MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.46,-101.23 Latitude: 33.46 Longitude: -101.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 554 SFC 921 821 23.3 18.9 76 4.4 20.2 63 4 303.4 306.2 296.2 348.2 15.07 3 900 1026 22.4 17.6 75 4.7 19.1 103 9 304.6 307.2 296.0 347.1 14.25 4 850 1522 19.5 15.9 79 3.6 17.1 121 12 306.6 309.1 296.0 347.2 13.50 5 800 2043 17.1 13.7 80 3.4 14.8 107 4 309.3 311.7 296.0 347.0 12.40 6 750 2593 14.4 10.2 76 4.2 11.7 258 1 312.2 314.2 295.4 344.6 10.50 7 700 3173 10.5 7.7 83 2.7 8.8 305 3 314.1 315.9 295.2 343.6 9.49 8 650 3787 6.3 4.9 90 1.5 5.5 323 5 316.1 317.7 294.9 342.4 8.37 9 600 4439 2.2 0.7 89 1.6 1.4 336 7 318.7 320.0 294.3 340.1 6.71 10 550 5137 -1.8 -3.1 91 1.3 -2.4 300 10 322.0 323.1 294.3 340.0 5.54 11 500 5892 -5.1 -7.4 84 2.2 -6.2 258 15 326.8 327.7 294.7 341.5 4.41 12 450 6713 -9.9 -11.4 89 1.5 -10.5 259 19 330.8 331.5 295.0 342.9 3.55 13 400 7613 -15.1 -16.0 92 1.0 -15.4 269 20 335.4 336.0 295.5 345.0 2.74 14 350 8610 -21.7 -21.9 98 0.2 -21.7 286 22 339.5 339.9 295.8 346.4 1.90 15 300 9728 -29.7 -29.7 100 0.0 -29.7 293 30 343.6 343.8 296.1 347.7 1.09 16 250 11000 -39.9 -39.9 100 -0.0 -39.9 281 32 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.6 0.48 17 200 12480 -53.3 -53.3 100 0.0 -53.2 277 35 348.4 348.5 296.4 349.0 0.13 18 150 14263 -68.9 -70.0 85 1.1 -68.9 275 42 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 19 100 16660 -71.1 -81.0 22 9.9 -71.1 311 9 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.65 m Freezing level: 571.98 mb = 4830.26 m = 15847.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.05 mb = 4682.80 m = 15363.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.16 mb = 1378.45 m = 4522.41 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 7.18 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2605.68 m = 8548.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 229.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.64 mb = 1834.37 m = 6018.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.64 mb = 3602.06 m = 11817.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.64 mb = 9616.43 m = 31549.58 ft B at Equ Level: 228.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.64 mb = 14074.42 m = 46175.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.6 neg: -7.1 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.71 Bulk Shear: 40.26 m/s