MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 26.1,-97.31 Latitude: 26.10 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1017 8 27.9 24.5 82 3.4 25.4 144 7 299.6 303.1 298.0 356.3 19.34 1 1000 153 27.2 23.4 80 3.8 24.4 148 11 300.3 303.7 297.5 354.3 18.38 2 950 606 23.4 21.4 89 2.0 22.0 153 13 300.9 304.0 296.9 351.3 17.14 3 900 1077 21.0 17.1 78 4.0 18.3 159 13 303.2 305.7 295.3 343.9 13.73 4 850 1571 19.1 12.7 67 6.4 14.9 153 12 306.1 308.2 294.1 339.0 10.93 5 800 2091 16.3 8.5 60 7.8 11.5 144 11 308.6 310.2 293.2 335.3 8.77 6 750 2637 13.2 2.0 46 11.3 6.9 136 10 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.2 5.88 7 700 3213 9.4 -2.0 45 11.4 3.5 131 9 312.9 313.8 291.1 327.8 4.73 8 650 3824 5.5 0.0 68 5.5 2.5 126 9 315.2 316.4 292.7 333.9 5.91 9 600 4475 2.0 -6.2 55 8.2 -1.9 106 8 318.4 319.2 292.1 331.4 4.01 10 550 5172 -1.9 -10.6 52 8.6 -5.7 83 12 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.1 3.10 11 500 5924 -6.3 -15.9 46 9.6 -9.8 82 15 325.4 325.8 292.5 333.0 2.22 12 450 6740 -10.8 -23.7 34 12.9 -14.6 75 11 329.6 329.9 292.8 334.1 1.25 13 400 7635 -16.9 -28.0 37 11.1 -19.6 68 10 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.5 0.95 14 350 8622 -24.6 -30.8 57 6.1 -25.9 51 10 335.6 335.7 294.0 338.7 0.84 15 300 9728 -31.7 -35.7 68 4.0 -32.3 57 6 340.7 340.8 295.0 343.0 0.61 16 250 10990 -41.6 -46.1 62 4.5 -42.0 31 12 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.1 0.24 17 200 12464 -53.1 -56.6 66 3.5 -53.2 44 13 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.0 0.09 18 150 14259 -66.3 -70.4 57 4.1 -66.4 53 9 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16655 -73.6 -80.6 33 7.1 -73.6 61 15 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.76 m Freezing level: 574.68 mb = 4827.60 m = 15838.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.49 mb = 4188.50 m = 13741.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.66 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.94 mb = 440.44 m = 1445.00 ft T: 24.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 28.44 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1228.55 m = 4030.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.27 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 26.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1423.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.50 mb = 824.00 m = 2703.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.50 mb = 2397.67 m = 7866.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.50 mb = 13423.19 m = 44038.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1412.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.7 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 155.7 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: -5.4 tot: -0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 531.10 Bulk Shear: 2.68 m/s