MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.74,-101.54 Latitude: 30.74 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 519 SFC 926 754 35.0 13.7 28 21.3 20.4 157 13 315.0 317.1 296.3 348.3 10.69 3 900 1006 31.9 13.0 32 18.9 19.1 156 16 314.4 316.4 296.0 347.1 10.51 4 850 1515 27.0 12.2 40 14.8 17.1 153 15 314.4 316.4 296.0 347.2 10.55 5 800 2046 21.9 11.3 51 10.6 14.8 149 14 314.5 316.5 296.0 347.3 10.55 6 750 2602 16.5 10.3 67 6.2 12.4 144 13 314.5 316.5 296.0 347.3 10.54 7 700 3185 11.4 8.6 83 2.8 9.6 130 9 315.1 317.1 295.9 346.6 10.09 8 650 3803 8.9 3.1 67 5.8 5.5 2 8 319.0 320.4 294.9 342.5 7.37 9 600 4462 4.5 -0.6 69 5.2 1.7 339 10 321.4 322.5 294.6 341.1 6.10 10 550 5166 0.6 -6.7 58 7.4 -2.9 333 10 324.8 325.7 294.0 338.8 4.20 11 500 5926 -3.4 -14.5 42 11.2 -7.8 326 9 329.0 329.4 293.7 337.5 2.48 12 450 6751 -8.2 -24.7 25 16.5 -13.2 311 4 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.1 1.15 13 400 7654 -14.9 -29.5 28 14.6 -18.5 241 2 335.6 335.8 294.0 338.7 0.83 14 350 8649 -22.5 -29.1 55 6.6 -24.0 77 1 338.4 338.6 294.8 342.0 0.98 15 300 9763 -30.3 -41.2 34 10.9 -31.7 332 6 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.1 0.35 16 250 11031 -40.8 -45.3 62 4.4 -41.2 353 9 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.5 0.27 17 200 12509 -52.8 -55.4 73 2.6 -52.9 7 20 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.6 0.10 18 150 14313 -65.4 -75.1 25 9.7 -65.4 352 12 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16694 -74.9 -81.2 37 6.3 -74.9 20 11 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.34 m Freezing level: 542.12 mb = 5285.58 m = 17340.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.43 mb = 4715.98 m = 15472.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.17 % Est. max temperature: 34.48 C = 94.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.82 mb = 3417.00 m = 11210.51 ft T: 10.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 10.15 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.57 mb = 3949.19 m = 12956.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.39 C = 102.91 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.35 C Cross Totals Index: 15.53 C K Index: 39.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.60 mb = 3382.99 m = 11098.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 418.60 mb = 7305.70 m = 23968.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.60 mb = 11339.91 m = 37203.98 ft B at Equ Level: 97.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.60 mb = 13218.50 m = 43367.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.5 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 142.5 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -37.0 tot: -37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.94 Bulk Shear: 14.30 m/s