MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 34.03,-100.37 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -100.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 952 590 18.4 15.8 85 2.6 16.7 96 6 295.6 297.8 291.7 329.9 11.91 2 950 610 18.5 15.7 84 2.8 16.7 100 7 295.9 298.1 291.7 330.1 11.87 3 900 1075 18.6 13.1 70 5.5 15.1 154 16 300.7 302.6 292.2 331.8 10.58 4 850 1566 18.5 12.8 69 5.7 14.8 192 19 305.6 307.6 294.0 338.6 11.02 5 800 2086 16.3 9.5 64 6.7 12.0 209 19 308.5 310.3 293.6 337.0 9.38 6 750 2632 13.2 8.1 71 5.1 10.0 229 12 310.9 312.6 294.0 338.7 9.06 7 700 3210 9.7 4.6 70 5.1 6.7 293 8 313.3 314.7 293.6 337.0 7.61 8 650 3822 5.8 0.7 69 5.1 3.0 271 5 315.6 316.8 293.1 335.2 6.20 9 600 4473 1.4 -1.7 80 3.1 -0.3 222 6 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.6 5.62 10 550 5169 -2.3 -5.5 79 3.2 -3.8 205 6 321.3 322.2 293.4 336.4 4.61 11 500 5921 -5.8 -18.8 35 12.9 -10.4 223 8 325.9 326.3 292.2 331.9 1.74 12 450 6739 -10.5 -29.4 20 18.8 -15.3 249 17 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.7 0.75 13 400 7634 -16.8 -34.9 19 18.1 -20.4 248 17 333.2 333.3 293.0 335.0 0.49 14 350 8623 -23.3 -41.4 17 18.1 -26.0 242 14 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.5 0.29 15 300 9731 -32.1 -46.0 24 13.9 -33.5 262 14 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.21 16 250 10991 -42.1 -48.7 49 6.5 -42.6 302 8 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.18 17 200 12466 -52.0 -65.1 19 13.0 -52.4 315 17 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14272 -65.5 -73.3 33 7.8 -65.5 314 19 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16681 -71.6 -82.4 18 10.9 -71.6 341 15 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.74 m Freezing level: 581.64 mb = 4728.30 m = 15512.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4416.42 m = 14489.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.42 mb = 919.56 m = 3016.89 ft T: 18.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 3.56 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.71 mb = 3165.76 m = 10386.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.58 C = 96.04 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.38 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.67 C K Index: 32.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5285.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.42 mb = 1683.81 m = 5524.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -61.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 23.65 m/s