MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 32.27,-99.18 Latitude: 32.27 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 957 503 37.2 14.6 26 22.6 21.6 153 10 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.4 10.97 2 950 564 35.8 14.1 27 21.7 20.9 154 11 313.5 315.6 295.8 346.6 10.68 3 900 1052 30.8 13.1 34 17.7 18.8 152 11 313.3 315.3 295.7 346.1 10.61 4 850 1559 25.9 12.3 43 13.6 16.8 148 9 313.3 315.3 295.7 346.1 10.61 5 800 2089 20.8 11.3 54 9.5 14.6 145 7 313.3 315.3 295.7 346.1 10.57 6 750 2643 15.5 10.3 71 5.3 12.1 141 6 313.4 315.4 295.7 346.0 10.53 7 700 3224 10.1 9.0 93 1.1 9.4 130 5 313.7 315.7 295.7 345.8 10.35 8 650 3837 5.6 5.3 98 0.3 5.4 86 5 315.2 316.9 294.8 342.2 8.62 9 600 4488 2.4 -1.5 75 3.9 0.3 79 8 318.9 320.0 293.6 337.3 5.72 10 550 5186 -1.6 -7.5 64 5.9 -4.3 50 8 322.2 323.0 293.1 335.2 3.95 11 500 5940 -5.8 -14.9 49 9.1 -9.3 39 11 325.9 326.4 292.8 334.1 2.40 12 450 6757 -11.4 -15.9 69 4.5 -13.0 40 4 328.9 329.4 293.7 337.4 2.47 13 400 7650 -17.0 -23.1 59 6.1 -18.7 136 4 332.9 333.2 293.9 338.2 1.49 14 350 8638 -24.3 -33.1 44 8.8 -25.9 100 3 336.0 336.1 294.0 338.5 0.67 15 300 9740 -33.6 -39.3 56 5.7 -34.3 113 4 338.0 338.1 294.2 339.7 0.42 16 250 10991 -43.7 -45.2 86 1.4 -43.8 78 8 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.1 0.27 17 200 12450 -55.5 -60.5 53 5.0 -55.6 109 9 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14233 -66.7 -70.6 57 4.0 -66.7 317 5 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16669 -65.3 -84.1 6 18.9 -65.4 181 7 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.40 m Freezing level: 569.71 mb = 4910.87 m = 16111.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.33 mb = 4536.80 m = 14884.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.88 % Est. max temperature: 36.22 C = 97.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.30 mb = 3327.00 m = 10915.22 ft T: 9.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 11.98 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.16 mb = 3352.65 m = 10999.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.91 C = 98.44 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.71 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 42.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 705.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.58 mb = 3275.91 m = 10747.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.58 mb = 3456.24 m = 11339.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.58 mb = 12749.12 m = 41827.31 ft B at Equ Level: 698.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.58 mb = 15065.86 m = 49428.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.1 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 131.1 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 178.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 72.12 Bulk Shear: 9.78 m/s