MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 24.27,-97.4 Latitude: 24.27 Longitude: -97.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 28.7 23.5 73 5.2 24.9 149 11 300.7 304.1 297.5 354.3 18.24 1 1000 118 27.5 21.7 70 5.9 23.3 148 13 300.7 303.7 296.5 349.3 16.55 2 950 570 23.5 20.3 83 3.1 21.2 144 14 301.0 303.9 296.2 348.0 15.99 3 900 1042 22.2 15.3 65 6.9 17.5 148 15 304.4 306.6 294.6 340.9 12.26 4 850 1538 19.9 12.9 64 7.0 15.3 147 15 307.0 309.1 294.4 340.3 11.06 5 800 2059 17.0 10.0 63 7.1 12.5 143 15 309.3 311.1 294.0 338.8 9.66 6 750 2607 13.9 5.0 55 8.9 8.7 140 15 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.4 7.33 7 700 3185 10.4 -1.0 45 11.3 4.4 138 16 314.0 314.9 291.7 330.1 5.09 8 650 3797 6.1 -4.4 47 10.5 0.9 135 17 315.9 316.7 291.6 329.5 4.25 9 600 4448 1.8 -8.6 46 10.5 -2.9 130 20 318.2 318.9 291.5 329.1 3.32 10 550 5144 -2.3 -9.5 58 7.2 -5.4 128 20 321.4 322.0 292.4 332.6 3.40 11 500 5896 -6.3 -9.9 75 3.6 -7.8 125 17 325.4 326.1 293.7 337.5 3.61 12 450 6713 -10.9 -16.4 64 5.5 -12.9 120 14 329.5 330.0 293.7 337.7 2.35 13 400 7609 -17.0 -22.4 63 5.4 -18.6 106 15 332.9 333.2 294.0 338.6 1.58 14 350 8597 -23.8 -25.6 85 1.8 -24.2 137 9 336.7 336.9 294.7 341.6 1.36 15 300 9705 -31.8 -34.8 75 3.0 -32.2 181 15 340.6 340.7 295.1 343.1 0.67 16 250 10964 -42.6 -45.6 72 3.0 -42.8 193 15 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.8 0.26 17 200 12430 -54.6 -57.0 75 2.4 -54.6 218 14 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.09 18 150 14221 -65.7 -71.0 48 5.3 -65.8 291 6 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16626 -73.5 -82.5 24 9.0 -73.6 55 17 385.7 385.7 303.1 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.56 m Freezing level: 577.82 mb = 4756.98 m = 15606.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.02 mb = 3948.69 m = 12954.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.96 % Est. max temperature: 34.29 C = 93.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.51 mb = 667.20 m = 2188.94 ft T: 23.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 25.27 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.79 mb = 1965.10 m = 6447.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.90 C = 98.41 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 27.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 777.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.31 mb = 1039.49 m = 3410.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.31 mb = 3360.54 m = 11025.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.31 mb = 12905.20 m = 42339.37 ft B at Equ Level: 761.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.31 mb = 15288.09 m = 50157.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 136.6 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 166.6 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 318.10 Bulk Shear: 2.45 m/s