MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 32.33,-99.65 Latitude: 32.33 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 954 565 22.9 18.2 75 4.8 19.6 71 7 300.1 302.6 294.5 340.8 13.90 2 950 603 22.0 17.9 77 4.1 19.2 71 7 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.5 13.68 3 900 1070 18.3 16.1 87 2.3 16.8 68 9 300.4 302.8 293.9 338.1 12.85 4 850 1560 16.1 13.4 84 2.7 14.3 49 10 303.0 305.1 293.6 336.9 11.42 5 800 2074 14.1 7.8 65 6.4 10.3 31 10 306.2 307.8 292.1 331.4 8.32 6 750 2618 13.0 0.8 43 12.2 6.3 12 8 310.7 311.7 291.0 327.5 5.39 7 700 3195 10.0 -1.4 45 11.4 4.0 343 8 313.6 314.5 291.5 329.2 4.94 8 650 3807 5.9 -0.3 64 6.2 2.6 339 10 315.7 316.8 292.8 334.0 5.78 9 600 4457 1.2 -3.6 71 4.8 -1.2 346 10 317.5 318.4 292.6 333.2 4.90 10 550 5153 -1.4 -14.0 38 12.5 -6.4 17 6 322.4 322.9 291.8 330.4 2.36 11 500 5909 -4.2 -25.0 18 20.7 -10.5 5 5 327.9 328.1 292.1 331.5 1.01 12 450 6731 -9.9 -24.5 29 14.6 -14.2 301 4 330.8 331.0 293.0 334.9 1.16 13 400 7627 -16.1 -17.3 90 1.2 -16.5 256 11 334.1 334.6 295.0 342.7 2.46 14 350 8622 -22.0 -22.2 99 0.2 -22.1 283 16 339.1 339.5 295.7 345.8 1.85 15 300 9737 -30.4 -31.0 95 0.6 -30.5 302 21 342.5 342.7 295.8 346.2 0.96 16 250 11004 -41.5 -43.1 85 1.6 -41.6 296 23 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.7 0.34 17 200 12477 -53.2 -58.8 51 5.5 -53.4 266 31 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.07 18 150 14278 -65.2 -72.4 36 7.2 -65.3 338 29 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 19 100 16673 -73.8 -81.0 32 7.2 -73.9 328 8 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.36 m Freezing level: 577.32 mb = 4772.69 m = 15658.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.89 mb = 4244.46 m = 13925.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.01 mb = 1165.74 m = 3824.55 ft T: 17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 13.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 2074.05 m = 6804.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.35 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 22.32 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3905.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.26 mb = 1407.27 m = 4616.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.4 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 41.4 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 165.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -17.2 tot: -16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 8.05 m/s