MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 31.54,-97.15 Latitude: 31.54 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 992 175 33.8 15.3 33 18.5 21.2 129 6 307.6 309.7 294.6 341.1 11.05 2 950 564 28.9 13.5 39 15.4 18.7 129 6 306.5 308.4 293.7 337.5 10.30 3 900 1041 24.2 12.5 48 11.7 16.5 128 5 306.5 308.4 293.6 337.2 10.18 4 850 1538 19.5 11.5 60 8.0 14.3 128 4 306.6 308.4 293.6 337.0 10.08 5 800 2056 14.6 10.1 75 4.4 11.8 129 3 306.7 308.5 293.4 336.2 9.77 6 750 2598 11.7 1.2 49 10.5 6.0 124 4 309.3 310.3 290.7 326.5 5.57 7 700 3172 9.1 -10.8 23 19.9 0.5 135 7 312.5 313.0 288.8 320.3 2.39 8 650 3782 6.1 -18.0 16 24.0 -2.7 140 6 315.8 316.1 288.9 320.6 1.43 9 600 4432 2.0 -23.9 13 25.9 -6.1 130 4 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.7 0.93 10 550 5127 -2.4 -29.8 10 27.4 -9.6 3 2 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.3 0.59 11 500 5877 -6.7 -37.3 7 30.6 -13.2 358 5 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.1 0.31 12 450 6690 -12.3 -40.6 7 28.3 -17.4 321 5 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.24 13 400 7579 -18.8 -22.0 76 3.2 -19.7 264 12 330.6 330.9 293.4 336.3 1.64 14 350 8558 -26.2 -32.2 57 6.0 -27.2 260 16 333.5 333.6 293.4 336.2 0.74 15 300 9658 -33.3 -40.3 50 6.9 -34.2 286 27 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.9 0.38 16 250 10911 -42.7 -43.9 88 1.2 -42.8 281 48 342.6 342.6 295.2 343.8 0.31 17 200 12381 -54.2 -54.4 97 0.3 -54.2 273 68 346.9 347.0 296.1 347.4 0.12 18 150 14163 -67.0 -70.9 58 3.9 -67.1 284 56 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16597 -69.4 -82.2 14 12.8 -69.5 291 20 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.27 m Freezing level: 577.39 mb = 4746.23 m = 15571.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.66 mb = 3270.67 m = 10730.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.76 C = 90.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.19 mb = 2496.10 m = 8189.20 ft T: 12.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 20.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.00 mb = 3172.09 m = 10407.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.70 C = 101.66 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 18.18 C K Index: 17.76 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 215.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.85 mb = 2499.80 m = 8201.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 403.85 mb = 7506.25 m = 24626.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.85 mb = 8478.10 m = 27814.96 ft B at Equ Level: 10.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 323.85 mb = 9112.39 m = 29895.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.2 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 151.2 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.87 Bulk Shear: 0.52 m/s