MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 25.01,-99.40 Latitude: 25.01 Longitude: -99.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 972 305 39.7 14.9 23 24.8 22.4 150 8 315.4 317.5 296.5 349.7 11.00 2 950 513 35.6 14.3 28 21.3 21.0 149 9 313.3 315.4 296.0 346.9 10.85 3 900 1001 30.7 13.4 35 17.3 18.9 145 8 313.1 315.2 295.9 346.6 10.82 4 850 1508 25.7 12.5 44 13.2 16.8 139 7 313.1 315.2 295.8 346.4 10.77 5 800 2037 20.7 11.5 56 9.2 14.6 133 6 313.2 315.3 295.8 346.5 10.74 6 750 2591 15.5 10.4 72 5.1 12.2 131 5 313.4 315.4 295.8 346.3 10.63 7 700 3173 12.0 5.8 66 6.2 8.2 319 1 315.8 317.4 294.7 341.7 8.27 8 650 3791 8.9 1.7 60 7.3 4.8 318 6 319.0 320.3 294.4 340.3 6.65 9 600 4449 4.5 -6.1 46 10.5 -0.7 283 2 321.3 322.1 292.9 334.6 4.05 10 550 5152 0.7 -12.6 36 13.3 -4.9 190 6 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.8 2.64 11 500 5912 -3.5 -19.2 28 15.7 -9.1 178 6 328.8 329.1 293.0 334.6 1.68 12 450 6736 -8.8 -23.1 31 14.3 -13.3 220 4 332.1 332.4 293.6 336.9 1.33 13 400 7637 -14.9 -27.5 33 12.6 -18.2 286 3 335.6 335.8 294.1 339.2 1.00 14 350 8632 -22.6 -31.9 42 9.3 -24.5 287 4 338.3 338.5 294.6 341.2 0.76 15 300 9743 -31.2 -39.4 44 8.2 -32.3 262 2 341.4 341.5 295.1 343.1 0.42 16 250 11008 -40.9 -52.6 27 11.7 -41.6 4 14 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.8 0.12 17 200 12492 -51.8 -62.5 27 10.7 -52.1 348 41 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.04 18 150 14289 -67.2 -71.1 58 3.8 -67.3 344 44 354.2 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16648 -77.0 -80.4 59 3.3 -77.0 90 16 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.25 m Freezing level: 541.69 mb = 5278.61 m = 17318.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.27 mb = 4363.51 m = 14315.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.11 % Est. max temperature: 37.54 C = 99.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 681.86 mb = 3392.05 m = 11128.62 ft T: 10.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.61 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.73 mb = 3858.19 m = 12657.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.57 C = 110.42 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 16.00 C K Index: 35.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 697.78 mb = 3199.52 m = 10497.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 442.78 mb = 6859.59 m = 22504.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.78 mb = 11203.08 m = 36755.08 ft B at Equ Level: 139.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.78 mb = 13054.54 m = 42829.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.5 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 192.5 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -21.2 tot: -20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 81.64 Bulk Shear: 1.75 m/s