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: 33.51,-101.83 Latitude: 33.51 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 536 SFC 904 973 27.9 18.9 58 9.0 21.4 84 12 309.9 312.8 298.0 356.7 15.36 3 900 1012 27.4 18.4 58 9.0 21.0 84 13 309.7 312.5 297.8 355.3 14.98 4 850 1515 23.0 16.7 68 6.3 18.6 95 14 310.2 312.9 297.4 353.6 14.22 5 800 2041 19.2 14.8 76 4.3 16.2 124 8 311.6 314.1 297.2 352.6 13.37 6 750 2594 15.4 12.1 81 3.3 13.2 196 4 313.3 315.6 296.7 350.2 11.94 7 700 3176 10.8 10.1 96 0.7 10.3 272 6 314.4 316.6 296.4 349.1 11.18 8 650 3792 7.3 6.4 94 0.9 6.8 285 14 317.3 319.1 295.9 346.6 9.32 9 600 4447 3.2 -1.7 70 4.9 0.6 289 18 319.9 321.0 293.9 338.1 5.65 10 550 5148 -0.7 -10.1 49 9.4 -4.8 296 23 323.3 323.9 292.8 334.0 3.23 11 500 5903 -5.3 -13.5 52 8.3 -8.6 294 25 326.6 327.1 293.3 335.8 2.69 12 450 6723 -10.0 -18.7 49 8.7 -13.0 288 23 330.7 331.1 293.7 337.5 1.94 13 400 7622 -15.1 -23.1 51 8.0 -17.5 278 22 335.3 335.6 294.5 340.7 1.49 14 350 8620 -21.4 -32.2 37 10.8 -23.7 268 23 340.0 340.1 295.0 342.8 0.73 15 300 9736 -30.1 -40.3 37 10.1 -31.5 261 24 342.9 343.0 295.4 344.4 0.38 16 250 11007 -40.1 -50.5 32 10.5 -40.8 263 29 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.1 0.15 17 200 12494 -51.0 -54.3 68 3.2 -51.1 262 30 352.0 352.0 297.2 352.5 0.12 18 150 14300 -65.7 -66.0 96 0.3 -65.7 253 34 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.04 19 100 16675 -74.3 -81.0 35 6.7 -74.4 261 16 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.90 m Freezing level: 558.70 mb = 5026.02 m = 16489.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.44 mb = 4522.23 m = 14836.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.56 mb = 2121.36 m = 6959.75 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 22.65 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.02 mb = 2695.90 m = 8844.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 44.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1104.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.04 mb = 2323.88 m = 7624.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.04 mb = 2949.84 m = 9677.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.04 mb = 13188.68 m = 43269.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1099.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.4 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 320.4 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.0 neg: -1.0 tot: 114.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 10.13 Bulk Shear: 109.00 m/s