MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 25.33,-97.6 Latitude: 25.33 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 9 27.4 24.4 84 3.0 25.2 171 8 299.0 302.5 297.7 355.2 19.23 1 1000 162 26.6 23.5 83 3.1 24.3 174 12 299.7 303.1 297.5 354.0 18.52 2 950 614 23.8 19.3 76 4.5 20.6 176 14 301.3 304.1 295.6 345.4 15.00 3 900 1087 22.4 13.7 58 8.7 16.7 176 11 304.6 306.6 293.7 337.6 11.05 4 850 1583 20.3 9.9 51 10.4 13.7 154 9 307.4 309.1 293.0 334.9 9.06 5 800 2103 17.4 6.8 50 10.6 11.0 127 9 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.6 7.79 6 750 2652 13.9 4.5 53 9.4 8.4 114 9 311.7 313.0 292.7 333.5 7.03 7 700 3230 10.2 0.9 52 9.3 5.1 113 8 313.8 314.9 292.3 332.2 5.85 8 650 3842 6.3 -2.1 55 8.4 1.9 116 6 316.1 317.1 292.3 332.1 5.03 9 600 4494 2.0 -4.1 64 6.1 -1.0 112 4 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.7 4.71 10 550 5191 -2.3 -6.0 76 3.7 -4.0 134 3 321.4 322.3 293.3 336.0 4.46 11 500 5942 -6.9 -11.5 70 4.6 -8.8 154 3 324.7 325.3 293.2 335.3 3.18 12 450 6757 -11.6 -18.0 59 6.4 -13.8 113 5 328.6 329.1 293.3 335.8 2.06 13 400 7650 -17.0 -24.8 50 7.9 -19.1 107 9 333.0 333.2 293.7 337.6 1.28 14 350 8639 -23.8 -26.2 80 2.4 -24.4 164 8 336.7 336.9 294.7 341.4 1.28 15 300 9746 -32.0 -39.1 49 7.1 -32.9 190 5 340.3 340.4 294.8 342.0 0.43 16 250 11004 -42.6 -44.8 79 2.2 -42.8 225 10 342.8 342.8 295.3 343.9 0.28 17 200 12471 -54.4 -57.7 67 3.2 -54.5 225 12 346.5 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.08 18 150 14259 -65.4 -73.4 32 8.0 -65.5 158 7 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16667 -71.9 -83.3 17 11.3 -72.0 65 21 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.91 m Freezing level: 576.43 mb = 4822.46 m = 15821.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.66 mb = 4257.60 m = 13968.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.94 % Est. max temperature: 34.77 C = 94.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.86 mb = 386.65 m = 1268.50 ft T: 25.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 23.11 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.25 mb = 2036.60 m = 6681.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.82 C = 100.08 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 2.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 16.81 C K Index: 27.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 894.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.59 mb = 994.25 m = 3261.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.59 mb = 3413.75 m = 11199.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.59 mb = 12969.91 m = 42551.69 ft B at Equ Level: 879.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.59 mb = 15858.87 m = 52029.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.6 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 172.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -14.4 tot: -12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 148.15 Bulk Shear: 6.04 m/s