MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.42,-100.10 Latitude: 33.42 Longitude: -100.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 954 513 28.1 18.4 56 9.6 21.2 65 10 305.3 308.0 296.1 347.5 14.11 2 950 545 28.3 18.0 54 10.3 21.1 68 13 305.9 308.5 296.0 347.3 13.80 3 900 1024 25.9 16.5 56 9.4 19.4 81 15 308.2 310.6 296.2 348.1 13.21 4 850 1526 22.4 15.6 65 6.9 17.7 109 5 309.7 312.1 296.6 349.9 13.21 5 800 2052 19.9 13.2 66 6.6 15.4 229 9 312.4 314.6 296.5 349.5 12.05 6 750 2605 15.9 10.2 69 5.7 12.2 251 12 313.9 315.9 295.8 346.5 10.50 7 700 3188 11.7 6.6 71 5.1 8.6 271 12 315.5 317.1 295.0 343.0 8.79 8 650 3805 7.8 2.8 71 5.0 4.9 298 10 317.8 319.2 294.5 340.7 7.24 9 600 4461 3.5 -0.3 76 3.9 1.4 322 12 320.2 321.4 294.4 340.3 6.25 10 550 5163 -0.3 -3.4 80 3.1 -1.9 326 16 323.7 324.8 294.7 341.4 5.42 11 500 5921 -4.1 -8.8 70 4.6 -6.2 310 13 328.0 328.8 294.6 341.3 3.95 12 450 6744 -9.4 -14.6 66 5.2 -11.4 291 13 331.5 332.0 294.6 341.0 2.75 13 400 7644 -15.7 -19.2 75 3.5 -16.9 278 13 334.5 335.0 294.8 341.9 2.09 14 350 8638 -22.4 -24.0 87 1.6 -22.8 280 17 338.5 338.8 295.3 344.2 1.57 15 300 9753 -30.2 -30.9 94 0.7 -30.3 297 18 342.9 343.1 295.8 346.6 0.97 16 250 11024 -40.1 -40.3 98 0.2 -40.1 311 19 346.5 346.6 296.3 348.3 0.46 17 200 12506 -52.2 -52.3 99 0.1 -52.2 311 30 350.1 350.1 296.8 350.7 0.15 18 150 14308 -65.6 -67.3 79 1.7 -65.6 324 29 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.3 0.03 19 100 16694 -73.5 -81.1 30 7.6 -73.6 8 6 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.06 m Freezing level: 554.27 mb = 5102.73 m = 16741.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.65 mb = 4753.01 m = 15593.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.37 % Est. max temperature: 34.79 C = 94.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.71 mb = 1745.77 m = 5727.51 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 9.55 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.50 mb = 2991.44 m = 9814.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.52 C = 99.54 F Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 282.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.23 mb = 2157.21 m = 7077.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.23 mb = 4123.16 m = 13527.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.23 mb = 11151.68 m = 36586.42 ft B at Equ Level: 281.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.23 mb = 14093.48 m = 46237.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.2 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 336.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.5 neg: -5.3 tot: 130.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 4.03 Bulk Shear: 70.17 m/s