MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 31.03,-100.47 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -100.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 578 SFC 936 706 23.3 13.1 53 10.2 16.7 75 6 302.1 304.0 292.3 332.3 10.17 3 900 1050 23.3 9.9 43 13.3 14.9 109 17 305.5 307.1 292.0 331.2 8.55 4 850 1546 20.0 8.5 48 11.4 12.9 115 16 307.1 308.6 292.3 332.1 8.24 5 800 2065 15.4 8.3 62 7.2 11.0 146 12 307.6 309.2 292.7 333.7 8.60 6 750 2609 10.9 9.0 88 1.9 9.7 200 9 308.4 310.2 293.8 337.9 9.69 7 700 3182 7.1 6.1 93 1.0 6.5 230 10 310.4 312.0 293.4 336.4 8.48 8 650 3790 4.5 3.5 93 1.0 3.9 238 6 314.1 315.6 293.8 337.9 7.62 9 600 4440 1.8 0.3 89 1.6 1.0 289 8 318.2 319.5 294.1 339.0 6.52 10 550 5136 -2.8 -3.0 99 0.2 -2.9 284 14 320.7 321.8 294.0 338.8 5.59 11 500 5889 -6.0 -6.6 96 0.5 -6.2 283 16 325.7 326.6 294.6 341.3 4.69 12 450 6708 -10.3 -11.0 95 0.7 -10.6 288 18 330.3 331.0 295.0 342.7 3.67 13 400 7607 -15.5 -17.1 87 1.6 -16.0 292 19 334.9 335.4 295.2 343.7 2.50 14 350 8603 -21.7 -25.6 71 3.9 -22.7 312 19 339.5 339.8 295.4 344.4 1.35 15 300 9719 -30.2 -35.6 59 5.4 -31.1 295 27 342.8 342.9 295.6 345.1 0.61 16 250 10987 -41.0 -41.1 99 0.1 -41.0 292 31 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.8 0.42 17 200 12465 -52.7 -54.2 84 1.5 -52.8 299 39 349.3 349.3 296.6 349.8 0.12 18 150 14261 -67.4 -68.4 87 1.0 -67.4 280 28 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.03 19 100 16650 -71.4 -81.0 22 9.6 -71.4 20 19 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.31 m Freezing level: 580.28 mb = 4714.61 m = 15467.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.62 mb = 4606.86 m = 15114.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.22 mb = 2009.36 m = 6592.30 ft T: 15.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 1.46 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.49 mb = 3425.73 m = 11239.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: 4.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 14.56 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5943.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.75 mb = 2700.57 m = 8860.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.4 neg: -5.7 tot: 115.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 77.83 m/s