MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 24.85,-99.61 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -99.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 599 SFC 948 622 22.4 19.4 83 3.0 20.3 170 7 300.1 302.9 295.4 344.4 15.13 3 900 1070 22.5 17.1 71 5.4 18.8 164 13 304.7 307.3 295.7 345.9 13.79 4 850 1566 20.9 12.0 57 8.9 15.0 159 12 308.0 310.0 294.2 339.5 10.40 5 800 2088 17.9 6.8 48 11.1 11.2 139 10 310.2 311.7 292.8 334.1 7.76 6 750 2636 14.7 -0.4 36 15.1 6.6 121 11 312.5 313.4 291.2 328.1 4.96 7 700 3215 10.7 -4.6 34 15.2 3.1 107 13 314.3 315.1 290.8 326.8 3.89 8 650 3828 6.6 -8.7 33 15.3 -0.3 113 13 316.5 317.0 290.7 326.4 3.05 9 600 4480 2.7 -12.7 31 15.4 -3.6 118 10 319.3 319.8 290.9 327.3 2.40 10 550 5178 -1.3 -19.4 24 18.1 -7.5 97 8 322.6 322.9 291.1 327.8 1.50 11 500 5931 -5.5 -25.4 19 20.0 -11.3 83 7 326.4 326.6 291.7 329.8 0.97 12 450 6749 -10.8 -28.0 23 17.3 -15.3 76 10 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.8 0.85 13 400 7643 -16.5 -31.3 27 14.8 -19.8 83 9 333.5 333.7 293.3 336.1 0.70 14 350 8633 -23.8 -31.2 50 7.4 -25.3 88 13 336.7 336.9 294.3 339.7 0.81 15 300 9741 -31.3 -42.7 32 11.4 -32.7 103 11 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.4 0.29 16 250 11006 -40.9 -53.2 26 12.3 -41.6 125 17 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.11 17 200 12482 -53.7 -59.1 52 5.4 -53.9 120 15 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.07 18 150 14268 -67.3 -69.0 79 1.7 -67.3 234 1 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16681 -72.3 -83.8 16 11.5 -72.3 66 8 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.80 m Freezing level: 565.81 mb = 4957.06 m = 16263.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.80 mb = 3766.82 m = 12358.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.67 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.45 mb = 997.87 m = 3273.80 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 19.51 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.86 mb = 2853.31 m = 9361.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.24 C = 95.43 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 17.43 C K Index: 23.05 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 249.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.07 mb = 1832.41 m = 6011.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.07 mb = 4764.44 m = 15631.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.07 mb = 9526.92 m = 31255.92 ft B at Equ Level: 107.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.07 mb = 11584.36 m = 38005.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.6 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 149.6 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -13.4 tot: -11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.22 Bulk Shear: 8.92 m/s