MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 30.63,-99.88 Latitude: 30.63 Longitude: -99.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 538 SFC 940 635 30.5 18.6 49 11.9 22.0 91 14 309.1 311.8 297.3 353.2 14.53 3 900 1019 26.4 17.7 59 8.7 20.2 93 18 308.7 311.4 297.1 352.1 14.31 4 850 1521 21.7 16.7 73 5.0 18.2 99 17 308.9 311.6 297.1 352.1 14.25 5 800 2044 17.2 15.4 89 1.9 16.0 113 14 309.5 312.1 297.0 351.7 13.86 6 750 2594 14.1 12.3 89 1.7 12.9 150 8 311.8 314.1 296.4 349.0 12.11 7 700 3174 10.8 7.7 81 3.1 8.9 231 2 314.4 316.2 295.3 343.9 9.48 8 650 3789 6.9 3.8 80 3.1 5.1 350 5 316.8 318.3 294.6 341.3 7.75 9 600 4444 3.6 1.2 85 2.4 2.2 355 13 320.3 321.6 295.0 342.7 7.00 10 550 5147 0.3 -4.5 70 4.7 -2.1 336 13 324.4 325.4 294.6 340.9 5.00 11 500 5906 -3.7 -11.6 54 8.0 -7.1 321 12 328.6 329.2 294.1 339.3 3.14 12 450 6731 -8.8 -18.6 45 9.9 -12.2 312 10 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.1 1.95 13 400 7633 -14.5 -24.0 44 9.5 -17.3 304 10 336.2 336.4 294.6 341.1 1.37 14 350 8632 -21.5 -26.8 62 5.4 -22.8 315 13 339.8 340.1 295.4 344.3 1.22 15 300 9749 -29.8 -35.2 59 5.4 -30.7 300 11 343.4 343.5 295.7 345.8 0.64 16 250 11019 -40.5 -41.7 89 1.2 -40.6 255 10 345.8 345.9 296.1 347.4 0.39 17 200 12501 -52.0 -57.0 55 5.0 -52.1 270 22 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.9 0.09 18 150 14303 -65.9 -68.0 76 2.0 -66.0 314 26 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.03 19 100 16676 -76.5 -80.7 51 4.2 -76.6 300 11 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.06 m Freezing level: 546.45 mb = 5200.83 m = 17062.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.44 mb = 4795.72 m = 15733.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.98 % Est. max temperature: 31.37 C = 88.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.42 mb = 2135.94 m = 7007.59 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 10.87 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.55 mb = 2385.52 m = 7826.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 39.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 757.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.81 mb = 2131.81 m = 6994.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.81 mb = 2857.91 m = 9376.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.81 mb = 12928.66 m = 42416.35 ft B at Equ Level: 756.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.81 mb = 16290.42 m = 53445.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 29.4 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 59.4 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.5 neg: -3.5 tot: 86.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 25.11 Bulk Shear: 30.18 m/s