MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.99,-101.62 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 516 2 900 993 SFC 895 1040 31.4 15.9 39 15.5 20.5 117 12 314.4 316.8 297.5 354.1 12.82 4 850 1502 26.4 14.9 49 11.5 18.4 123 11 313.8 316.3 297.3 352.9 12.63 5 800 2033 21.5 13.8 61 7.7 16.3 146 7 314.1 316.5 297.3 352.8 12.51 6 750 2590 16.8 12.1 74 4.7 13.7 216 7 314.9 317.1 297.0 351.9 11.92 7 700 3175 13.1 7.4 69 5.7 9.5 257 13 316.9 318.7 295.8 346.1 9.28 8 650 3794 8.9 1.9 61 7.0 4.8 275 15 319.0 320.3 294.4 340.6 6.75 9 600 4452 3.8 -1.4 69 5.2 1.0 280 18 320.6 321.7 294.1 339.2 5.78 10 550 5154 -0.4 -4.6 73 4.2 -2.6 283 22 323.6 324.5 294.3 339.8 4.93 11 500 5911 -4.3 -10.3 63 6.0 -7.0 281 24 327.8 328.5 294.2 339.6 3.50 12 450 6734 -9.3 -14.6 65 5.3 -11.4 275 27 331.5 332.1 294.6 341.0 2.74 13 400 7635 -15.1 -22.4 54 7.3 -17.3 275 26 335.3 335.7 294.6 341.1 1.59 14 350 8630 -22.2 -30.2 48 8.0 -23.9 275 26 338.9 339.0 294.8 342.2 0.89 15 300 9744 -30.3 -43.7 26 13.3 -31.9 275 36 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.27 16 250 11015 -40.2 -48.7 40 8.5 -40.9 285 36 346.3 346.3 296.0 347.0 0.18 17 200 12497 -52.0 -61.2 32 9.2 -52.2 291 33 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.7 0.05 18 150 14304 -64.8 -74.6 25 9.8 -64.9 294 31 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16704 -73.6 -81.1 31 7.5 -73.6 307 14 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.99 m Freezing level: 555.14 mb = 5081.39 m = 16671.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.50 mb = 4648.98 m = 15252.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.05 mb = 2994.45 m = 9824.20 ft T: 14.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 14.90 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.05 mb = 3404.25 m = 11168.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 40.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 959.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.16 mb = 2981.26 m = 9780.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.16 mb = 3906.78 m = 12817.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.16 mb = 13118.79 m = 43040.11 ft B at Equ Level: 954.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.16 mb = 16077.74 m = 52747.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.4 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 300.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 9.77 Bulk Shear: 98.20 m/s