MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 32.50,-100.43 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -100.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 551 SFC 936 678 25.1 18.2 66 6.9 20.2 105 8 303.9 306.5 295.7 346.0 14.17 3 900 1026 24.3 16.3 61 8.0 18.8 114 20 306.5 309.0 295.7 345.7 13.03 4 850 1525 21.0 14.8 68 6.2 16.7 134 20 308.1 310.4 295.7 346.0 12.51 5 800 2049 19.4 12.2 63 7.2 14.6 179 15 311.8 313.9 295.8 346.3 11.24 6 750 2601 15.6 9.9 69 5.7 11.9 203 8 313.6 315.5 295.6 345.4 10.28 7 700 3184 11.2 7.5 78 3.7 8.9 241 2 314.9 316.7 295.3 344.1 9.36 8 650 3799 7.1 4.6 84 2.5 5.6 352 3 317.0 318.6 295.0 342.9 8.23 9 600 4454 3.3 0.8 84 2.5 1.9 351 6 319.9 321.2 294.7 341.6 6.77 10 550 5155 -1.0 -3.5 83 2.5 -2.3 338 7 322.9 324.0 294.4 340.5 5.38 11 500 5910 -5.6 -7.4 87 1.8 -6.5 282 7 326.2 327.1 294.5 340.8 4.39 12 450 6730 -9.8 -12.5 80 2.7 -10.9 250 12 330.9 331.6 294.8 342.1 3.25 13 400 7631 -14.9 -19.7 67 4.8 -16.5 249 19 335.6 336.0 295.0 342.8 2.01 14 350 8629 -21.5 -25.8 68 4.4 -22.6 249 25 339.8 340.1 295.4 344.7 1.33 15 300 9746 -29.9 -31.0 90 1.1 -30.1 249 26 343.3 343.5 296.0 346.9 0.96 16 250 11018 -39.9 -40.4 95 0.5 -39.9 254 29 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.6 0.45 17 200 12504 -51.5 -51.5 100 0.0 -51.5 293 29 351.2 351.3 297.0 351.9 0.17 18 150 14305 -66.6 -66.8 97 0.3 -66.5 312 29 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.6 0.03 19 100 16678 -71.8 -81.4 22 9.6 -71.8 297 10 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.71 m Freezing level: 561.41 mb = 4995.12 m = 16387.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.23 mb = 4765.73 m = 15635.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.80 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.64 mb = 1558.91 m = 5114.47 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 5.84 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.70 mb = 2984.60 m = 9791.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.43 C = 95.77 F Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 222.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.46 mb = 2075.93 m = 6810.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.46 mb = 4420.50 m = 14502.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 402.46 mb = 7584.14 m = 24882.04 ft B at Equ Level: 85.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.46 mb = 10949.42 m = 35922.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.1 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 209.1 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 115.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 29.27 m/s