MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.09,-97.24 Latitude: 35.09 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 102 SFC 974 332 29.1 20.6 60 8.5 23.0 74 10 304.5 307.4 297.0 351.9 15.89 2 950 554 26.4 19.6 66 6.8 21.6 81 10 304.0 306.8 296.5 349.6 15.33 3 900 1029 23.6 18.0 71 5.7 19.6 162 3 305.9 308.6 296.5 349.4 14.54 4 850 1529 22.0 14.8 63 7.2 17.1 239 15 309.2 311.6 296.0 347.2 12.52 5 800 2053 17.8 13.0 74 4.8 14.6 241 21 310.1 312.3 295.8 346.3 11.87 6 750 2602 14.1 10.2 77 3.9 11.6 254 24 311.9 313.9 295.3 344.2 10.50 7 700 3182 10.6 7.0 78 3.7 8.4 270 26 314.3 316.0 294.8 342.3 9.00 8 650 3797 6.3 4.0 85 2.3 5.0 284 26 316.1 317.6 294.6 341.0 7.89 9 600 4449 1.7 0.6 93 1.1 1.1 296 27 318.1 319.4 294.1 339.3 6.68 10 550 5146 -2.0 -3.5 90 1.5 -2.8 298 24 321.7 322.7 294.1 339.1 5.38 11 500 5898 -6.4 -9.7 77 3.3 -7.8 301 23 325.3 326.0 293.7 337.5 3.67 12 450 6716 -10.6 -26.2 27 15.6 -14.9 299 26 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.5 1.00 13 400 7613 -15.1 -42.7 8 27.5 -19.8 306 27 335.3 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.22 14 350 8610 -22.2 -38.6 21 16.5 -24.9 303 35 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.4 0.39 15 300 9719 -32.5 -38.6 54 6.1 -33.3 314 32 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.3 0.45 16 250 10975 -42.5 -50.6 40 8.2 -43.0 326 42 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.5 0.15 17 200 12452 -52.5 -57.7 53 5.2 -52.7 306 55 349.7 349.7 296.6 350.0 0.08 18 150 14260 -64.2 -73.4 27 9.2 -64.3 316 48 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16682 -70.5 -82.2 16 11.7 -70.5 319 22 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.34 m Freezing level: 577.45 mb = 4763.37 m = 15627.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.11 mb = 4636.54 m = 15211.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.82 % Est. max temperature: 34.22 C = 93.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.85 mb = 1407.91 m = 4619.08 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.02 mb = 2333.90 m = 7657.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.58 C = 96.04 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 39.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.75 mb = 1633.80 m = 5360.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.75 mb = 3244.93 m = 10645.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.75 mb = 12296.96 m = 40343.86 ft B at Equ Level: 897.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.75 mb = 15361.18 m = 50396.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 236.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.81 Bulk Shear: 115.04 m/s