MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 26.12,-96.52 Latitude: 26.12 Longitude: -96.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 1 29.0 26.0 84 3.1 26.7 126 15 301.0 304.9 299.4 363.8 21.29 1 1000 126 27.8 24.4 82 3.4 25.3 127 18 300.9 304.5 298.4 358.5 19.53 2 950 580 24.0 21.7 87 2.3 22.3 128 19 301.5 304.7 297.3 352.9 17.41 3 900 1052 21.7 17.3 76 4.4 18.7 129 18 303.9 306.4 295.6 345.3 13.94 4 850 1548 19.6 12.5 64 7.1 15.0 131 17 306.7 308.7 294.1 339.3 10.81 5 800 2068 17.2 8.8 58 8.4 12.0 132 14 309.5 311.2 293.5 336.8 8.92 6 750 2617 14.2 5.0 54 9.2 8.8 141 10 312.0 313.4 293.0 334.8 7.33 7 700 3196 10.7 1.0 51 9.6 5.4 161 7 314.3 315.4 292.5 332.9 5.91 8 650 3809 6.7 -1.9 54 8.6 2.2 180 5 316.5 317.5 292.5 332.9 5.13 9 600 4461 2.2 -4.6 61 6.8 -1.2 178 5 318.7 319.5 292.6 333.3 4.54 10 550 5158 -2.4 -7.4 69 5.0 -4.7 151 6 321.2 322.0 292.9 334.3 3.99 11 500 5909 -7.0 -13.4 60 6.4 -9.5 159 6 324.6 325.1 292.7 333.8 2.73 12 450 6722 -12.3 -22.1 44 9.8 -15.2 101 2 327.8 328.1 292.5 332.9 1.45 13 400 7612 -18.0 -31.7 29 13.7 -20.9 14 3 331.6 331.7 292.8 334.1 0.67 14 350 8598 -23.7 -41.4 18 17.7 -26.3 36 7 336.8 336.9 293.8 338.0 0.29 15 300 9706 -32.2 -47.6 20 15.4 -33.7 111 5 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.6 0.17 16 250 10963 -43.0 -52.4 35 9.4 -43.5 333 7 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.6 0.12 17 200 12429 -54.0 -63.0 32 9.1 -54.2 344 12 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14226 -64.7 -71.5 39 6.8 -64.8 339 26 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.02 19 100 16639 -73.0 -81.9 25 8.9 -73.0 2 7 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.97 m Freezing level: 576.23 mb = 4792.82 m = 15724.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.25 mb = 4230.45 m = 13879.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.73 % Est. max temperature: 33.97 C = 93.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.86 mb = 387.61 m = 1271.67 ft T: 25.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 30.91 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1261.76 m = 4139.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.15 C = 91.68 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.51 C K Index: 29.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2051.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.36 mb = 828.43 m = 2717.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.36 mb = 2634.99 m = 8644.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.36 mb = 13505.10 m = 44307.55 ft B at Equ Level: 2051.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.6 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 170.6 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -5.3 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 231.48 Bulk Shear: 8.86 m/s