MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.21,-100.14 Latitude: 33.21 Longitude: -100.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 518 SFC 949 525 39.8 14.2 22 25.7 22.0 200 8 317.7 319.8 297.0 351.6 10.76 3 900 1010 33.4 12.7 28 20.7 19.4 212 10 316.0 317.9 296.3 348.2 10.31 4 850 1521 28.4 11.8 36 16.6 17.2 221 12 315.9 317.9 296.2 348.1 10.28 5 800 2055 23.3 10.8 45 12.4 15.0 228 13 316.0 317.9 296.2 348.0 10.25 6 750 2613 18.0 9.8 59 8.1 12.7 232 13 316.1 318.0 296.2 348.1 10.22 7 700 3199 12.4 8.6 78 3.8 10.0 238 14 316.2 318.1 296.1 347.7 10.07 8 650 3817 8.1 3.9 75 4.2 5.6 281 13 318.1 319.6 295.0 342.9 7.81 9 600 4474 4.0 -3.7 57 7.7 0.0 314 14 320.7 321.7 293.4 336.5 4.84 10 550 5174 -2.3 -6.6 72 4.3 -4.3 312 17 321.3 322.2 293.1 335.2 4.25 11 500 5923 -7.9 -11.5 75 3.6 -9.4 306 28 323.4 324.1 292.8 334.1 3.18 12 450 6733 -12.8 -34.2 15 21.5 -17.3 310 33 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.9 0.47 13 400 7625 -17.3 -42.1 10 24.7 -21.3 302 33 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.24 14 350 8610 -24.8 -51.2 7 26.4 -27.6 311 40 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.10 15 300 9712 -33.2 -54.3 10 21.1 -34.8 318 45 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.08 16 250 10969 -41.2 -62.9 8 21.7 -42.1 317 45 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 17 200 12452 -51.8 -68.3 12 16.5 -52.2 295 33 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14256 -64.4 -74.9 22 10.5 -64.5 297 30 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16688 -68.7 -82.5 12 13.8 -68.8 144 4 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.54 m Freezing level: 568.35 mb = 4916.67 m = 16130.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4476.84 m = 14687.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.22 % Est. max temperature: 38.14 C = 100.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 657.50 mb = 3721.03 m = 12207.94 ft T: 8.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.13 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.14 mb = 3840.08 m = 12598.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.34 C = 104.62 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.93 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 44.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 982.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.57 mb = 3631.88 m = 11915.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.57 mb = 4343.81 m = 14251.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.57 mb = 11831.60 m = 38817.11 ft B at Equ Level: 979.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.57 mb = 15615.91 m = 51232.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.0 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 309.0 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 30.21 Bulk Shear: 32.53 m/s