MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 28.51,-99.18 Latitude: 28.51 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 995 140 38.7 16.5 27 22.2 23.1 159 10 312.2 314.5 296.4 348.9 11.91 2 950 563 32.3 15.5 36 16.9 20.7 162 12 310.0 312.2 295.7 345.7 11.71 3 900 1046 27.5 14.6 45 13.0 18.7 165 12 309.9 312.1 295.6 345.5 11.66 4 850 1548 22.7 13.6 56 9.2 16.5 167 11 310.0 312.2 295.6 345.3 11.57 5 800 2072 17.8 12.5 71 5.3 14.3 169 11 310.2 312.3 295.6 345.1 11.46 6 750 2621 12.8 10.8 88 2.0 11.5 173 9 310.5 312.5 295.3 343.8 10.92 7 700 3201 12.1 0.1 44 12.0 5.5 208 2 315.9 316.9 292.6 333.4 5.52 8 650 3817 8.1 -2.1 48 10.2 2.7 89 1 318.2 319.1 292.9 334.4 5.05 9 600 4473 3.6 -3.2 61 6.8 0.1 109 2 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.6 5.03 10 550 5174 -0.7 -9.3 52 8.6 -4.6 144 3 323.2 323.9 293.0 334.7 3.44 11 500 5929 -4.8 -20.8 28 15.9 -10.2 143 7 327.2 327.4 292.3 332.3 1.46 12 450 6750 -9.9 -22.4 35 12.5 -13.7 132 9 330.8 331.1 293.3 335.8 1.41 13 400 7648 -15.7 -34.4 18 18.8 -19.6 115 7 334.6 334.8 293.4 336.6 0.52 14 350 8641 -22.6 -35.7 29 13.0 -25.0 89 6 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.2 0.52 15 300 9753 -31.3 -48.2 18 16.8 -33.0 80 14 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.16 16 250 11019 -40.7 -61.6 9 20.8 -41.7 68 22 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.04 17 200 12498 -52.6 -65.3 20 12.7 -52.9 67 18 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14298 -66.2 -74.8 29 8.6 -66.2 74 21 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16691 -74.1 -82.0 29 7.8 -74.2 66 13 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.11 m Freezing level: 558.49 mb = 5054.80 m = 16583.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.15 mb = 4484.27 m = 14711.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.17 % Est. max temperature: 36.43 C = 97.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.19 mb = 2915.22 m = 9564.26 ft T: 12.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 15.49 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.44 mb = 3473.26 m = 11395.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.33 C = 109.99 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 29.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 194.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.91 mb = 2734.75 m = 8972.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.91 mb = 4678.10 m = 15347.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.91 mb = 10884.04 m = 35708.35 ft B at Equ Level: 190.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.91 mb = 13336.61 m = 43754.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.1 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 191.1 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -143.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 70.56 Bulk Shear: 2.76 m/s