MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.50,-94.75 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -94.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 998 113 26.7 23.4 82 3.3 24.3 79 8 300.0 303.4 297.5 354.0 18.41 2 950 546 23.6 21.9 90 1.7 22.4 96 18 301.2 304.4 297.3 353.3 17.70 3 900 1018 21.5 19.7 89 1.8 20.2 107 16 303.7 306.7 297.0 351.8 16.21 4 850 1515 20.8 16.6 77 4.2 17.9 66 2 307.9 310.6 296.8 350.6 14.13 5 800 2038 17.6 14.2 80 3.4 15.3 307 12 309.9 312.3 296.4 348.9 12.80 6 750 2588 14.0 11.4 84 2.7 12.3 304 21 311.8 314.0 295.9 346.6 11.33 7 700 3168 10.5 5.9 73 4.6 7.8 314 25 314.1 315.7 294.4 340.2 8.36 8 650 3782 6.6 0.7 66 5.9 3.4 321 28 316.4 317.6 293.3 336.1 6.21 9 600 4435 2.7 -3.4 64 6.1 -0.4 322 31 319.3 320.3 293.2 335.4 4.98 10 550 5135 -0.9 -7.9 59 7.0 -4.1 323 35 323.1 323.8 293.3 335.8 3.84 11 500 5891 -4.3 -10.4 62 6.1 -7.0 327 34 327.8 328.5 294.2 339.5 3.46 12 450 6715 -8.8 -15.9 56 7.1 -11.5 318 32 332.2 332.7 294.5 340.8 2.47 13 400 7618 -14.5 -21.7 54 7.2 -16.8 316 29 336.1 336.5 294.8 342.2 1.69 14 350 8616 -21.5 -29.1 50 7.6 -23.2 318 27 339.8 340.0 295.1 343.5 0.98 15 300 9732 -30.2 -37.9 47 7.7 -31.3 324 22 342.8 342.9 295.4 344.7 0.49 16 250 11001 -40.7 -49.8 37 9.0 -41.3 336 28 345.5 345.6 295.8 346.2 0.16 17 200 12481 -51.7 -60.9 32 9.2 -52.0 335 20 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.2 0.05 18 150 14294 -64.4 -75.5 20 11.1 -64.5 33 7 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16675 -78.1 -81.3 59 3.2 -78.1 340 26 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.44 m Freezing level: 561.92 mb = 4967.72 m = 16298.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.21 mb = 4364.26 m = 14318.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.53 % Est. max temperature: 34.67 C = 94.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.44 mb = 532.37 m = 1746.61 ft T: 23.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 18.61 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.88 mb = 1721.90 m = 5649.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.37 C = 95.66 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1003.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.53 mb = 840.12 m = 2756.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.53 mb = 2660.94 m = 8730.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.53 mb = 13022.70 m = 42724.86 ft B at Equ Level: 995.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.5 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 355.5 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 5.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.6 neg: -36.0 tot: 114.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 6.77 Bulk Shear: 148.20 m/s