MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 28.84,-101.46 Latitude: 28.84 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 1 950 601 SFC 937 718 23.7 16.3 63 7.5 18.7 211 4 302.4 304.8 294.2 339.4 12.51 3 900 1075 24.4 16.0 60 8.4 18.6 197 12 306.6 309.0 295.6 345.2 12.81 4 850 1575 22.1 13.2 57 8.8 16.1 160 12 309.3 311.4 295.2 343.7 11.31 5 800 2099 18.2 10.2 60 7.9 13.1 128 14 310.5 312.4 294.5 340.7 9.84 6 750 2648 14.6 5.4 54 9.2 9.1 115 13 312.4 313.8 293.3 335.8 7.53 7 700 3228 10.5 0.2 49 10.3 4.9 103 10 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.6 5.55 8 650 3840 6.7 -9.9 29 16.7 -0.6 70 9 316.6 317.1 290.5 325.6 2.76 9 600 4492 2.7 -16.5 23 19.2 -4.6 44 10 319.3 319.6 290.3 325.2 1.75 10 550 5190 -1.9 -20.6 22 18.7 -8.1 41 10 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.5 1.35 11 500 5940 -7.0 -26.1 20 19.1 -12.3 34 8 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.7 0.91 12 450 6754 -11.5 -35.2 12 23.7 -16.5 26 9 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.3 0.42 13 400 7645 -17.8 -31.0 30 13.2 -20.7 42 12 331.9 332.1 292.9 334.6 0.72 14 350 8632 -23.8 -41.2 19 17.4 -26.3 56 16 336.7 336.8 293.8 337.9 0.30 15 300 9740 -31.3 -33.0 85 1.7 -31.6 58 15 341.3 341.5 295.3 344.3 0.79 16 250 11006 -41.2 -43.4 80 2.1 -41.4 53 20 344.8 344.8 295.7 346.1 0.33 17 200 12482 -53.1 -54.0 90 0.8 -53.2 55 24 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.1 0.12 18 150 14274 -65.4 -71.7 41 6.3 -65.4 87 21 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16693 -71.7 -82.7 18 11.0 -71.8 82 22 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.04 m Freezing level: 570.46 mb = 4904.14 m = 16089.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.67 mb = 3768.25 m = 12362.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.69 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.90 mb = 1678.14 m = 5505.64 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 20.00 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.67 mb = 3065.25 m = 10056.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.73 C = 94.52 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 32.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.47 mb = 2276.45 m = 7468.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.47 mb = 4647.63 m = 15247.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.47 mb = 9310.57 m = 30546.13 ft B at Equ Level: 211.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.47 mb = 12207.26 m = 40049.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.1 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 116.1 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -61.6 tot: -61.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.31 Bulk Shear: 33.72 m/s