MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 34.62,-98.50 Latitude: 34.62 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 974 365 26.3 19.5 66 6.8 21.5 100 5 301.6 304.4 295.6 345.2 14.80 2 950 586 23.4 18.7 75 4.7 20.1 88 5 300.9 303.6 295.1 343.2 14.40 3 900 1057 20.4 16.3 78 4.1 17.6 56 7 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.2 13.07 4 850 1549 17.3 14.1 81 3.3 15.2 38 9 304.3 306.5 294.3 340.0 11.96 5 800 2065 14.4 10.7 79 3.6 12.1 39 11 306.5 308.4 293.6 337.2 10.19 6 750 2608 11.4 7.3 76 4.1 8.9 30 12 309.0 310.6 293.1 335.2 8.60 7 700 3183 8.7 2.8 67 5.9 5.4 4 11 312.1 313.4 292.5 333.0 6.71 8 650 3792 4.8 0.3 73 4.5 2.4 354 10 314.3 315.5 292.6 333.3 6.02 9 600 4441 0.4 -2.2 83 2.6 -0.9 358 10 316.6 317.6 292.8 333.9 5.45 10 550 5135 -3.0 -6.3 78 3.3 -4.6 347 14 320.5 321.4 293.0 334.7 4.35 11 500 5885 -6.4 -11.4 68 5.0 -8.5 309 16 325.2 325.8 293.3 335.9 3.20 12 450 6702 -11.3 -21.0 44 9.7 -14.4 294 17 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.6 1.59 13 400 7597 -15.4 -24.6 45 9.2 -18.0 285 32 335.0 335.2 294.3 339.7 1.31 14 350 8592 -22.4 -30.4 48 8.0 -24.2 285 36 338.5 338.7 294.7 341.8 0.87 15 300 9705 -30.5 -37.1 53 6.6 -31.5 288 41 342.4 342.5 295.4 344.5 0.53 16 250 10974 -40.4 -44.9 62 4.5 -40.8 270 40 346.0 346.0 296.0 347.1 0.28 17 200 12454 -52.5 -56.7 60 4.3 -52.6 264 46 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.09 18 150 14252 -65.9 -70.2 55 4.2 -66.0 283 45 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16661 -72.4 -81.5 24 9.1 -72.5 292 22 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.42 m Freezing level: 594.17 mb = 4521.77 m = 14835.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.98 mb = 4254.24 m = 13957.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.98 mb = 1221.05 m = 4006.02 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.53 mb = 1859.56 m = 6100.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 31.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 130.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.72 mb = 1410.92 m = 4628.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.72 mb = 3436.90 m = 11275.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 428.72 mb = 7069.82 m = 23194.68 ft B at Equ Level: 129.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.72 mb = 9498.21 m = 31161.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.2 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 30.2 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -11.8 tot: -11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.04 Bulk Shear: 18.57 m/s