MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.56,-97.15 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 992 176 30.1 20.6 57 9.5 23.3 30 9 304.0 306.9 296.7 350.3 15.57 2 950 555 24.9 19.4 72 5.5 21.1 33 10 302.5 305.3 296.0 347.2 15.14 3 900 1027 20.8 18.4 86 2.4 19.1 32 8 302.9 305.7 296.0 347.1 14.93 4 850 1521 19.0 15.4 80 3.6 16.5 360 6 306.0 308.4 295.6 345.1 13.02 5 800 2042 17.4 11.6 69 5.8 13.6 317 9 309.7 311.7 295.0 342.6 10.79 6 750 2591 13.8 9.9 78 3.9 11.3 302 14 311.5 313.5 295.1 343.1 10.28 7 700 3170 10.2 7.3 83 2.8 8.4 297 19 313.7 315.5 294.9 342.4 9.23 8 650 3784 6.1 4.8 91 1.3 5.3 290 20 315.8 317.4 294.8 342.0 8.33 9 600 4436 2.1 1.8 98 0.3 2.0 289 24 318.6 320.0 294.7 341.8 7.30 10 550 5136 -0.9 -3.2 84 2.3 -2.1 288 27 323.0 324.1 294.6 341.0 5.51 11 500 5892 -4.7 -9.0 72 4.3 -6.7 288 26 327.3 328.1 294.4 340.3 3.86 12 450 6714 -9.6 -11.1 88 1.6 -10.2 320 28 331.2 331.9 295.2 343.6 3.64 13 400 7615 -15.2 -15.9 94 0.8 -15.4 321 30 335.3 335.9 295.5 345.0 2.76 14 350 8611 -21.9 -22.3 96 0.4 -22.0 308 27 339.3 339.7 295.7 345.9 1.83 15 300 9729 -29.6 -31.4 84 1.8 -30.0 327 25 343.6 343.8 296.0 347.1 0.92 16 250 11000 -40.6 -45.3 61 4.7 -41.1 295 19 345.6 345.7 295.9 346.7 0.27 17 200 12476 -52.9 -57.6 57 4.7 -53.0 289 20 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14279 -66.3 -69.5 64 3.2 -66.4 333 10 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16662 -74.7 -81.6 33 6.9 -74.8 273 8 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.32 m Freezing level: 564.59 mb = 4931.64 m = 16179.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 575.84 mb = 4766.63 m = 15638.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.85 mb = 1381.37 m = 4531.99 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 7.72 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.01 mb = 2181.45 m = 7156.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.27 C = 97.28 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 36.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 258.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.47 mb = 1305.49 m = 4283.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.47 mb = 3331.71 m = 10930.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.47 mb = 11368.06 m = 37296.35 ft B at Equ Level: 258.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.47 mb = 14014.48 m = 45978.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.8 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 329.8 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 29.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.87 Bulk Shear: 53.12 m/s