MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.57,-100.10 Latitude: 32.57 Longitude: -100.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 509 SFC 942 586 37.4 14.1 25 23.3 21.3 147 8 315.8 317.9 296.5 349.5 10.78 3 900 1000 33.4 12.6 28 20.9 19.3 156 10 316.0 317.9 296.2 348.0 10.22 4 850 1512 28.5 11.7 35 16.8 17.2 169 8 316.0 318.0 296.2 348.0 10.23 5 800 2046 23.4 10.9 45 12.5 15.1 186 7 316.0 318.0 296.3 348.2 10.27 6 750 2605 18.0 9.9 59 8.1 12.7 207 7 316.1 318.1 296.3 348.3 10.26 7 700 3191 12.4 8.8 79 3.6 10.1 224 8 316.2 318.2 296.3 348.3 10.23 8 650 3808 7.3 7.1 99 0.2 7.2 251 10 317.2 319.1 296.2 348.0 9.80 9 600 4462 2.3 0.2 86 2.1 1.2 294 14 318.8 320.1 294.2 339.6 6.50 10 550 5160 -2.2 -8.0 64 5.8 -4.8 313 21 321.5 322.2 292.8 334.0 3.81 11 500 5910 -7.5 -22.2 30 14.6 -12.1 327 26 323.8 324.1 291.2 328.4 1.29 12 450 6724 -10.6 -37.5 9 26.9 -16.1 315 32 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.2 0.34 13 400 7621 -15.8 -44.7 6 28.9 -20.3 320 35 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.18 14 350 8611 -23.8 -47.2 10 23.4 -26.6 325 38 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.16 15 300 9717 -32.0 -48.9 17 16.9 -33.6 340 51 340.2 340.3 294.5 340.8 0.15 16 250 10980 -41.0 -54.5 22 13.5 -41.8 338 51 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.09 17 200 12461 -51.6 -67.4 14 15.8 -52.0 316 35 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.02 18 150 14272 -64.0 -75.9 18 11.9 -64.1 331 25 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16694 -70.2 -82.2 16 12.0 -70.2 22 3 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.54 m Freezing level: 574.31 mb = 4820.71 m = 15815.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.13 mb = 4595.04 m = 15075.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.95 % Est. max temperature: 37.57 C = 99.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.24 mb = 3502.93 m = 11492.41 ft T: 9.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 1.57 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.84 mb = 3720.65 m = 12206.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.58 C = 101.45 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.27 C K Index: 44.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 665.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.22 mb = 3590.01 m = 11778.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.22 mb = 3906.11 m = 12815.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.22 mb = 11469.67 m = 37629.70 ft B at Equ Level: 664.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.22 mb = 15025.41 m = 49295.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.5 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 320.5 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 10.82 Bulk Shear: 61.49 m/s