MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 31.59,-97.21 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 989 188 36.0 14.1 27 21.9 21.2 90 7 310.2 312.1 294.7 341.6 10.27 2 950 549 31.2 13.1 33 18.1 19.1 92 7 308.8 310.7 294.1 339.3 10.02 3 900 1030 26.5 12.3 41 14.2 17.1 97 6 308.8 310.7 294.1 339.3 10.04 4 850 1530 21.7 11.4 52 10.2 15.0 104 5 308.8 310.7 294.1 339.3 10.02 5 800 2052 16.7 10.5 67 6.2 12.7 114 4 308.9 310.8 294.1 339.3 9.99 6 750 2597 11.6 9.2 85 2.4 10.1 139 3 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.9 9.77 7 700 3171 7.3 5.4 87 2.0 6.2 220 3 310.6 312.1 293.2 335.4 8.05 8 650 3779 6.3 -8.9 33 15.2 -0.5 322 7 316.1 316.7 290.5 325.9 3.01 9 600 4433 3.8 -21.1 14 24.9 -4.8 308 10 320.5 320.7 290.2 324.6 1.18 10 550 5133 -0.9 -12.2 42 11.3 -5.6 303 12 323.0 323.6 292.3 332.2 2.74 11 500 5887 -5.4 -11.5 62 6.2 -7.9 288 14 326.5 327.1 293.6 337.2 3.17 12 450 6707 -10.1 -12.1 85 2.0 -10.9 292 18 330.5 331.2 294.8 342.1 3.37 13 400 7607 -15.5 -16.4 93 0.9 -15.8 289 23 334.9 335.4 295.3 344.2 2.65 14 350 8602 -22.2 -22.6 96 0.4 -22.3 290 28 338.9 339.2 295.6 345.3 1.78 15 300 9717 -30.6 -32.6 82 2.0 -30.9 293 33 342.3 342.5 295.6 345.4 0.82 16 250 10983 -41.3 -45.9 61 4.6 -41.6 294 37 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.7 0.25 17 200 12458 -52.8 -57.5 56 4.8 -52.9 308 40 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.08 18 150 14257 -66.0 -69.9 58 3.9 -66.0 300 34 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16657 -74.1 -81.1 33 6.9 -74.2 265 10 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.35 m Freezing level: 559.64 mb = 4997.93 m = 16397.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.80 mb = 3731.54 m = 12242.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.98 % Est. max temperature: 34.73 C = 94.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.06 mb = 2924.46 m = 9594.58 ft T: 9.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.04 mb = 2947.81 m = 9671.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.92 C = 96.66 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 16.79 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.19 mb = 2831.33 m = 9289.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.19 mb = 3121.36 m = 10240.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 684.19 mb = 3358.54 m = 11018.70 ft B at Equ Level: 10.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 654.19 mb = 3726.66 m = 12226.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.1 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 338.1 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 26.82 m/s