MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 32.09,-99.99 Latitude: 32.09 Longitude: -99.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 564 SFC 948 586 30.3 14.8 39 15.5 19.8 171 5 308.2 310.3 294.8 342.1 11.21 3 900 1042 24.7 13.2 49 11.5 17.1 166 7 306.9 308.9 294.1 339.1 10.66 4 850 1539 19.9 12.2 61 7.7 14.8 163 7 307.0 309.0 294.0 338.9 10.55 5 800 2058 15.6 10.8 73 4.8 12.5 172 5 307.7 309.7 294.0 338.7 10.21 6 750 2604 12.1 10.1 88 2.0 10.9 243 3 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.5 10.43 7 700 3180 8.7 7.6 92 1.1 8.0 284 3 312.1 313.9 294.6 341.1 9.39 8 650 3791 6.0 3.4 83 2.6 4.5 275 7 315.8 317.2 294.2 339.5 7.55 9 600 4444 2.1 1.1 93 1.0 1.5 265 15 318.6 319.9 294.4 340.6 6.91 10 550 5142 -1.8 -2.5 95 0.7 -2.1 272 17 322.0 323.1 294.5 340.8 5.79 11 500 5897 -5.5 -6.8 91 1.3 -6.1 275 19 326.4 327.3 294.7 341.7 4.61 12 450 6717 -9.9 -11.5 88 1.6 -10.6 278 20 330.8 331.5 295.0 342.8 3.53 13 400 7617 -15.2 -17.3 84 2.0 -16.0 273 18 335.2 335.7 295.3 343.9 2.47 14 350 8613 -22.2 -22.8 95 0.6 -22.4 269 21 338.8 339.2 295.6 345.2 1.75 15 300 9727 -30.8 -32.1 89 1.2 -31.0 275 22 341.9 342.1 295.6 345.2 0.87 16 250 10992 -41.4 -45.9 62 4.4 -41.8 293 26 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.5 0.25 17 200 12469 -52.7 -58.0 53 5.3 -52.9 296 32 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.08 18 150 14268 -66.1 -69.6 61 3.5 -66.1 284 26 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16668 -73.0 -80.8 30 7.7 -73.1 311 3 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.60 m Freezing level: 572.92 mb = 4821.96 m = 15819.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.33 mb = 4725.15 m = 15502.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.05 mb = 2535.83 m = 8319.54 ft T: 12.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 3.49 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 2974.92 m = 9760.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.37 C = 92.06 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 17.67 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3151.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.80 mb = 2505.12 m = 8218.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -4.7 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 20.46 m/s