MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 28.51,-98.23 Latitude: 28.51 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 93 29.4 21.8 64 7.6 23.9 115 10 302.0 305.1 296.8 351.0 16.59 1 1000 149 29.1 21.6 64 7.5 23.7 117 13 302.3 305.3 296.8 350.9 16.45 2 950 605 26.1 19.8 68 6.3 21.6 128 17 303.6 306.5 296.5 349.5 15.44 3 900 1080 22.9 18.2 75 4.7 19.6 121 12 305.1 307.8 296.4 349.2 14.76 4 850 1577 20.0 14.9 73 5.1 16.5 110 6 307.1 309.5 295.6 345.3 12.66 5 800 2098 16.1 12.5 79 3.6 13.7 181 2 308.4 310.5 295.1 343.1 11.47 6 750 2645 13.0 9.2 78 3.8 10.6 223 3 310.7 312.5 294.4 340.6 9.76 7 700 3222 9.7 6.3 80 3.4 7.6 164 2 313.2 314.8 294.3 339.9 8.59 8 650 3835 6.2 3.3 81 3.0 4.5 152 3 316.0 317.4 294.2 339.5 7.46 9 600 4488 2.6 -0.5 80 3.1 1.0 161 4 319.2 320.4 294.0 338.9 6.16 10 550 5188 -1.2 -7.1 64 5.9 -4.0 124 3 322.7 323.5 293.3 336.1 4.07 11 500 5942 -5.5 -15.4 46 9.9 -9.2 115 4 326.4 326.8 292.9 334.3 2.31 12 450 6761 -10.6 -21.2 41 10.6 -13.9 128 10 330.0 330.3 293.2 335.5 1.57 13 400 7656 -16.6 -28.9 34 12.3 -19.6 117 11 333.4 333.6 293.5 336.7 0.88 14 350 8646 -23.5 -32.6 43 9.1 -25.2 118 12 337.1 337.3 294.3 339.8 0.71 15 300 9755 -31.6 -41.2 38 9.6 -32.8 126 12 340.9 341.0 294.8 342.2 0.35 16 250 11018 -41.5 -45.9 62 4.5 -41.8 107 3 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.4 0.25 17 200 12493 -53.3 -56.5 68 3.2 -53.4 60 6 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.7 0.09 18 150 14288 -65.7 -69.8 57 4.0 -65.8 62 11 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16696 -72.9 -81.7 25 8.9 -72.9 25 14 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.58 m Freezing level: 565.51 mb = 4970.76 m = 16308.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.28 mb = 4619.53 m = 15155.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.65 % Est. max temperature: 34.24 C = 93.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.85 mb = 1062.41 m = 3485.57 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 16.71 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.16 mb = 1905.20 m = 6250.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.31 C = 95.55 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.98 mb = 1365.44 m = 4479.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.98 mb = 2577.44 m = 8456.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.98 mb = 12946.18 m = 42473.82 ft B at Equ Level: 912.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.98 mb = 15815.34 m = 51886.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.4 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 163.4 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -16.8 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 77.97 Bulk Shear: 11.82 m/s