MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 25.53,-101.67 Latitude: 25.53 Longitude: -101.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 526 2 900 998 SFC 860 1402 32.8 9.4 24 23.4 17.4 36 15 319.4 321.1 296.0 346.9 8.64 4 850 1507 29.9 8.7 27 21.1 16.2 37 15 317.4 319.0 295.2 343.8 8.35 5 800 2042 24.4 7.5 34 16.9 13.7 43 12 317.2 318.7 295.0 342.8 8.13 6 750 2601 19.1 6.1 43 13.0 11.0 56 8 317.3 318.8 294.8 342.2 7.88 7 700 3189 13.5 4.8 55 8.8 8.3 78 5 317.5 319.0 294.8 341.9 7.72 8 650 3807 7.8 3.0 72 4.8 5.0 115 5 317.8 319.2 294.6 341.0 7.33 9 600 4461 2.0 -0.6 82 2.7 0.6 152 7 318.5 319.7 293.8 338.0 6.10 10 550 5158 -2.0 -12.0 46 10.1 -6.1 154 6 321.7 322.3 292.0 330.9 2.76 11 500 5910 -6.1 -23.6 24 17.5 -11.4 143 7 325.6 325.9 291.6 329.7 1.14 12 450 6725 -11.8 -25.3 31 13.6 -15.5 155 11 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.3 1.08 13 400 7616 -18.3 -27.8 43 9.5 -20.5 151 15 331.2 331.4 293.0 334.8 0.97 14 350 8599 -24.9 -34.7 40 9.8 -26.6 154 14 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.3 0.57 15 300 9700 -33.3 -41.9 42 8.5 -34.3 119 11 338.4 338.5 294.2 339.7 0.32 16 250 10954 -43.2 -52.8 34 9.6 -43.7 66 9 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.4 0.11 17 200 12417 -54.7 -61.2 44 6.6 -54.8 106 10 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.05 18 150 14202 -66.3 -71.8 46 5.5 -66.4 94 6 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16633 -69.7 -83.5 12 13.8 -69.8 135 10 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.19 m Freezing level: 574.63 mb = 4814.42 m = 15795.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.51 mb = 4521.07 m = 14832.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 612.52 mb = 4292.10 m = 14081.53 ft T: 3.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 17.23 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 614.26 mb = 4268.97 m = 14005.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.07 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.93 C Cross Totals Index: 14.81 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 284.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.89 mb = 4168.05 m = 13674.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.89 mb = 4367.53 m = 14328.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.89 mb = 11035.59 m = 36205.58 ft B at Equ Level: 282.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.89 mb = 13539.90 m = 44421.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.9 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 146.9 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.58 Bulk Shear: 29.72 m/s