MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.82,-100.12 Latitude: 32.82 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 950 552 23.5 20.0 81 3.5 21.0 92 12 301.0 303.8 296.0 346.9 15.62 2 950 557 23.3 19.9 81 3.4 20.9 92 14 300.9 303.7 295.9 346.7 15.60 3 900 1028 21.6 18.5 82 3.2 19.4 121 22 303.8 306.6 296.3 348.4 15.02 4 850 1526 22.1 15.7 67 6.4 17.7 157 18 309.3 311.8 296.5 349.6 13.28 5 800 2052 19.9 12.8 63 7.1 15.1 203 13 312.4 314.6 296.3 348.4 11.69 6 750 2606 16.0 10.5 70 5.5 12.4 231 12 313.9 316.0 296.0 347.1 10.68 7 700 3189 11.6 7.5 76 4.1 9.0 256 10 315.3 317.1 295.4 344.4 9.31 8 650 3805 7.3 3.5 77 3.8 5.1 291 8 317.2 318.7 294.6 341.3 7.62 9 600 4460 2.8 0.4 84 2.4 1.5 325 9 319.4 320.6 294.4 340.4 6.59 10 550 5159 -1.4 -3.7 84 2.3 -2.6 337 10 322.4 323.5 294.3 339.7 5.29 11 500 5914 -5.0 -9.4 72 4.3 -7.0 320 11 326.9 327.6 294.2 339.5 3.76 12 450 6736 -9.7 -15.7 61 6.0 -11.9 292 16 331.1 331.6 294.3 339.8 2.51 13 400 7636 -15.1 -24.1 46 9.0 -17.7 263 19 335.3 335.6 294.4 340.2 1.36 14 350 8631 -22.0 -29.0 53 7.0 -23.7 266 20 339.1 339.3 295.0 342.8 0.99 15 300 9747 -30.0 -32.9 76 2.9 -30.6 280 17 343.1 343.2 295.8 346.1 0.80 16 250 11018 -39.8 -40.2 96 0.4 -39.9 310 18 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.6 0.46 17 200 12501 -52.6 -53.3 92 0.7 -52.6 341 23 349.5 349.5 296.7 350.0 0.13 18 150 14300 -65.2 -69.8 53 4.5 -65.3 335 7 357.7 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16679 -75.5 -81.2 40 5.7 -75.5 305 6 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.40 m Freezing level: 566.62 mb = 4926.61 m = 16163.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.64 mb = 4709.45 m = 15450.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.06 % Est. max temperature: 34.70 C = 94.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.78 mb = 1000.95 m = 3283.92 ft T: 21.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 10.10 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.26 mb = 2727.94 m = 8949.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.55 C = 97.79 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 38.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 339.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.57 mb = 1550.81 m = 5087.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.57 mb = 3898.99 m = 12791.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.57 mb = 10947.10 m = 35915.26 ft B at Equ Level: 338.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.57 mb = 14193.26 m = 46565.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 219.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 116.29 m/s