MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 28.79,-102.67 Latitude: 28.79 Longitude: -102.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 1 950 610 2 900 1084 SFC 876 1323 29.7 10.8 31 18.9 17.2 115 3 314.6 316.4 295.2 343.7 9.34 4 850 1587 26.0 9.8 36 16.1 15.5 116 4 313.3 315.1 294.6 341.3 9.01 5 800 2116 20.6 8.8 47 11.8 13.1 113 5 313.1 314.8 294.5 340.7 8.89 6 750 2668 15.2 7.6 60 7.7 10.4 107 6 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.2 8.75 7 700 3248 10.0 5.8 75 4.2 7.5 96 7 313.5 315.1 294.1 339.3 8.30 8 650 3860 5.4 2.3 81 3.0 3.7 70 10 315.0 316.4 293.6 337.0 6.98 9 600 4511 1.6 -2.0 77 3.6 -0.3 49 13 317.9 319.0 293.2 335.5 5.50 10 550 5207 -2.0 -8.2 63 6.2 -4.8 49 9 321.8 322.5 292.8 334.1 3.76 11 500 5960 -6.2 -11.9 64 5.6 -8.5 49 13 325.5 326.1 293.3 335.8 3.08 12 450 6777 -11.2 -16.0 68 4.8 -13.0 52 15 329.1 329.6 293.7 337.5 2.43 13 400 7670 -17.2 -21.3 71 4.1 -18.4 57 16 332.6 333.0 294.0 338.8 1.75 14 350 8658 -24.1 -28.5 67 4.4 -25.1 66 18 336.3 336.5 294.4 340.2 1.04 15 300 9764 -32.1 -33.7 85 1.6 -32.4 62 23 340.1 340.3 295.0 342.9 0.74 16 250 11024 -42.0 -43.6 84 1.6 -42.2 59 26 343.6 343.7 295.5 344.9 0.32 17 200 12493 -54.2 -57.2 69 3.0 -54.3 58 25 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14290 -64.5 -74.2 25 9.7 -64.6 66 20 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16708 -71.4 -82.4 18 11.0 -71.4 110 18 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.53 m Freezing level: 577.93 mb = 4818.02 m = 15806.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4454.32 m = 14613.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 664.70 mb = 3675.21 m = 12057.64 ft T: 6.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 9.53 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.64 mb = 3775.92 m = 12388.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.98 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.18 C Cross Totals Index: 16.06 C K Index: 37.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.02 mb = 3609.42 m = 11841.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.02 mb = 4309.55 m = 14138.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 545.02 mb = 5279.11 m = 17319.70 ft B at Equ Level: 11.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 335.02 mb = 8971.61 m = 29434.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 62.9 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 92.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -3.3 tot: -3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 8.65 m/s