MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.27,-101.44 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -101.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 544 SFC 917 859 27.5 19.5 62 8.0 21.7 92 14 308.2 311.2 297.8 355.8 15.74 3 900 1020 25.8 18.6 65 7.2 20.6 93 18 308.1 310.9 297.5 353.9 15.16 4 850 1521 21.7 17.1 75 4.7 18.5 92 14 308.9 311.7 297.3 353.1 14.56 5 800 2046 18.2 15.2 82 3.1 16.1 90 7 310.6 313.2 297.1 352.4 13.68 6 750 2597 14.8 12.6 87 2.2 13.3 252 3 312.7 315.0 296.8 350.7 12.35 7 700 3179 10.7 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 272 8 314.3 316.5 296.4 349.1 11.20 8 650 3794 7.0 5.7 91 1.3 6.2 286 13 316.9 318.6 295.4 344.8 8.87 9 600 4449 3.1 -0.3 78 3.4 1.2 295 15 319.7 320.9 294.3 339.7 6.23 10 550 5149 -1.1 -7.0 64 6.0 -3.9 300 20 322.8 323.6 293.4 336.3 4.10 11 500 5904 -5.2 -13.0 54 7.8 -8.4 299 23 326.7 327.3 293.4 336.2 2.80 12 450 6724 -9.7 -19.7 44 10.0 -13.1 289 19 331.0 331.4 293.6 337.3 1.78 13 400 7625 -15.2 -21.2 60 6.0 -17.1 273 19 335.3 335.6 294.7 341.6 1.76 14 350 8621 -21.8 -27.7 59 5.8 -23.2 264 21 339.3 339.5 295.1 343.5 1.12 15 300 9736 -30.2 -37.0 51 6.8 -31.3 248 22 342.8 342.9 295.5 344.9 0.53 16 250 11007 -40.4 -45.5 58 5.1 -40.8 246 29 346.0 346.1 296.0 347.1 0.26 17 200 12490 -51.4 -54.7 67 3.3 -51.5 271 29 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.9 0.11 18 150 14294 -65.9 -66.5 92 0.6 -65.9 275 33 356.6 356.6 298.1 356.7 0.03 19 100 16674 -74.6 -80.8 38 6.2 -74.6 249 15 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.15 m Freezing level: 562.78 mb = 4970.16 m = 16306.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.31 mb = 4607.16 m = 15115.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.03 mb = 1874.02 m = 6148.29 ft T: 19.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 19.64 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.06 mb = 2483.40 m = 8147.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 43.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1115.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.76 mb = 2069.72 m = 6790.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.76 mb = 2909.11 m = 9544.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.76 mb = 13055.46 m = 42832.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1114.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.3 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 329.3 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.6 neg: -8.1 tot: 85.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 9.52 Bulk Shear: 117.14 m/s