MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.98,-99.84 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -99.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 959 476 24.5 19.4 73 5.1 20.9 75 12 301.2 304.0 295.6 345.1 14.92 2 950 559 23.6 19.2 76 4.4 20.5 75 16 301.1 303.9 295.5 345.0 14.92 3 900 1030 21.0 18.0 83 2.9 18.9 73 10 303.1 305.8 295.8 346.4 14.61 4 850 1526 19.9 16.3 80 3.6 17.4 189 5 307.0 309.6 296.4 348.8 13.85 5 800 2049 19.1 12.6 66 6.5 14.7 229 12 311.5 313.7 295.9 346.9 11.52 6 750 2602 15.7 9.0 64 6.7 11.4 248 12 313.6 315.5 295.2 343.6 9.66 7 700 3184 11.5 5.5 67 6.0 7.9 258 8 315.2 316.8 294.5 340.7 8.14 8 650 3800 7.1 3.9 80 3.2 5.2 316 6 317.0 318.5 294.7 341.8 7.84 9 600 4455 3.5 -0.7 74 4.2 1.2 333 10 320.2 321.3 294.3 339.7 6.07 10 550 5157 -0.3 -5.3 69 5.0 -2.8 326 16 323.7 324.6 294.1 339.1 4.68 11 500 5913 -4.9 -9.7 69 4.8 -7.0 305 17 327.1 327.8 294.2 339.4 3.68 12 450 6735 -9.6 -16.9 55 7.3 -12.2 280 16 331.2 331.7 294.1 339.1 2.27 13 400 7635 -15.5 -24.7 45 9.2 -18.1 263 13 334.9 335.2 294.2 339.6 1.29 14 350 8628 -22.9 -25.3 81 2.4 -23.5 250 17 337.9 338.2 295.0 343.0 1.40 15 300 9744 -29.3 -29.5 98 0.2 -29.3 272 25 344.1 344.3 296.3 348.3 1.11 16 250 11019 -39.5 -39.5 100 -0.0 -39.5 289 27 347.4 347.5 296.5 349.3 0.50 17 200 12503 -52.4 -52.5 100 0.0 -52.5 306 35 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.3 0.15 18 150 14294 -66.8 -67.7 88 0.9 -66.8 286 38 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.03 19 100 16688 -74.2 -81.9 30 7.7 -74.2 342 3 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.79 m Freezing level: 553.99 mb = 5100.95 m = 16735.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.05 mb = 4658.37 m = 15283.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.49 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.97 mb = 1127.50 m = 3699.09 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 8.01 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2708.11 m = 8884.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.07 C = 98.72 F Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 124.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.87 mb = 1405.58 m = 4611.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.87 mb = 4496.91 m = 14753.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.87 mb = 9347.67 m = 30667.82 ft B at Equ Level: 122.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.87 mb = 11664.59 m = 38269.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.4 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 330.4 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.2 neg: -12.4 tot: 106.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 69.84 m/s