MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.25,-101.71 Latitude: 31.25 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 548 SFC 922 806 22.3 16.8 71 5.5 18.5 104 19 302.4 304.8 294.6 341.3 13.17 3 900 1017 21.2 15.8 71 5.4 17.5 110 30 303.4 305.7 294.6 341.0 12.66 4 850 1516 23.1 14.4 58 8.6 17.2 140 27 310.3 312.6 296.1 347.7 12.24 5 800 2043 19.9 12.8 64 7.1 15.2 166 23 312.4 314.6 296.3 348.5 11.73 6 750 2597 15.8 11.0 73 4.8 12.7 181 18 313.8 315.9 296.2 348.1 11.07 7 700 3180 11.8 8.7 81 3.1 9.8 195 10 315.5 317.5 296.0 347.2 10.12 8 650 3797 8.0 4.2 77 3.7 5.8 253 4 318.0 319.6 295.1 343.4 8.01 9 600 4454 4.0 -0.4 73 4.4 1.6 326 3 320.7 321.9 294.5 340.7 6.20 10 550 5156 -0.3 -4.4 73 4.2 -2.4 331 4 323.8 324.8 294.4 340.2 5.01 11 500 5913 -4.5 -9.1 70 4.6 -6.6 330 6 327.5 328.3 294.4 340.4 3.83 12 450 6736 -9.1 -16.3 56 7.2 -11.8 305 7 331.8 332.3 294.4 340.2 2.39 13 400 7639 -14.2 -25.3 38 11.1 -17.4 283 8 336.5 336.8 294.6 341.0 1.22 14 350 8639 -20.8 -34.7 28 13.9 -23.6 264 12 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.9 0.57 15 300 9758 -29.4 -41.6 30 12.2 -31.0 257 14 343.9 344.0 295.6 345.2 0.33 16 250 11031 -39.9 -44.8 59 4.9 -40.3 225 13 346.8 346.9 296.2 348.0 0.28 17 200 12515 -51.8 -56.6 56 4.9 -52.0 281 17 350.8 350.8 296.9 351.2 0.09 18 150 14319 -66.1 -68.2 76 2.0 -66.2 338 5 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.03 19 100 16679 -74.9 -81.0 38 6.1 -74.9 277 12 383.0 383.0 302.8 383.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.07 m Freezing level: 553.00 mb = 5114.20 m = 16778.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.90 mb = 4728.82 m = 15514.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.80 mb = 1508.13 m = 4947.88 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.24 mb = 3200.70 m = 10500.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.25 C = 95.45 F Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.59 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 38.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2565.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.07 mb = 2204.69 m = 7233.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 160.9 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 190.9 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 211.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 58.81 m/s