MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 26.95,-98.07 Latitude: 26.95 Longitude: -98.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 38 26.7 23.3 82 3.3 24.3 137 8 299.0 302.4 297.1 352.1 18.18 1 1000 118 26.6 23.2 82 3.3 24.2 140 13 299.7 303.0 297.3 353.1 18.23 2 950 570 23.6 21.2 86 2.4 21.9 153 23 301.2 304.3 296.8 351.0 16.94 3 900 1043 21.6 17.1 76 4.5 18.5 157 24 303.8 306.3 295.4 344.7 13.79 4 850 1538 20.2 11.4 57 8.8 14.5 161 21 307.3 309.2 293.7 337.5 9.99 5 800 2059 17.6 7.3 51 10.3 11.3 165 16 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.6 8.04 6 750 2608 14.0 4.3 52 9.7 8.3 161 14 311.7 313.1 292.6 333.4 6.96 7 700 3186 10.0 1.7 56 8.3 5.4 151 12 313.6 314.8 292.5 333.0 6.19 8 650 3798 6.0 -0.9 61 7.0 2.3 162 11 315.8 316.9 292.6 333.3 5.50 9 600 4449 1.6 -3.7 68 5.3 -1.1 180 11 317.9 318.9 292.7 333.5 4.85 10 550 5144 -3.1 -8.0 69 4.9 -5.3 187 9 320.4 321.1 292.5 332.8 3.80 11 500 5892 -8.0 -15.7 54 7.7 -10.8 178 4 323.3 323.7 292.0 330.9 2.26 12 450 6705 -11.7 -28.4 24 16.7 -15.9 100 9 328.5 328.7 292.1 331.5 0.82 13 400 7598 -17.1 -31.2 28 14.1 -20.2 71 9 332.8 332.9 293.2 335.4 0.71 14 350 8585 -24.1 -44.0 14 19.9 -26.7 19 5 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.22 15 300 9691 -32.3 -42.2 37 9.8 -33.5 359 14 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.0 0.31 16 250 10951 -42.3 -51.2 38 8.8 -42.9 346 26 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.7 0.14 17 200 12421 -53.7 -60.4 44 6.7 -53.9 339 22 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.06 18 150 14215 -66.0 -74.4 30 8.4 -66.1 350 20 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16614 -72.2 -81.9 22 9.6 -72.3 5 9 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.19 m Freezing level: 583.21 mb = 4682.40 m = 15362.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.95 mb = 4235.42 m = 13895.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.85 % Est. max temperature: 34.31 C = 93.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.89 mb = 460.73 m = 1511.56 ft T: 24.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 20.06 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.05 mb = 1815.23 m = 5955.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.35 C = 97.42 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.37 C K Index: 31.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1373.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.27 mb = 876.67 m = 2876.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.27 mb = 2923.40 m = 9591.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.27 mb = 12999.68 m = 42649.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1371.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.5 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 192.5 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: -12.0 tot: 38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 420.37 Bulk Shear: 3.27 m/s