MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.58,-101.89 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -101.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 538 SFC 902 992 30.1 17.6 47 12.5 21.2 108 5 312.3 315.0 297.9 355.9 14.16 3 900 1016 29.2 17.1 48 12.1 20.6 109 5 311.6 314.2 297.5 353.9 13.79 4 850 1521 24.2 16.0 60 8.2 18.4 122 4 311.5 314.1 297.3 353.0 13.55 5 800 2049 19.3 14.8 75 4.5 16.2 168 2 311.7 314.2 297.2 352.6 13.32 6 750 2601 14.3 13.3 94 1.0 13.7 225 3 312.1 314.6 297.1 351.9 12.95 7 700 3182 10.9 10.3 96 0.6 10.5 260 7 314.5 316.7 296.5 349.7 11.33 8 650 3798 7.6 4.8 83 2.7 5.9 283 13 317.5 319.1 295.3 343.9 8.36 9 600 4453 2.9 1.2 88 1.8 2.0 275 15 319.5 320.9 294.8 341.8 6.97 10 550 5153 -1.4 -7.4 63 6.0 -4.2 282 19 322.5 323.3 293.2 335.6 3.99 11 500 5907 -5.4 -16.5 41 11.0 -9.5 283 22 326.4 326.8 292.7 333.6 2.11 12 450 6726 -10.1 -19.9 45 9.8 -13.3 281 19 330.6 330.9 293.5 336.8 1.76 13 400 7624 -15.8 -22.7 55 6.9 -17.9 282 16 334.4 334.7 294.3 339.9 1.54 14 350 8618 -22.3 -25.9 73 3.6 -23.2 271 22 338.7 339.0 295.1 343.5 1.33 15 300 9732 -30.5 -34.8 66 4.3 -31.2 260 24 342.4 342.5 295.5 344.9 0.67 16 250 11000 -40.8 -47.5 48 6.7 -41.3 242 26 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.3 0.21 17 200 12478 -52.4 -61.6 32 9.2 -52.7 252 24 349.8 349.8 296.6 350.0 0.05 18 150 14280 -65.7 -73.4 34 7.7 -65.8 272 23 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16676 -74.0 -81.0 33 7.0 -74.0 239 9 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.73 m Freezing level: 565.77 mb = 4932.23 m = 16181.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.13 mb = 4668.91 m = 15317.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.32 mb = 2574.26 m = 8445.64 ft T: 14.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 22.23 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.95 mb = 2668.99 m = 8756.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.23 C = 86.42 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 45.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1198.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.81 mb = 2568.69 m = 8427.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.81 mb = 2853.66 m = 9362.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.81 mb = 13214.56 m = 43354.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1198.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 32.21 Bulk Shear: 37.21 m/s