MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 26.15,-97.78 Latitude: 26.15 Longitude: -97.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 19 30.7 22.5 62 8.2 24.7 145 9 302.5 305.6 297.3 353.3 17.18 1 1000 160 28.2 22.0 69 6.1 23.8 146 11 301.3 304.4 296.9 351.2 16.92 2 950 614 23.8 21.0 84 2.8 21.8 147 12 301.4 304.4 296.7 350.5 16.70 3 900 1085 19.8 19.1 95 0.8 19.3 149 12 301.9 304.8 296.2 348.0 15.63 4 850 1578 19.0 12.7 67 6.3 14.8 149 12 306.0 308.1 294.0 338.8 10.89 5 800 2098 16.5 8.0 57 8.5 11.3 145 11 308.8 310.3 292.9 334.6 8.46 6 750 2645 13.4 2.5 47 11.0 7.3 140 10 311.2 312.3 291.7 330.1 6.11 7 700 3222 9.9 -3.6 38 13.5 3.1 138 11 313.5 314.3 290.8 326.8 4.19 8 650 3833 6.0 -1.6 58 7.7 2.0 133 9 315.8 316.8 292.4 332.4 5.23 9 600 4485 2.5 -6.8 50 9.3 -1.9 110 8 319.0 319.7 292.1 331.4 3.82 10 550 5183 -1.8 -8.4 60 6.7 -4.8 92 11 322.0 322.7 292.8 334.1 3.68 11 500 5935 -6.2 -14.1 54 7.9 -9.3 92 13 325.5 326.0 292.9 334.2 2.58 12 450 6752 -11.2 -19.6 50 8.4 -14.0 99 14 329.2 329.6 293.2 335.5 1.80 13 400 7645 -17.3 -23.0 61 5.7 -18.9 100 15 332.5 332.9 293.8 337.9 1.51 14 350 8633 -23.9 -27.0 76 3.1 -24.6 117 8 336.6 336.8 294.6 341.0 1.20 15 300 9740 -32.1 -39.1 50 7.1 -33.0 97 5 340.2 340.3 294.8 341.9 0.43 16 250 11001 -41.9 -48.3 49 6.5 -42.3 88 8 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.6 0.19 17 200 12473 -53.6 -56.8 68 3.2 -53.7 92 14 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.09 18 150 14265 -66.9 -69.6 69 2.7 -67.0 74 7 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16670 -72.3 -81.2 25 8.9 -72.3 53 19 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.82 m Freezing level: 570.83 mb = 4891.90 m = 16049.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.38 mb = 4160.35 m = 13649.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.22 mb = 1053.79 m = 3457.27 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 26.51 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 1039.68 m = 3410.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 24.37 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1211.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.02 mb = 988.46 m = 3242.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.02 mb = 2700.22 m = 8858.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.02 mb = 13304.07 m = 43647.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1202.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.02 mb = 16379.69 m = 53738.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.9 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 158.9 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -2.5 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 884.34 Bulk Shear: 1.37 m/s