MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.52,-102.58 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -102.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 570 SFC 907 976 22.9 14.6 60 8.2 17.4 188 9 304.4 306.6 294.1 339.1 11.63 3 900 1040 23.2 14.2 57 9.0 17.2 190 13 305.4 307.5 294.2 339.6 11.39 4 850 1539 22.5 12.6 54 9.9 16.0 211 22 309.7 311.8 295.0 342.8 10.86 5 800 2065 19.8 11.2 58 8.5 14.2 243 16 312.2 314.2 295.4 344.7 10.53 6 750 2618 16.1 8.3 60 7.8 11.2 269 12 314.0 315.8 295.0 342.7 9.21 7 700 3200 11.4 6.8 73 4.6 8.6 309 10 315.1 316.8 295.0 343.0 8.92 8 650 3815 6.7 2.1 72 4.7 4.1 347 9 316.6 317.9 293.9 338.3 6.87 9 600 4469 2.7 -1.6 73 4.3 0.4 300 8 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.5 5.68 10 550 5168 -1.8 -6.3 71 4.6 -3.9 283 7 322.0 322.9 293.4 336.2 4.33 11 500 5922 -4.8 -19.7 30 14.9 -9.9 283 10 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.8 1.60 12 450 6743 -9.5 -23.3 32 13.8 -13.7 267 7 331.3 331.6 293.3 336.0 1.30 13 400 7641 -15.5 -38.8 12 23.3 -19.8 338 5 334.8 334.9 293.3 336.1 0.33 14 350 8638 -21.6 -48.0 7 26.5 -25.0 349 16 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.3 0.14 15 300 9751 -31.5 -50.0 14 18.5 -33.2 349 16 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.5 0.13 16 250 11019 -39.8 -72.1 2 32.3 -40.9 333 23 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.01 17 200 12502 -52.8 -58.6 49 5.8 -53.0 340 15 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.07 18 150 14305 -65.6 -82.6 8 17.0 -65.7 326 11 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.00 19 100 16703 -73.7 -82.2 26 8.5 -73.7 319 2 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.60 m Freezing level: 569.77 mb = 4891.26 m = 16047.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.08 mb = 4534.90 m = 14878.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.34 mb = 2028.39 m = 6654.75 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 2.01 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.34 mb = 3473.39 m = 11395.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.92 C = 93.05 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.08 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 17.39 C K Index: 35.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 265.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.18 mb = 2672.27 m = 8767.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.18 mb = 5165.04 m = 16945.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 540.18 mb = 5310.18 m = 17421.62 ft B at Equ Level: 28.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 480.18 mb = 6236.94 m = 20462.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 112.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 32.89 m/s