MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 24.05,-97.90 Latitude: 24.05 Longitude: -97.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 68 24.9 23.3 91 1.5 23.8 179 6 297.5 300.8 296.7 350.3 18.21 1 1000 119 25.1 22.9 88 2.2 23.5 177 7 298.3 301.5 296.7 350.2 17.84 2 950 570 23.4 20.5 84 2.9 21.4 163 17 300.9 303.9 296.3 348.7 16.23 3 900 1042 21.9 13.7 59 8.2 16.5 170 16 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.0 11.01 4 850 1537 19.9 9.3 50 10.7 13.3 179 11 307.0 308.7 292.6 333.3 8.67 5 800 2057 16.9 6.3 49 10.6 10.5 163 6 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.1 7.49 6 750 2604 13.4 3.3 50 10.1 7.6 103 6 311.1 312.4 292.0 331.3 6.49 7 700 3181 10.3 -5.1 34 15.3 2.8 86 7 313.8 314.6 290.5 325.8 3.75 8 650 3793 6.8 -11.6 26 18.4 -1.0 90 6 316.6 317.1 290.2 324.6 2.42 9 600 4445 2.6 -9.3 41 11.9 -2.7 88 5 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.5 3.15 10 550 5143 -2.3 -5.4 79 3.1 -3.8 65 5 321.3 322.3 293.4 336.5 4.65 11 500 5894 -6.7 -8.7 86 1.9 -7.6 83 8 324.8 325.6 293.9 338.0 3.98 12 450 6711 -11.0 -15.2 71 4.2 -12.6 117 11 329.4 329.9 293.9 338.4 2.61 13 400 7606 -17.3 -20.4 77 3.1 -18.3 79 17 332.5 332.9 294.1 339.2 1.89 14 350 8596 -23.0 -27.0 70 4.0 -23.9 71 12 337.8 338.0 294.8 342.2 1.20 15 300 9706 -31.6 -34.8 73 3.2 -32.1 51 22 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.4 0.67 16 250 10969 -41.5 -46.5 58 5.0 -41.9 59 29 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.4 0.23 17 200 12439 -54.0 -55.9 80 1.8 -54.1 54 28 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.6 0.10 18 150 14224 -68.0 -68.6 92 0.6 -68.0 75 25 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16653 -70.8 -84.3 12 13.4 -70.9 123 7 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.50 m Freezing level: 573.40 mb = 4816.64 m = 15802.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.59 mb = 3622.50 m = 11884.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.87 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.78 mb = 262.59 m = 861.49 ft T: 24.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 25.77 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.20 mb = 1969.56 m = 6461.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.17 C = 97.10 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 16.04 C K Index: 20.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 499.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.51 mb = 979.06 m = 3212.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.51 mb = 3774.16 m = 12382.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.51 mb = 11766.20 m = 38602.54 ft B at Equ Level: 498.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.51 mb = 15011.80 m = 49250.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 130.4 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 160.4 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -11.1 tot: 0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 72.81 Bulk Shear: 6.86 m/s