MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 30.82,-100.03 Latitude: 30.82 Longitude: -100.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 589 SFC 942 667 34.7 15.0 31 19.7 21.1 108 3 313.2 315.3 296.3 348.5 11.42 3 900 1075 29.7 13.7 37 16.1 18.8 106 3 312.1 314.2 295.7 346.0 10.98 4 850 1581 24.8 12.7 47 12.1 16.7 99 2 312.1 314.2 295.7 345.7 10.90 5 800 2108 19.8 11.4 59 8.4 14.3 78 1 312.3 314.3 295.6 345.1 10.67 6 750 2660 14.6 9.9 74 4.7 11.6 350 1 312.4 314.4 295.3 344.2 10.29 7 700 3239 9.4 7.3 87 2.0 8.1 316 3 312.9 314.6 294.7 341.4 9.23 8 650 3850 5.4 1.4 75 4.0 3.2 315 5 315.1 316.4 293.2 335.7 6.54 9 600 4500 2.2 -6.8 51 9.0 -2.0 336 7 318.7 319.5 292.0 331.2 3.83 10 550 5198 -1.6 -11.7 46 10.1 -5.8 352 8 322.2 322.8 292.2 331.7 2.83 11 500 5952 -5.4 -15.2 46 9.8 -9.2 7 9 326.4 326.9 292.9 334.4 2.34 12 450 6771 -10.2 -20.2 44 10.0 -13.5 21 9 330.4 330.8 293.4 336.4 1.71 13 400 7668 -16.1 -28.7 33 12.6 -19.2 27 10 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.3 0.89 14 350 8658 -23.8 -33.9 39 10.1 -25.6 40 16 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.0 0.62 15 300 9765 -32.0 -43.3 32 11.3 -33.2 55 11 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.4 0.28 16 250 11024 -42.4 -48.7 50 6.3 -42.8 62 10 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.8 0.18 17 200 12496 -52.9 -61.7 33 8.8 -53.1 60 5 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.05 18 150 14298 -64.8 -72.3 35 7.5 -64.8 74 17 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16714 -71.2 -82.1 18 10.9 -71.3 82 11 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.89 m Freezing level: 570.75 mb = 4908.60 m = 16104.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.47 mb = 4240.79 m = 13913.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.84 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.54 mb = 3137.56 m = 10293.72 ft T: 10.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 17.29 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.54 mb = 3161.22 m = 10371.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.08 C K Index: 40.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 433.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.20 mb = 3106.08 m = 10190.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.20 mb = 3284.16 m = 10774.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.20 mb = 11684.33 m = 38333.94 ft B at Equ Level: 430.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.20 mb = 14450.72 m = 47409.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.6 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 27.6 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 67.37 Bulk Shear: 6.43 m/s