MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 32.10,-100.43 Latitude: 32.10 Longitude: -100.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 537 SFC 938 650 24.2 16.9 64 7.3 19.2 147 3 302.9 305.3 294.7 341.5 13.02 3 900 1013 25.3 15.5 55 9.8 18.5 187 15 307.5 309.9 295.5 344.9 12.37 4 850 1513 21.9 14.1 61 7.8 16.6 192 18 309.1 311.3 295.6 345.4 11.96 5 800 2037 17.9 12.2 69 5.8 14.1 202 18 310.3 312.4 295.4 344.5 11.21 6 750 2587 13.9 9.9 77 4.1 11.3 213 17 311.7 313.6 295.1 343.2 10.25 7 700 3166 10.3 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 249 10 313.9 315.7 295.3 344.0 9.69 8 650 3780 6.7 5.5 92 1.1 6.0 283 13 316.5 318.2 295.3 344.1 8.78 9 600 4434 2.9 1.5 91 1.3 2.1 277 17 319.4 320.8 294.8 342.2 7.14 10 550 5134 -1.6 -2.3 95 0.7 -2.0 281 16 322.2 323.4 294.6 341.3 5.90 11 500 5888 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 285 12 326.0 326.9 294.7 341.6 4.72 12 450 6708 -10.2 -11.7 89 1.5 -10.8 300 11 330.4 331.1 294.8 342.2 3.47 13 400 7607 -15.7 -17.3 87 1.7 -16.3 304 11 334.6 335.1 295.1 343.3 2.45 14 350 8601 -22.4 -22.9 96 0.5 -22.6 298 13 338.5 338.9 295.4 344.8 1.73 15 300 9715 -30.6 -30.6 100 0.0 -30.6 284 16 342.3 342.5 295.7 346.0 1.00 16 250 10982 -41.2 -41.2 100 0.0 -41.2 281 23 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.5 0.41 17 200 12457 -53.0 -58.0 55 4.9 -53.2 271 30 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.08 18 150 14253 -66.0 -71.5 46 5.5 -66.1 288 27 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16653 -73.3 -80.9 30 7.6 -73.3 305 10 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.48 m Freezing level: 567.88 mb = 4884.17 m = 16024.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.39 mb = 4785.35 m = 15699.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.12 mb = 1593.64 m = 5228.42 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.02 mb = 2882.47 m = 9456.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.97 C = 93.15 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 39.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 81.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.71 mb = 2233.93 m = 7329.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.71 mb = 4478.79 m = 14694.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 386.71 mb = 7858.57 m = 25782.41 ft B at Equ Level: 80.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.71 mb = 11069.64 m = 36317.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.6 neg: -3.4 tot: 94.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.25 Bulk Shear: 24.93 m/s