MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.68,-100.57 Latitude: 32.68 Longitude: -100.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 519 SFC 935 665 34.5 16.8 35 17.6 22.0 87 10 313.6 316.1 297.4 353.8 13.01 3 900 1006 30.7 15.9 41 14.8 20.4 92 11 313.1 315.6 297.1 352.4 12.72 4 850 1514 25.8 15.0 51 10.8 18.4 100 10 313.2 315.6 297.2 352.6 12.75 5 800 2044 20.7 14.1 66 6.7 16.1 112 8 313.3 315.7 297.2 352.5 12.71 6 750 2598 15.7 12.7 83 2.9 13.7 142 6 313.6 316.0 297.1 352.1 12.44 7 700 3182 12.0 8.2 77 3.8 9.6 220 7 315.8 317.6 295.8 346.3 9.77 8 650 3799 8.0 3.7 74 4.3 5.5 291 6 318.0 319.5 294.9 342.4 7.70 9 600 4455 3.5 -0.7 74 4.3 1.2 326 11 320.2 321.4 294.3 339.7 6.06 10 550 5157 0.3 -6.2 62 6.4 -2.9 324 12 324.4 325.3 294.0 338.9 4.39 11 500 5918 -2.8 -13.6 43 10.7 -7.3 308 12 329.6 330.1 294.0 338.8 2.68 12 450 6745 -7.9 -21.7 32 13.8 -12.5 297 13 333.3 333.6 294.0 338.6 1.49 13 400 7648 -14.6 -30.4 25 15.8 -18.4 302 12 336.0 336.1 294.0 338.8 0.76 14 350 8645 -21.8 -36.1 26 14.4 -24.4 304 17 339.4 339.5 294.6 341.3 0.50 15 300 9760 -30.5 -42.3 31 11.8 -32.0 299 24 342.4 342.4 295.2 343.6 0.31 16 250 11027 -40.9 -53.6 24 12.7 -41.6 308 22 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.10 17 200 12505 -52.3 -59.4 42 7.0 -52.5 325 21 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.06 18 150 14315 -64.8 -76.7 18 11.9 -64.9 324 22 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16702 -75.2 -81.1 39 5.9 -75.2 343 10 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.91 m Freezing level: 545.86 mb = 5220.21 m = 17126.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.26 mb = 4655.81 m = 15274.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.57 % Est. max temperature: 34.24 C = 93.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.13 mb = 2883.40 m = 9459.86 ft T: 13.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3155.67 m = 10353.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.49 C = 97.67 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 17.88 C K Index: 39.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 828.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.00 mb = 2873.28 m = 9426.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.00 mb = 3534.12 m = 11594.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.00 mb = 13133.16 m = 43087.26 ft B at Equ Level: 822.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.00 mb = 16087.11 m = 52778.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 351.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 18.63 Bulk Shear: 44.50 m/s