MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.68,-100.22 Latitude: 32.68 Longitude: -100.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 528 SFC 943 596 35.4 14.3 28 21.2 20.9 172 8 313.8 315.9 296.1 347.6 10.91 3 900 1017 31.8 13.0 32 18.8 19.1 178 10 314.3 316.3 296.0 347.0 10.53 4 850 1526 27.0 12.1 40 14.9 17.0 192 9 314.4 316.4 296.0 347.0 10.49 5 800 2058 22.0 11.0 50 11.0 14.7 215 8 314.6 316.6 296.0 346.9 10.36 6 750 2614 16.9 9.6 62 7.3 12.2 245 8 315.0 316.9 295.8 346.3 10.06 7 700 3198 11.7 7.6 76 4.1 9.2 266 9 315.5 317.3 295.5 345.0 9.43 8 650 3813 6.6 4.8 88 1.8 5.5 275 9 316.4 318.0 294.9 342.5 8.32 9 600 4467 3.5 -2.6 64 6.1 0.3 325 11 320.2 321.2 293.6 337.3 5.27 10 550 5169 0.2 -9.4 49 9.6 -4.1 313 13 324.3 325.0 293.2 335.7 3.41 11 500 5927 -4.0 -16.4 38 12.4 -8.7 301 15 328.1 328.6 293.2 335.5 2.12 12 450 6751 -8.5 -29.2 17 20.8 -14.0 309 15 332.6 332.8 293.2 335.4 0.76 13 400 7653 -14.8 -29.5 27 14.7 -18.4 326 15 335.7 335.9 294.0 338.8 0.83 14 350 8649 -21.7 -34.7 30 13.0 -24.2 319 16 339.5 339.7 294.7 341.7 0.57 15 300 9766 -30.1 -40.3 36 10.2 -31.4 341 12 343.0 343.1 295.4 344.5 0.38 16 250 11034 -41.1 -46.1 58 5.0 -41.5 334 21 345.0 345.0 295.7 346.0 0.24 17 200 12510 -53.1 -54.7 83 1.6 -53.2 328 24 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.2 0.11 18 150 14311 -65.4 -72.3 38 6.9 -65.5 324 25 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16706 -73.5 -81.8 27 8.3 -73.6 323 11 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.98 m Freezing level: 547.99 mb = 5199.55 m = 17058.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.49 mb = 4514.19 m = 14810.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.26 % Est. max temperature: 36.29 C = 97.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.08 mb = 3256.19 m = 10682.92 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 11.62 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.02 mb = 3561.19 m = 11683.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.61 C = 99.70 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 16.11 C K Index: 39.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.86 mb = 3354.98 m = 11007.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.86 mb = 3789.34 m = 12432.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.86 mb = 5287.61 m = 17347.58 ft B at Equ Level: 11.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.86 mb = 12769.61 m = 41894.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 31.80 m/s