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: 26.10,-97.81 Latitude: 26.10 Longitude: -97.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 21 26.9 24.1 84 2.9 24.9 131 5 298.8 302.3 297.5 354.0 18.91 1 1000 152 26.6 23.6 83 3.0 24.4 143 10 299.8 303.2 297.5 354.4 18.63 2 950 604 23.4 21.2 87 2.2 21.8 154 15 300.9 304.0 296.8 350.7 16.91 3 900 1076 21.1 17.0 78 4.1 18.3 157 15 303.2 305.8 295.3 343.8 13.68 4 850 1570 19.2 12.4 65 6.8 14.7 155 12 306.2 308.2 293.9 338.4 10.69 5 800 2089 16.4 7.6 56 8.8 11.0 146 11 308.6 310.2 292.7 333.6 8.19 6 750 2636 13.2 1.8 46 11.4 6.9 132 11 310.9 312.0 291.4 329.0 5.81 7 700 3212 9.5 -1.5 46 11.1 3.8 124 10 313.0 314.0 291.3 328.4 4.88 8 650 3823 5.8 0.7 70 5.0 3.0 122 10 315.5 316.7 293.1 335.2 6.23 9 600 4475 2.3 -7.0 50 9.3 -2.1 112 8 318.7 319.5 292.0 331.0 3.77 10 550 5172 -1.8 -10.8 50 9.0 -5.6 88 11 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.2 3.06 11 500 5924 -6.2 -16.8 43 10.5 -10.1 82 13 325.5 325.9 292.4 332.5 2.06 12 450 6741 -11.0 -22.4 38 11.4 -14.5 73 8 329.4 329.6 292.9 334.3 1.40 13 400 7635 -17.0 -27.3 41 10.2 -19.6 81 9 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.6 1.02 14 350 8622 -24.5 -28.1 72 3.6 -25.3 45 8 335.7 336.0 294.3 339.7 1.08 15 300 9729 -31.9 -35.8 68 3.9 -32.4 39 4 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.8 0.60 16 250 10990 -41.8 -47.8 52 5.9 -42.2 29 10 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.20 17 200 12464 -53.1 -58.5 52 5.4 -53.3 45 11 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.07 18 150 14260 -66.1 -70.0 58 3.9 -66.1 59 8 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16655 -73.6 -80.8 32 7.2 -73.6 71 15 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.54 m Freezing level: 571.90 mb = 4866.63 m = 15966.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.50 mb = 4201.18 m = 13783.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.17 mb = 382.57 m = 1255.15 ft T: 24.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 25.91 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1319.45 m = 4328.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 26.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1312.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.11 mb = 816.94 m = 2680.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.11 mb = 2500.04 m = 8202.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.11 mb = 13048.63 m = 42809.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1309.62 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.3 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 157.3 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -6.2 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 705.04 Bulk Shear: 1.86 m/s