MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 34.57,-98.44 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 973 355 24.3 18.6 71 5.7 20.3 90 7 299.7 302.3 294.4 340.6 13.97 2 950 564 24.9 17.6 64 7.3 19.8 111 15 302.5 304.9 294.8 342.1 13.42 3 900 1037 21.4 16.4 73 5.0 18.0 127 12 303.6 306.0 295.0 342.7 13.18 4 850 1530 18.2 15.2 83 3.0 16.2 153 3 305.2 307.6 295.3 343.9 12.92 5 800 2049 15.2 13.6 90 1.6 14.1 339 4 307.3 309.6 295.4 344.5 12.31 6 750 2595 13.9 9.1 73 4.8 10.9 16 6 311.7 313.5 294.7 341.7 9.74 7 700 3176 11.3 4.9 65 6.4 7.5 8 5 314.9 316.4 294.1 339.3 7.78 8 650 3791 7.1 1.4 67 5.7 3.9 319 5 317.0 318.3 293.8 337.8 6.54 9 600 4445 2.5 -1.7 74 4.2 0.3 313 12 319.1 320.1 293.6 337.1 5.63 10 550 5143 -1.5 -9.9 53 8.3 -5.2 304 17 322.3 322.9 292.6 333.2 3.29 11 500 5897 -5.4 -16.6 41 11.2 -9.5 305 24 326.5 326.9 292.7 333.7 2.09 12 450 6717 -9.8 -19.2 46 9.4 -13.0 301 25 331.0 331.3 293.7 337.5 1.86 13 400 7615 -15.7 -22.3 57 6.6 -17.7 284 25 334.6 334.9 294.4 340.3 1.59 14 350 8610 -22.5 -26.2 72 3.7 -23.4 280 27 338.4 338.7 295.1 343.1 1.29 15 300 9722 -30.8 -31.0 98 0.2 -30.9 274 34 341.9 342.1 295.6 345.6 0.96 16 250 10990 -40.0 -40.3 97 0.3 -40.1 280 31 346.6 346.7 296.3 348.4 0.46 17 200 12475 -52.2 -52.5 97 0.3 -52.2 278 43 350.1 350.1 296.8 350.7 0.15 18 150 14271 -66.5 -67.3 90 0.8 -66.5 275 56 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.03 19 100 16668 -72.2 -80.7 27 8.5 -72.2 296 17 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.12 m Freezing level: 568.88 mb = 4879.43 m = 16008.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.16 mb = 4482.70 m = 14706.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.30 mb = 1081.89 m = 3549.46 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 11.29 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.90 mb = 2641.56 m = 8666.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.36 C = 97.45 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.85 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2751.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.13 mb = 1559.26 m = 5115.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.3 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 348.3 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.2 neg: -16.5 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 72.42 m/s