096 20.3 15.2 73 5.1 16.9 189 12 302.4 304.6 293.9 338.3 12.15 4 850 1589 17.7 13.2 75 4.5 14.7 216 12 304.6 306.7 293.9 338.4 11.29 5 800 2105 14.8 11.1 78 3.7 12.4 256 8 306.9 308.9 293.9 338.3 10.40 6 750 2650 12.2 8.6 78 3.6 9.9 299 8 309.8 311.6 294.0 338.5 9.37 7 700 3226 8.8 5.6 80 3.2 6.9 300 10 312.2 313.8 293.7 337.5 8.16 8 650 3836 5.1 2.3 82 2.9 3.5 290 11 314.8 316.1 293.4 336.6 6.95 9 600 4486 0.7 0.0 95 0.7 0.4 288 11 317.0 318.2 293.7 337.4 6.41 10 550 5180 -3.0 -5.4 83 2.5 -4.1 261 14 320.6 321.5 293.2 335.7 4.64 11 500 5931 -6.2 -14.0 54 7.8 -9.3 276 13 325.5 326.0 292.9 334.2 2.59 12 450 6749 -10.4 -32.7 14 22.2 -15.6 288 18 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.1 0.55 13 400 7644 -16.9 -35.7 18 18.8 -20.5 288 17 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.45 14 350 8631 -24.0 -38.2 26 14.1 -26.3 269 15 336.4 336.4 293.8 337.9 0.41 15 300 9738 -32.3 -47.7 20 15.4 -33.8 286 23 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.17 16 250 10994 -42.9 -44.6 83 1.8 -43.0 305 18 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.5 0.29 17 200 12463 -51.6 -66.6 15 14.9 -52.0 322 28 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14269 -65.8 -76.6 21 10.8 -65.8 311 26 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16693 -70.3 -82.8 14 12.5 -70.4 341 17 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.85 m Freezing level: 589.88 mb = 4626.39 m = 15178.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.88 mb = 4540.75 m = 14897.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.06 mb = 1387.72 m = 4552.84 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 2.16 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.27 mb = 2680.68 m = 8794.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.93 C = 96.67 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: 2.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 33.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5058.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.62 mb = 1461.73 m = 4795.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -160.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 41.36 m/s