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: 31.54,-97.09 Latitude: 31.54 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 993 164 38.0 16.7 29 21.3 23.0 208 8 311.8 314.1 296.4 349.1 12.14 2 950 564 32.2 15.7 37 16.4 20.8 211 10 309.8 312.1 295.8 346.2 11.93 3 900 1047 27.4 14.9 46 12.5 18.8 214 10 309.8 312.0 295.7 346.0 11.90 4 850 1550 22.6 13.9 58 8.8 16.7 218 10 309.9 312.1 295.7 345.9 11.81 5 800 2074 17.7 12.8 73 4.9 14.5 222 10 310.0 312.3 295.7 345.8 11.73 6 750 2622 12.7 11.5 93 1.1 11.9 229 10 310.3 312.5 295.6 345.4 11.47 7 700 3198 8.3 7.1 92 1.2 7.6 242 11 311.7 313.4 294.3 339.8 9.11 8 650 3811 7.4 0.6 62 6.8 3.7 266 15 317.3 318.5 293.6 337.0 6.17 9 600 4466 3.7 -3.7 59 7.4 -0.1 276 16 320.4 321.3 293.3 336.1 4.86 10 550 5168 -0.3 -10.9 45 10.6 -4.9 286 18 323.7 324.3 292.7 333.8 3.02 11 500 5924 -4.7 -16.4 39 11.7 -9.1 286 20 327.3 327.8 293.0 334.6 2.12 12 450 6745 -9.7 -24.4 29 14.7 -14.0 285 20 331.1 331.3 293.2 335.3 1.18 13 400 7643 -16.2 -32.1 24 15.9 -19.7 303 19 333.9 334.1 293.4 336.4 0.65 14 350 8635 -22.5 -42.5 14 20.0 -25.5 327 13 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.26 15 300 9750 -30.2 -43.3 27 13.1 -31.8 9 19 342.8 342.8 295.3 343.9 0.28 16 250 11017 -40.8 -56.0 18 15.2 -41.6 5 22 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.08 17 200 12495 -52.7 -59.9 41 7.3 -52.9 350 22 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.06 18 150 14295 -65.6 -74.0 30 8.3 -65.7 339 19 357.0 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16689 -73.8 -82.1 27 8.2 -73.9 352 11 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.72 m Freezing level: 554.07 mb = 5110.94 m = 16767.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.30 mb = 4448.70 m = 14595.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.36 % Est. max temperature: 36.12 C = 97.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.64 mb = 2828.97 m = 9281.29 ft T: 11.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 15.28 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.89 mb = 2712.75 m = 8899.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.79 C = 98.23 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.32 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 40.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 191.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.71 mb = 2669.92 m = 8759.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.71 mb = 2839.56 m = 9316.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 660.71 mb = 3676.08 m = 12060.50 ft B at Equ Level: 37.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.71 mb = 13486.12 m = 44245.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15.06 Bulk Shear: 12.71 m/s