MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 28.78,-101.62 Latitude: 28.78 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 1 950 614 SFC 923 872 28.4 15.2 45 13.2 19.4 141 2 308.6 310.8 295.4 344.5 11.86 3 900 1090 25.5 14.7 51 10.8 18.2 158 2 307.8 310.0 295.1 343.5 11.80 4 850 1590 22.5 12.0 51 10.5 15.5 170 6 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.5 10.40 5 800 2114 18.2 10.5 61 7.6 13.3 153 9 310.5 312.4 294.6 341.3 10.05 6 750 2664 13.8 8.5 70 5.3 10.4 133 8 311.5 313.3 294.4 340.2 9.31 7 700 3242 10.3 2.7 59 7.6 6.0 88 9 313.9 315.2 293.0 334.8 6.66 8 650 3855 6.4 -0.4 61 6.9 2.7 70 11 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.4 5.71 9 600 4507 2.1 -4.1 64 6.2 -1.0 56 12 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.7 4.70 10 550 5204 -2.7 -7.9 67 5.2 -5.0 47 9 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.5 3.84 11 500 5954 -6.8 -11.2 71 4.4 -8.7 61 10 324.7 325.4 293.2 335.7 3.26 12 450 6769 -11.9 -14.8 79 2.9 -13.0 55 11 328.2 328.8 293.7 337.4 2.69 13 400 7661 -17.5 -20.7 76 3.2 -18.5 68 14 332.2 332.6 294.0 338.7 1.84 14 350 8649 -23.9 -29.2 61 5.3 -25.1 54 16 336.5 336.7 294.3 340.1 0.97 15 300 9754 -32.7 -35.1 79 2.4 -33.1 53 23 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.7 0.64 16 250 11011 -42.7 -48.7 52 6.0 -43.0 52 21 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.18 17 200 12478 -53.8 -63.7 29 10.0 -54.0 72 18 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14284 -63.8 -75.3 19 11.6 -63.9 81 15 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16704 -71.7 -82.5 19 10.7 -71.8 89 22 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.77 m Freezing level: 578.15 mb = 4811.56 m = 15785.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.80 mb = 4321.95 m = 14179.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.41 mb = 2535.00 m = 8316.84 ft T: 14.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 11.02 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.97 mb = 3325.72 m = 10911.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.92 C = 93.06 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.29 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 33.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.16 mb = 2717.80 m = 8916.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.16 mb = 4504.94 m = 14779.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.16 mb = 9983.63 m = 32754.29 ft B at Equ Level: 158.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.16 mb = 12473.07 m = 40921.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 78.3 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 108.3 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -18.2 tot: -18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.77 Bulk Shear: 10.74 m/s