MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.31,-95.08 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 988 261 19.8 19.1 95 0.8 19.4 98 6 294.0 296.6 292.9 334.6 14.21 2 950 597 17.3 17.3 100 0.0 17.3 125 11 294.8 297.1 292.4 332.5 13.17 3 900 1061 17.8 17.7 99 0.1 17.7 207 15 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.6 14.27 4 850 1553 19.2 14.1 72 5.1 15.7 257 19 306.2 308.4 294.8 342.1 11.95 5 800 2072 15.5 11.8 79 3.6 13.1 269 19 307.6 309.7 294.5 340.8 10.96 6 750 2617 11.9 9.3 84 2.6 10.2 277 19 309.5 311.3 294.2 339.5 9.85 7 700 3192 8.5 6.2 85 2.3 7.1 277 20 311.9 313.5 293.9 338.2 8.52 8 650 3802 4.7 2.7 86 2.1 3.5 274 21 314.3 315.7 293.5 336.7 7.15 9 600 4450 0.8 -0.2 94 0.9 0.3 271 24 317.0 318.2 293.6 337.1 6.32 10 550 5146 -2.8 -3.6 94 0.9 -3.2 282 28 320.8 321.9 293.9 338.1 5.33 11 500 5897 -6.5 -7.3 94 0.8 -6.9 293 32 325.1 326.0 294.3 339.8 4.42 12 450 6714 -10.8 -11.5 95 0.6 -11.1 295 29 329.6 330.3 294.7 341.7 3.54 13 400 7611 -16.1 -16.3 98 0.3 -16.2 298 26 334.1 334.6 295.1 343.4 2.67 14 350 8604 -22.8 -22.8 100 0.0 -22.8 306 24 338.0 338.4 295.4 344.3 1.74 15 300 9714 -31.3 -31.3 100 -0.0 -31.3 310 25 341.2 341.4 295.4 344.7 0.93 16 250 10976 -42.6 -42.7 99 0.1 -42.6 306 28 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.1 0.35 17 200 12442 -53.2 -62.1 33 8.9 -53.4 320 57 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.05 18 150 14247 -64.3 -75.2 21 11.0 -64.4 319 55 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16677 -71.2 -82.2 18 10.9 -71.3 319 23 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.96 m Freezing level: 589.29 mb = 4599.38 m = 15089.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.32 mb = 4499.50 m = 14761.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.18 mb = 354.65 m = 1163.55 ft T: 19.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 5.42 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 962.43 mb = 485.30 m = 1592.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.35 C = 68.62 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4606.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.18 mb = 750.19 m = 2461.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 119.90 m/s