MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.58,-101.80 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -101.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 534 SFC 903 976 28.2 17.5 52 10.7 20.6 124 8 310.2 312.9 297.3 353.0 14.03 3 900 1009 27.7 17.0 52 10.7 20.2 124 9 310.1 312.7 297.0 351.9 13.71 4 850 1513 23.0 15.8 64 7.2 18.0 130 10 310.3 312.8 296.9 351.2 13.43 5 800 2038 18.3 14.5 79 3.8 15.7 133 8 310.7 313.2 296.8 350.8 13.12 6 750 2589 14.0 12.7 92 1.3 13.1 129 2 311.7 314.1 296.6 349.8 12.41 7 700 3169 10.6 9.3 92 1.3 9.7 297 5 314.2 316.2 296.0 347.0 10.57 8 650 3786 8.2 3.0 70 5.2 5.2 301 8 318.2 319.6 294.7 341.5 7.33 9 600 4442 3.3 -1.0 73 4.3 1.0 306 12 319.9 321.1 294.1 339.0 5.92 10 550 5142 -1.2 -6.4 67 5.2 -3.7 301 16 322.7 323.5 293.5 336.8 4.30 11 500 5896 -6.0 -9.5 76 3.6 -7.5 289 17 325.8 326.5 293.9 338.2 3.71 12 450 6714 -10.7 -13.5 80 2.8 -11.8 278 18 329.8 330.4 294.3 340.1 3.00 13 400 7611 -16.0 -20.4 69 4.4 -17.4 269 19 334.2 334.6 294.6 340.9 1.89 14 350 8605 -21.9 -30.9 44 8.9 -23.9 272 28 339.2 339.4 294.9 342.3 0.83 15 300 9722 -29.6 -42.5 28 12.9 -31.3 274 33 343.6 343.7 295.4 344.8 0.30 16 250 10996 -39.3 -49.3 34 10.0 -40.1 281 36 347.6 347.6 296.3 348.3 0.17 17 200 12482 -51.5 -57.9 46 6.4 -51.7 291 32 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.5 0.08 18 150 14286 -66.0 -67.9 76 2.0 -66.0 310 39 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.03 19 100 16665 -75.6 -80.9 44 5.2 -75.7 279 21 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.96 m Freezing level: 563.13 mb = 4958.20 m = 16266.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.66 mb = 4581.64 m = 15031.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.79 mb = 2333.60 m = 7656.08 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 16.16 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2602.11 m = 8537.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 43.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 727.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.53 mb = 2425.29 m = 7956.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.53 mb = 2937.74 m = 9638.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.53 mb = 12172.29 m = 39934.84 ft B at Equ Level: 726.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.53 mb = 16130.83 m = 52922.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.0 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 318.0 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 13.25 Bulk Shear: 54.89 m/s