MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 33.56,-101.44 Latitude: 33.56 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 122 1 950 563 SFC 914 901 23.7 20.1 80 3.6 21.2 93 6 304.6 307.7 297.4 353.7 16.44 3 900 1035 23.5 19.0 76 4.5 20.3 101 11 305.7 308.6 297.1 352.2 15.53 4 850 1533 20.2 16.6 80 3.5 17.7 112 11 307.3 309.9 296.6 349.9 14.16 5 800 2055 17.0 14.1 83 2.9 15.0 111 8 309.2 311.6 296.1 347.9 12.72 6 750 2604 14.4 9.1 70 5.3 11.0 54 5 312.2 314.0 294.8 342.2 9.72 7 700 3184 11.0 5.1 67 5.9 7.5 19 7 314.6 316.2 294.1 339.4 7.90 8 650 3799 7.0 3.6 79 3.3 5.0 347 6 316.9 318.3 294.6 341.1 7.67 9 600 4453 2.9 -0.5 78 3.4 1.1 319 11 319.5 320.7 294.1 339.3 6.16 10 550 5153 -1.4 -4.7 78 3.3 -3.0 323 17 322.5 323.4 294.0 338.5 4.92 11 500 5907 -5.8 -8.6 81 2.7 -7.1 315 17 326.0 326.8 294.1 339.3 4.01 12 450 6726 -10.3 -11.8 89 1.5 -10.9 295 18 330.2 330.9 294.8 342.0 3.44 13 400 7625 -15.3 -16.3 92 1.0 -15.7 272 21 335.1 335.6 295.4 344.5 2.67 14 350 8621 -21.8 -22.1 97 0.3 -21.9 266 23 339.4 339.7 295.7 346.1 1.85 15 300 9738 -29.7 -29.9 97 0.3 -29.7 259 27 343.6 343.8 296.1 347.6 1.06 16 250 11012 -39.3 -39.4 99 0.1 -39.3 253 33 347.7 347.8 296.5 349.7 0.50 17 200 12499 -51.8 -51.9 98 0.2 -51.8 245 33 350.8 350.8 297.0 351.4 0.16 18 150 14295 -67.5 -67.8 96 0.3 -67.5 254 42 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.03 19 100 16676 -72.3 -80.9 26 8.6 -72.3 309 16 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.80 m Freezing level: 565.89 mb = 4930.82 m = 16177.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.90 mb = 4630.94 m = 15193.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.04 mb = 1360.42 m = 4463.28 ft T: 21.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 14.32 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.66 mb = 2350.90 m = 7712.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 36.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 623.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.92 mb = 1874.83 m = 6150.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.92 mb = 3401.40 m = 11159.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.92 mb = 12113.55 m = 39742.14 ft B at Equ Level: 620.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.92 mb = 15511.96 m = 50891.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.3 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 4.3 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -13.2 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 11.96 Bulk Shear: 52.08 m/s