MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 23.98,-98.19 Latitude: 23.98 Longitude: -98.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 122 23.4 21.7 90 1.7 22.2 192 3 296.5 299.4 295.3 344.1 16.52 1 1000 134 24.2 21.6 86 2.5 22.4 192 4 297.3 300.3 295.6 345.1 16.50 2 950 585 23.6 19.9 80 3.7 20.9 173 12 301.1 304.0 295.9 346.8 15.54 3 900 1057 21.0 16.5 76 4.5 17.9 169 11 303.2 305.6 294.9 342.4 13.25 4 850 1550 18.8 12.1 65 6.7 14.4 166 12 305.8 307.8 293.7 337.3 10.50 5 800 2069 16.3 7.3 55 8.9 10.9 158 13 308.5 310.0 292.6 333.1 8.07 6 750 2615 13.3 2.1 47 11.2 7.1 154 14 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.5 5.95 7 700 3192 10.3 -3.0 39 13.3 3.5 153 11 313.9 314.7 291.1 327.8 4.37 8 650 3805 7.2 -7.4 35 14.5 0.3 149 7 317.1 317.7 291.2 328.0 3.38 9 600 4459 3.1 -8.0 44 11.1 -2.0 139 6 319.7 320.4 292.0 331.1 3.49 10 550 5158 -1.8 -5.1 78 3.3 -3.4 108 4 321.9 322.9 293.7 337.5 4.76 11 500 5910 -6.1 -7.6 89 1.5 -6.8 35 2 325.6 326.5 294.3 340.0 4.33 12 450 6729 -10.7 -12.2 89 1.5 -11.3 55 4 329.8 330.5 294.6 341.2 3.34 13 400 7626 -16.1 -17.3 91 1.2 -16.6 67 2 334.0 334.5 295.0 342.7 2.46 14 350 8618 -22.8 -23.5 94 0.8 -23.0 14 1 338.0 338.4 295.3 344.0 1.64 15 300 9731 -31.0 -32.7 85 1.7 -31.3 339 6 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.7 0.81 16 250 10996 -41.2 -45.6 62 4.4 -41.6 337 12 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.9 0.26 17 200 12468 -54.0 -56.8 71 2.8 -54.1 339 16 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.09 18 150 14253 -67.4 -69.1 79 1.7 -67.4 338 9 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16652 -71.5 -82.2 19 10.6 -71.6 27 9 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.13 m Freezing level: 568.52 mb = 4898.77 m = 16071.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.79 mb = 3896.32 m = 12783.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.59 mb = 342.44 m = 1123.49 ft T: 23.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 19.01 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1883.03 m = 6177.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.50 C = 94.11 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 23.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 199.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 176.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.30 mb = 1034.30 m = 3393.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.30 mb = 4494.91 m = 14746.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.30 mb = 10031.26 m = 32910.56 ft B at Equ Level: 198.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.30 mb = 13575.71 m = 44539.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.1 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 185.1 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -9.4 tot: -9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 142.38 Bulk Shear: 1.40 m/s