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: 33.64,-101.74 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 541 SFC 904 973 26.2 19.7 68 6.5 21.5 94 10 308.0 311.1 298.1 357.0 16.17 3 900 1014 25.6 19.2 67 6.5 21.0 94 11 307.9 310.9 297.8 355.4 15.71 4 850 1515 22.0 16.3 70 5.8 18.0 104 12 309.2 311.8 296.9 351.2 13.82 5 800 2040 18.5 13.9 75 4.6 15.4 119 6 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.5 12.60 6 750 2592 15.0 11.2 78 3.8 12.5 236 2 312.9 315.0 296.1 347.5 11.21 7 700 3173 10.6 9.1 91 1.4 9.6 297 7 314.2 316.2 295.9 346.6 10.45 8 650 3788 7.0 5.3 89 1.7 5.9 298 14 316.9 318.5 295.3 344.0 8.62 9 600 4443 3.5 -1.8 68 5.3 0.7 295 17 320.2 321.3 293.9 338.2 5.59 10 550 5145 -0.4 -9.0 52 8.7 -4.3 296 22 323.7 324.4 293.2 335.3 3.51 11 500 5901 -5.0 -12.8 55 7.7 -8.2 296 24 326.9 327.5 293.5 336.6 2.87 12 450 6721 -10.0 -17.9 52 7.9 -12.8 291 23 330.7 331.1 293.8 338.0 2.08 13 400 7621 -15.2 -21.3 59 6.1 -17.1 280 23 335.2 335.6 294.7 341.5 1.74 14 350 8618 -21.5 -29.1 50 7.7 -23.2 269 24 339.8 340.0 295.1 343.5 0.98 15 300 9735 -30.0 -37.5 48 7.5 -31.2 259 24 343.1 343.2 295.5 345.1 0.51 16 250 11006 -40.0 -48.3 41 8.3 -40.6 261 27 346.6 346.7 296.1 347.4 0.19 17 200 12492 -51.2 -55.0 64 3.8 -51.4 263 28 351.7 351.7 297.1 352.1 0.11 18 150 14297 -65.8 -66.7 88 0.9 -65.8 258 33 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.9 0.03 19 100 16677 -74.4 -80.9 36 6.6 -74.4 256 17 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.83 m Freezing level: 554.56 mb = 5081.19 m = 16670.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.33 mb = 4533.55 m = 14873.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.96 mb = 1795.26 m = 5889.90 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 21.61 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.14 mb = 2658.17 m = 8720.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 41.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 799.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.82 mb = 2204.08 m = 7231.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.82 mb = 3056.05 m = 10026.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.82 mb = 12497.85 m = 41002.94 ft B at Equ Level: 797.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.82 mb = 16127.52 m = 52911.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.4 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 325.4 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.7 neg: -1.7 tot: 73.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 8.90 Bulk Shear: 89.90 m/s