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: 32.72,-100.49 Latitude: 32.72 Longitude: -100.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 539 SFC 938 649 28.1 18.4 56 9.7 21.2 85 8 306.8 309.4 296.6 349.8 14.30 3 900 1020 27.9 16.3 49 11.6 19.8 97 16 310.3 312.8 296.7 350.2 13.09 4 850 1524 24.3 15.0 56 9.3 17.9 126 13 311.6 314.0 296.8 350.6 12.72 5 800 2052 20.1 13.6 66 6.5 15.7 151 11 312.6 314.9 296.7 350.4 12.30 6 750 2606 15.8 11.9 78 3.9 13.2 187 9 313.7 315.9 296.7 350.0 11.74 7 700 3189 11.5 8.7 83 2.8 9.7 234 7 315.3 317.2 296.0 346.9 10.14 8 650 3806 7.8 2.9 71 4.9 4.9 304 7 317.8 319.2 294.6 340.9 7.29 9 600 4461 3.5 -0.4 76 3.9 1.4 331 10 320.2 321.4 294.4 340.2 6.22 10 550 5164 0.3 -5.9 63 6.2 -2.7 337 13 324.5 325.3 294.1 339.3 4.50 11 500 5924 -3.1 -12.8 47 9.7 -7.2 329 13 329.3 329.9 294.1 339.1 2.86 12 450 6750 -8.6 -19.4 42 10.7 -12.3 307 12 332.4 332.8 294.0 338.9 1.83 13 400 7651 -15.1 -25.1 42 9.9 -17.9 296 11 335.3 335.6 294.3 339.8 1.25 14 350 8647 -22.0 -31.4 42 9.4 -24.0 292 12 339.1 339.2 294.8 342.0 0.79 15 300 9762 -30.3 -37.7 48 7.5 -31.4 302 17 342.7 342.8 295.4 344.7 0.49 16 250 11031 -40.3 -42.8 77 2.5 -40.5 324 22 346.2 346.3 296.1 347.6 0.35 17 200 12513 -52.4 -52.7 97 0.3 -52.4 324 30 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.4 0.14 18 150 14312 -66.1 -71.8 45 5.7 -66.2 327 24 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16697 -73.1 -81.1 29 8.0 -73.2 48 6 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.68 m Freezing level: 545.33 mb = 5234.93 m = 17174.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4688.91 m = 15383.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.64 % Est. max temperature: 34.03 C = 93.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.77 mb = 1892.93 m = 6210.32 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 11.78 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.33 mb = 3006.00 m = 9862.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.95 C = 96.71 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.08 C K Index: 39.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 470.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.75 mb = 2461.47 m = 8075.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.75 mb = 3834.13 m = 12579.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.75 mb = 12584.01 m = 41285.62 ft B at Equ Level: 467.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.75 mb = 15256.15 m = 50052.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.8 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 357.8 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.4 neg: -8.2 tot: 129.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 7.71 Bulk Shear: 61.12 m/s