MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 6Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 26.93,-99.91 Latitude: 26.93 Longitude: -99.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 991 182 28.5 22.0 68 6.5 23.8 125 13 302.4 305.6 297.3 352.8 17.03 2 950 560 25.3 21.0 77 4.2 22.2 131 20 302.9 305.9 297.2 352.5 16.75 3 900 1036 23.9 18.3 71 5.5 19.9 137 19 306.1 308.9 296.8 350.8 14.91 4 850 1534 20.3 16.5 79 3.8 17.7 141 18 307.4 310.0 296.6 349.8 14.05 5 800 2056 16.6 14.7 88 2.0 15.3 142 14 308.9 311.4 296.4 349.0 13.22 6 750 2604 13.5 11.8 90 1.6 12.4 143 11 311.2 313.4 296.0 347.1 11.72 7 700 3183 9.4 8.0 90 1.5 8.5 148 8 312.9 314.8 295.0 342.8 9.64 8 650 3798 8.3 -0.6 53 8.9 3.4 186 4 318.3 319.4 293.4 336.3 5.63 9 600 4454 3.9 -5.1 52 9.0 -0.6 184 3 320.7 321.5 293.0 334.9 4.36 10 550 5155 -0.6 -9.5 51 8.9 -4.6 188 2 323.4 324.1 293.0 334.7 3.39 11 500 5911 -5.1 -13.4 52 8.3 -8.4 235 5 326.8 327.4 293.3 336.1 2.73 12 450 6731 -9.9 -18.7 49 8.8 -12.9 252 9 330.8 331.2 293.7 337.6 1.94 13 400 7630 -15.4 -20.5 65 5.1 -17.1 302 10 334.9 335.3 294.7 341.6 1.87 14 350 8626 -21.6 -25.0 74 3.5 -22.5 320 13 339.7 340.0 295.5 344.9 1.43 15 300 9745 -29.6 -34.9 60 5.4 -30.4 338 7 343.7 343.8 295.8 346.2 0.65 16 250 11016 -40.2 -42.0 83 1.8 -40.4 319 6 346.4 346.5 296.1 347.9 0.38 17 200 12497 -52.8 -55.5 73 2.7 -52.9 326 17 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.10 18 150 14286 -67.3 -69.3 75 2.0 -67.3 339 17 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16658 -75.2 -80.6 43 5.3 -75.3 3 6 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.73 m Freezing level: 556.51 mb = 5064.01 m = 16614.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.10 mb = 4357.35 m = 14295.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.74 C = 92.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.08 mb = 1015.81 m = 3332.65 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 18.14 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1840.28 m = 6037.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.37 C = 93.87 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 40.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 873.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.12 mb = 1300.42 m = 4266.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.12 mb = 2512.89 m = 8244.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.12 mb = 13577.09 m = 44543.73 ft B at Equ Level: 867.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.12 mb = 16201.45 m = 53153.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.4 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 178.4 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -7.6 tot: 17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 81.72 Bulk Shear: 10.69 m/s