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: 32.44,-95.65 Latitude: 32.44 Longitude: -95.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 144 22.8 15.3 63 7.5 17.9 60 7 295.6 297.6 290.9 327.1 10.95 1 1000 174 23.6 15.2 59 8.4 18.1 62 9 296.8 298.8 291.3 328.4 10.93 2 950 623 23.2 13.8 55 9.4 17.1 91 17 300.8 302.7 292.2 331.6 10.49 3 900 1093 20.8 12.8 60 8.1 15.6 113 10 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.7 10.34 4 850 1586 18.3 9.8 58 8.5 13.0 163 6 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.2 8.96 5 800 2103 15.4 5.2 51 10.1 9.5 200 8 307.5 308.8 291.4 328.8 6.97 6 750 2647 12.6 0.9 45 11.7 6.2 231 4 310.2 311.3 290.9 327.2 5.46 7 700 3223 9.1 4.6 74 4.4 6.5 308 7 312.5 314.0 293.4 336.3 7.65 8 650 3835 6.1 1.3 71 4.9 3.4 320 14 315.9 317.1 293.4 336.4 6.47 9 600 4486 1.6 -2.0 77 3.6 -0.3 328 17 318.0 319.1 293.2 335.7 5.52 10 550 5183 -2.7 -4.7 86 2.0 -3.7 330 20 320.9 321.9 293.6 336.9 4.92 11 500 5935 -5.8 -9.4 75 3.6 -7.4 331 19 326.0 326.7 293.9 338.5 3.74 12 450 6754 -10.2 -21.9 38 11.7 -13.9 307 23 330.4 330.7 293.2 335.6 1.47 13 400 7651 -16.1 -22.4 59 6.3 -18.0 308 21 334.0 334.3 294.2 339.7 1.58 14 350 8644 -22.7 -30.7 48 8.0 -24.4 306 23 338.2 338.4 294.7 341.4 0.85 15 300 9755 -31.5 -43.5 30 12.0 -32.9 291 23 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.1 0.27 16 250 11015 -42.2 -50.3 41 8.1 -42.7 285 25 343.3 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.15 17 200 12483 -54.8 -58.1 66 3.3 -54.8 297 29 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14283 -64.8 -74.9 24 10.1 -64.8 323 23 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16691 -72.0 -82.7 19 10.6 -72.1 339 16 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.25 m Freezing level: 581.03 mb = 4750.44 m = 15585.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.70 mb = 4436.19 m = 14554.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.25 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.26 mb = 1100.37 m = 3610.09 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 6.46 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.49 mb = 3169.49 m = 10398.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.49 C = 103.08 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C Showalter Index: 4.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 15.56 C K Index: 29.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5965.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.18 mb = 1725.68 m = 5661.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.3 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 2.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.6 neg: -7.5 tot: 109.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 55.51 m/s