MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.25,-95.5 Latitude: 33.25 Longitude: -95.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 995 145 32.9 21.1 50 11.9 24.3 66 6 306.5 309.5 297.6 354.5 15.97 2 950 565 29.9 18.3 50 11.6 21.7 116 1 307.5 310.2 296.6 350.0 14.07 3 900 1045 25.8 16.9 58 8.9 19.5 247 6 308.1 310.6 296.4 349.0 13.54 4 850 1545 21.1 15.7 71 5.5 17.4 245 11 308.3 310.8 296.3 348.5 13.29 5 800 2067 16.3 14.6 90 1.7 15.1 243 15 308.5 311.0 296.3 348.4 13.17 6 750 2614 12.4 12.2 98 0.2 12.3 245 19 310.0 312.3 295.8 346.6 11.98 7 700 3191 9.1 8.6 96 0.5 8.8 256 21 312.5 314.5 295.1 343.6 10.04 8 650 3803 5.4 2.0 79 3.4 3.5 276 21 315.1 316.4 293.4 336.6 6.83 9 600 4454 2.5 -5.6 55 8.1 -1.4 287 23 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.6 4.18 10 550 5152 -1.7 -8.6 59 6.9 -4.8 291 24 322.0 322.7 292.8 334.0 3.63 11 500 5905 -6.1 -13.3 57 7.2 -9.0 295 26 325.5 326.1 293.0 334.8 2.74 12 450 6722 -11.1 -17.9 57 6.8 -13.5 294 29 329.3 329.7 293.4 336.5 2.07 13 400 7616 -16.8 -26.0 45 9.2 -19.3 292 30 333.1 333.3 293.6 337.3 1.15 14 350 8607 -22.1 -23.5 88 1.4 -22.5 318 24 339.0 339.3 295.5 345.0 1.64 15 300 9722 -30.4 -31.1 93 0.8 -30.5 315 20 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.2 0.95 16 250 10989 -41.3 -44.6 71 3.2 -41.6 329 25 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.29 17 200 12465 -53.1 -57.6 58 4.5 -53.2 324 42 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.0 0.08 18 150 14269 -65.2 -69.9 52 4.7 -65.3 330 47 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16680 -71.5 -81.9 20 10.4 -71.6 312 23 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.92 m Freezing level: 570.52 mb = 4865.62 m = 15963.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.51 mb = 4259.52 m = 13974.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.06 % Est. max temperature: 34.76 C = 94.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.05 mb = 1656.97 m = 5436.18 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 21.90 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.97 mb = 2142.12 m = 7027.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.30 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 42.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1030.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.34 mb = 1988.72 m = 6524.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.34 mb = 2365.49 m = 7760.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.34 mb = 13044.85 m = 42797.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1018.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.34 mb = 15988.55 m = 52455.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 18.25 Bulk Shear: 56.47 m/s