MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 20.54,-97.85 Latitude: 20.54 Longitude: -97.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 963 446 29.1 22.6 68 6.6 24.3 70 7 305.5 308.9 298.7 360.0 18.18 2 950 568 27.2 20.9 68 6.3 22.6 75 7 304.8 307.9 297.5 354.3 16.57 3 900 1043 22.9 19.3 80 3.6 20.4 82 6 305.1 308.0 297.1 352.4 15.84 4 850 1540 18.7 17.7 94 1.0 18.0 95 5 305.7 308.5 296.8 351.1 15.15 5 800 2059 15.6 13.2 86 2.4 14.0 103 4 307.7 310.0 295.3 343.9 11.97 6 750 2606 14.1 4.9 54 9.1 8.7 100 5 311.8 313.2 292.9 334.4 7.28 7 700 3185 10.9 -1.2 43 12.0 4.5 97 8 314.5 315.5 291.8 330.5 5.02 8 650 3798 6.9 -6.5 38 13.4 0.5 97 9 316.7 317.4 291.3 328.4 3.61 9 600 4450 2.7 -13.7 29 16.4 -3.9 95 9 319.2 319.7 290.7 326.6 2.22 10 550 5148 -1.4 -23.7 16 22.3 -8.4 89 10 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.0 1.02 11 500 5901 -5.8 -26.9 17 21.2 -11.7 75 10 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.0 0.84 12 450 6717 -11.4 -32.8 15 21.4 -16.2 86 9 328.9 329.0 292.0 330.9 0.54 13 400 7610 -16.9 -34.4 20 17.5 -20.5 72 15 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.9 0.52 14 350 8598 -23.7 -37.2 28 13.5 -26.0 58 17 336.8 336.8 293.9 338.5 0.45 15 300 9706 -31.9 -47.2 20 15.4 -33.4 29 15 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.18 16 250 10966 -42.0 -58.2 16 16.2 -42.8 33 14 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.06 17 200 12436 -54.0 -60.2 47 6.2 -54.2 30 10 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.06 18 150 14221 -67.4 -68.5 86 1.1 -67.4 38 14 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.03 19 100 16623 -69.8 -83.7 12 13.8 -69.9 117 22 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.79 m Freezing level: 567.06 mb = 4910.09 m = 16109.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3868.17 m = 12690.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.29 mb = 1275.20 m = 4183.68 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 34.01 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.10 mb = 1538.63 m = 5047.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.29 C = 84.73 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 30.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1688.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.65 mb = 1461.88 m = 4796.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.65 mb = 1716.21 m = 5630.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.65 mb = 14112.66 m = 46300.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1678.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.4 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 119.4 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -1.6 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3024.27 Bulk Shear: 0.56 m/s