MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 33.38,-97.06 Latitude: 33.38 Longitude: -97.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 985 217 23.7 20.8 84 2.9 21.7 215 6 298.1 301.0 295.3 344.3 15.90 2 950 537 23.9 18.5 72 5.4 20.1 189 19 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.3 14.25 3 900 1010 22.0 16.6 72 5.3 18.3 196 27 304.1 306.6 295.2 343.8 13.33 4 850 1505 18.9 15.0 78 3.8 16.3 210 24 305.9 308.3 295.3 344.2 12.76 5 800 2025 16.6 12.5 77 4.1 13.9 237 16 308.9 311.0 295.2 343.8 11.50 6 750 2573 12.6 10.6 88 2.0 11.3 255 16 310.3 312.3 295.1 343.3 10.80 7 700 3149 8.9 8.3 96 0.6 8.5 264 17 312.3 314.2 295.0 342.8 9.88 8 650 3761 5.6 5.3 98 0.3 5.4 271 17 315.3 317.0 294.8 342.3 8.62 9 600 4412 1.8 1.6 99 0.2 1.7 277 17 318.2 319.6 294.6 341.0 7.18 10 550 5110 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.1 278 16 321.8 322.9 294.6 340.9 5.90 11 500 5863 -5.8 -6.3 96 0.5 -6.1 267 18 326.0 326.9 294.7 341.8 4.77 12 450 6682 -10.3 -10.7 97 0.4 -10.5 261 21 330.3 331.1 295.1 343.1 3.76 13 400 7581 -15.6 -15.8 98 0.2 -15.7 265 24 334.7 335.3 295.4 344.5 2.79 14 350 8575 -22.3 -22.3 100 0.0 -22.3 270 25 338.7 339.0 295.6 345.2 1.82 15 300 9688 -30.9 -30.9 100 -0.0 -30.9 273 33 341.9 342.1 295.6 345.5 0.97 16 250 10953 -41.7 -41.7 100 -0.0 -41.7 267 37 344.1 344.2 295.7 345.6 0.39 17 200 12422 -54.4 -54.6 97 0.2 -54.4 289 40 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.1 0.11 18 150 14207 -67.8 -68.9 86 1.1 -67.8 291 47 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 19 100 16619 -67.6 -81.6 12 14.0 -67.7 255 11 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.24 m Freezing level: 576.07 mb = 4746.16 m = 15571.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.20 mb = 4708.95 m = 15449.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.72 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.88 mb = 584.57 m = 1917.84 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 3.29 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.18 mb = 2194.70 m = 7200.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.86 C = 94.75 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 39.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.84 mb = 1305.13 m = 4281.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.84 mb = 3329.80 m = 10924.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 434.84 mb = 6943.55 m = 22780.40 ft B at Equ Level: 90.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.84 mb = 10295.71 m = 33778.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 120.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.80 Bulk Shear: 32.32 m/s