MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.61,-99.62 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -99.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 960 443 38.3 14.8 25 23.5 21.9 219 8 315.1 317.3 296.5 349.6 11.07 2 950 534 36.2 14.1 27 22.1 21.1 221 10 314.0 316.0 296.0 347.3 10.73 3 900 1023 31.4 13.2 33 18.1 19.1 226 11 313.8 315.9 296.0 347.0 10.69 4 850 1532 26.4 12.3 42 14.1 17.0 231 11 313.8 315.9 295.9 346.9 10.65 5 800 2062 21.4 11.3 53 10.1 14.7 236 11 313.9 316.0 295.9 346.7 10.58 6 750 2617 16.1 10.2 68 5.9 12.2 242 11 314.0 316.0 295.8 346.5 10.46 7 700 3199 10.6 8.7 88 1.9 9.4 251 11 314.2 316.2 295.7 345.8 10.15 8 650 3813 5.5 5.3 98 0.2 5.4 265 12 315.2 316.9 294.8 342.3 8.65 9 600 4463 2.1 -2.0 74 4.2 -0.0 287 12 318.6 319.6 293.4 336.2 5.50 10 550 5162 -1.3 -8.1 60 6.8 -4.4 293 15 322.5 323.3 293.0 335.0 3.78 11 500 5916 -4.9 -19.9 30 15.0 -10.1 287 15 327.0 327.3 292.4 332.5 1.57 12 450 6738 -9.0 -39.6 6 30.6 -15.2 309 18 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.27 13 400 7638 -15.1 -44.6 6 29.5 -19.8 313 20 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.18 14 350 8635 -21.2 -39.0 19 17.7 -24.2 323 14 340.1 340.2 294.7 341.6 0.37 15 300 9749 -31.4 -41.8 35 10.5 -32.7 358 16 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 16 250 11012 -41.4 -45.8 62 4.4 -41.7 321 30 344.6 344.6 295.7 345.6 0.25 17 200 12489 -52.6 -56.6 62 4.0 -52.8 309 33 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.09 18 150 14295 -64.9 -71.9 37 7.0 -65.0 319 34 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16699 -73.4 -81.9 26 8.5 -73.4 288 13 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.64 m Freezing level: 569.12 mb = 4894.99 m = 16059.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.36 mb = 4458.56 m = 14627.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.41 % Est. max temperature: 37.12 C = 98.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.91 mb = 3379.59 m = 11087.78 ft T: 9.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.12 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.35 mb = 3374.25 m = 11070.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.73 C = 99.91 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.37 C Cross Totals Index: 17.26 C K Index: 41.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 254.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.27 mb = 3303.05 m = 10836.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.27 mb = 3484.65 m = 11432.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.27 mb = 11385.86 m = 37354.72 ft B at Equ Level: 254.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.27 mb = 13648.48 m = 44777.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 26.16 Bulk Shear: 9.73 m/s