MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.63,-100.74 Latitude: 32.63 Longitude: -100.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 537 SFC 935 678 28.3 18.0 54 10.3 21.1 100 7 307.3 310.0 296.5 349.7 14.06 3 900 1018 28.5 16.0 47 12.5 19.8 110 15 310.9 313.4 296.7 350.2 12.83 4 850 1524 24.7 14.8 54 9.9 17.9 127 14 312.0 314.4 296.7 350.6 12.55 5 800 2052 20.3 13.5 65 6.7 15.7 142 12 312.8 315.1 296.8 350.6 12.27 6 750 2606 15.9 11.9 77 4.0 13.2 166 9 313.8 316.1 296.7 350.2 11.74 7 700 3190 11.6 8.7 82 2.9 9.7 211 6 315.4 317.3 296.0 347.1 10.16 8 650 3806 7.8 3.3 73 4.5 5.2 293 6 317.8 319.2 294.7 341.5 7.49 9 600 4462 3.7 -0.7 73 4.4 1.3 333 9 320.4 321.5 294.3 339.9 6.05 10 550 5165 0.4 -6.0 62 6.5 -2.7 337 11 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.3 4.44 11 500 5925 -3.2 -11.9 51 8.7 -7.0 323 11 329.1 329.7 294.2 339.6 3.06 12 450 6751 -8.7 -19.2 42 10.5 -12.4 309 11 332.3 332.6 294.0 338.8 1.86 13 400 7652 -15.2 -25.3 42 10.1 -18.0 299 10 335.3 335.5 294.3 339.7 1.22 14 350 8647 -22.0 -31.3 43 9.3 -24.0 291 11 339.0 339.2 294.8 342.0 0.80 15 300 9762 -30.3 -36.8 53 6.5 -31.3 300 15 342.7 342.8 295.4 344.8 0.54 16 250 11032 -40.0 -41.9 82 1.8 -40.2 324 22 346.6 346.6 296.2 348.1 0.39 17 200 12515 -52.5 -52.6 98 0.2 -52.5 323 29 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.3 0.15 18 150 14312 -66.1 -71.3 49 5.1 -66.2 329 21 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16697 -73.5 -81.0 31 7.5 -73.5 39 4 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.34 m Freezing level: 544.13 mb = 5254.39 m = 17238.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.31 mb = 4676.30 m = 15342.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.97 C = 93.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.95 mb = 1998.68 m = 6557.27 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.67 mb = 3073.63 m = 10083.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.91 C = 96.63 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 18.02 C K Index: 39.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 457.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.79 mb = 2574.54 m = 8446.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.79 mb = 3834.19 m = 12579.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.79 mb = 12584.33 m = 41286.68 ft B at Equ Level: 454.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.79 mb = 15254.64 m = 50047.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.0 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 6.0 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.0 neg: -8.3 tot: 96.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 8.12 Bulk Shear: 56.31 m/s