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: 32.83,-98.47 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 969 360 34.2 18.1 39 16.0 22.8 43 6 310.1 312.6 297.0 351.6 13.61 2 950 537 32.2 17.6 42 14.7 21.9 43 7 309.9 312.4 296.8 350.7 13.41 3 900 1021 27.6 16.7 51 10.9 19.9 44 6 310.0 312.5 296.8 350.8 13.40 4 850 1524 23.0 15.7 64 7.3 17.9 47 3 310.2 312.7 296.8 350.8 13.32 5 800 2049 18.1 14.6 80 3.5 15.7 121 0 310.5 313.0 296.8 350.7 13.18 6 750 2600 14.9 11.4 80 3.5 12.6 270 7 312.7 314.9 296.1 347.7 11.34 7 700 3182 11.3 7.9 80 3.4 9.2 294 14 315.0 316.8 295.5 344.9 9.60 8 650 3798 7.3 3.5 77 3.8 5.1 315 18 317.2 318.7 294.6 341.2 7.59 9 600 4452 2.6 0.6 86 2.1 1.5 321 24 319.2 320.5 294.4 340.5 6.68 10 550 5152 -1.0 -4.5 77 3.5 -2.7 321 29 322.9 323.9 294.1 339.2 4.98 11 500 5909 -3.5 -13.9 44 10.4 -7.7 311 30 328.8 329.3 293.7 337.8 2.62 12 450 6735 -8.6 -17.3 49 8.7 -11.8 313 27 332.4 332.9 294.3 340.1 2.18 13 400 7637 -14.8 -31.4 23 16.7 -18.7 317 28 335.8 336.0 293.9 338.4 0.69 14 350 8633 -22.0 -37.6 23 15.6 -24.7 314 26 339.1 339.1 294.5 340.7 0.43 15 300 9747 -30.8 -39.1 44 8.4 -31.9 306 28 342.0 342.1 295.2 343.7 0.43 16 250 11012 -41.2 -41.5 97 0.3 -41.2 307 29 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.4 0.40 17 200 12488 -53.5 -54.3 91 0.8 -53.5 318 35 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.5 0.12 18 150 14289 -64.5 -74.6 24 10.1 -64.6 337 36 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16690 -73.8 -81.8 28 8.0 -73.8 355 19 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.87 m Freezing level: 563.61 mb = 4961.35 m = 16277.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.40 mb = 4691.35 m = 15391.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.46 C = 94.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.17 mb = 2384.63 m = 7823.50 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 13.06 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.08 mb = 2827.04 m = 9274.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.66 C = 99.78 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 38.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 730.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.72 mb = 2400.76 m = 7876.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.72 mb = 3512.23 m = 11522.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.72 mb = 13054.02 m = 42827.63 ft B at Equ Level: 721.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.72 mb = 15478.04 m = 50780.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.4 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 347.4 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.2 neg: -3.3 tot: 81.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 19.42 Bulk Shear: 37.60 m/s