MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.33,-100.25 Latitude: 31.33 Longitude: -100.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 556 SFC 944 610 23.4 20.6 84 2.8 21.5 83 7 301.5 304.5 296.6 349.9 16.43 3 900 1028 21.8 19.0 84 2.9 19.8 122 13 304.0 306.9 296.7 350.2 15.51 4 850 1526 21.6 15.8 70 5.8 17.6 170 12 308.8 311.3 296.5 349.4 13.41 5 800 2051 18.5 13.3 72 5.1 15.0 191 12 310.8 313.1 296.2 347.9 12.13 6 750 2602 14.5 11.1 80 3.5 12.3 216 9 312.4 314.5 295.8 346.6 11.11 7 700 3182 10.7 8.5 86 2.2 9.3 266 6 314.3 316.2 295.6 345.3 9.98 8 650 3797 6.8 5.4 91 1.4 6.0 325 8 316.7 318.3 295.3 344.1 8.71 9 600 4452 3.0 1.7 91 1.3 2.3 346 8 319.6 321.0 295.0 342.8 7.26 10 550 5152 -1.0 -2.4 90 1.4 -1.7 345 9 322.9 324.1 294.8 342.0 5.85 11 500 5908 -5.1 -7.2 85 2.1 -6.1 338 10 326.8 327.7 294.7 341.8 4.47 12 450 6729 -9.7 -11.3 88 1.7 -10.4 310 8 331.1 331.8 295.1 343.3 3.58 13 400 7631 -14.7 -17.2 81 2.5 -15.6 273 10 335.9 336.4 295.4 344.6 2.47 14 350 8630 -21.0 -24.5 73 3.5 -22.0 265 15 340.4 340.7 295.7 345.9 1.50 15 300 9749 -29.5 -32.6 75 3.1 -30.1 261 17 343.8 343.9 296.0 346.9 0.82 16 250 11022 -39.8 -40.0 98 0.2 -39.8 254 13 346.9 347.0 296.4 348.8 0.47 17 200 12505 -52.5 -53.0 94 0.5 -52.5 256 13 349.6 349.6 296.7 350.2 0.14 18 150 14296 -67.8 -68.9 86 1.1 -67.8 295 21 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 19 100 16667 -74.8 -80.4 41 5.6 -74.8 328 8 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.48 m Freezing level: 562.13 mb = 4982.38 m = 16346.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 571.44 mb = 4844.30 m = 15893.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.05 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.67 mb = 963.76 m = 3161.89 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 8.42 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.16 mb = 2397.29 m = 7865.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.56 C = 92.41 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 40.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 463.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.28 mb = 1574.49 m = 5165.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.28 mb = 3298.31 m = 10821.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.28 mb = 12495.99 m = 40996.84 ft B at Equ Level: 460.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.28 mb = 15587.47 m = 51139.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.9 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 328.9 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 8.90 Bulk Shear: 52.08 m/s