MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.59,-100.84 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -100.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 555 SFC 935 697 30.3 18.0 48 12.3 21.5 194 11 309.3 311.9 297.0 351.8 13.99 3 900 1034 25.7 16.9 58 8.8 19.6 197 15 308.0 310.6 296.4 349.2 13.62 4 850 1536 24.7 12.0 45 12.7 16.3 212 14 312.0 314.0 295.3 344.2 10.45 5 800 2065 21.6 8.7 44 12.9 13.4 244 2 314.2 315.9 294.8 341.9 8.89 6 750 2621 18.0 5.9 45 12.1 10.6 335 8 316.1 317.6 294.5 340.6 7.80 7 700 3207 13.7 0.1 39 13.6 6.1 343 11 317.6 318.7 293.1 335.2 5.50 8 650 3825 8.7 -9.3 27 17.9 0.5 5 12 318.8 319.3 291.2 328.4 2.91 9 600 4480 2.9 -7.8 45 10.7 -2.0 1 16 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.1 3.55 10 550 5176 -3.7 -9.9 62 6.2 -6.4 6 21 319.7 320.3 291.8 330.4 3.27 11 500 5921 -8.2 -22.3 31 14.1 -12.5 18 31 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.5 1.28 12 450 6737 -9.2 -39.7 6 30.5 -15.3 2 32 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.27 13 400 7635 -16.1 -47.5 5 31.3 -20.7 15 31 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 14 350 8624 -24.3 -48.6 9 24.2 -27.1 8 32 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 15 300 9729 -32.0 -58.6 5 26.5 -33.8 353 31 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 16 250 10991 -41.9 -54.8 23 13.0 -42.6 334 26 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.09 17 200 12463 -53.3 -65.7 21 12.4 -53.6 328 33 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14265 -64.4 -74.7 23 10.2 -64.6 301 6 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16669 -71.9 -81.9 21 10.1 -71.9 106 7 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.21 m Freezing level: 578.18 mb = 4783.89 m = 15694.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.31 mb = 3948.18 m = 12953.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.62 % Est. max temperature: 35.61 C = 96.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.35 mb = 2257.02 m = 7404.84 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 23.46 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.66 mb = 3539.46 m = 11612.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.03 C = 102.25 F Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.74 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 660.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 303.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.98 mb = 2575.40 m = 8449.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.98 mb = 4358.64 m = 14299.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.98 mb = 12173.71 m = 39939.52 ft B at Equ Level: 655.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.98 mb = 15159.84 m = 49736.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.6 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 30.6 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 5.61 Bulk Shear: 117.85 m/s