MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 32.70,-100.23 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -100.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 549 SFC 945 595 25.7 20.3 72 5.4 21.8 145 9 303.7 306.6 296.9 351.3 16.02 3 900 1025 24.0 17.9 68 6.2 19.7 145 20 306.3 309.0 296.5 349.7 14.47 4 850 1524 20.9 16.1 74 4.9 17.5 146 18 308.1 310.6 296.5 349.3 13.63 5 800 2047 17.2 14.4 83 2.9 15.3 153 16 309.5 312.0 296.4 349.0 12.97 6 750 2596 14.2 11.5 84 2.6 12.4 174 7 312.0 314.2 296.0 347.3 11.48 7 700 3177 11.0 7.8 81 3.2 9.0 290 3 314.6 316.4 295.3 344.3 9.51 8 650 3793 7.3 4.2 80 3.1 5.5 324 6 317.2 318.8 294.9 342.4 7.97 9 600 4448 3.2 0.1 80 3.0 1.5 317 7 319.8 321.1 294.4 340.5 6.46 10 550 5149 -0.7 -4.5 75 3.8 -2.6 296 10 323.3 324.3 294.2 339.6 4.99 11 500 5906 -4.6 -9.7 68 5.1 -6.9 270 13 327.4 328.1 294.3 339.7 3.66 12 450 6728 -9.4 -15.9 59 6.5 -11.8 261 17 331.4 331.9 294.3 340.0 2.46 13 400 7629 -14.6 -23.0 49 8.4 -17.1 263 21 336.0 336.3 294.7 341.4 1.50 14 350 8628 -21.1 -28.5 52 7.4 -22.9 268 25 340.3 340.5 295.3 344.2 1.04 15 300 9747 -29.2 -34.1 62 5.0 -30.0 271 29 344.3 344.4 296.0 347.0 0.71 16 250 11024 -39.0 -39.8 92 0.8 -39.1 255 28 348.1 348.2 296.6 350.0 0.48 17 200 12511 -51.7 -52.1 96 0.4 -51.8 285 27 350.8 350.9 297.0 351.5 0.15 18 150 14307 -67.6 -68.5 88 0.9 -67.6 288 25 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.03 19 100 16683 -72.8 -81.2 27 8.4 -72.8 287 19 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.28 m Freezing level: 558.68 mb = 5027.11 m = 16492.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.90 mb = 4694.58 m = 15401.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.66 mb = 1284.55 m = 4214.37 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.63 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.27 mb = 2347.35 m = 7701.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 38.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 355.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.92 mb = 1792.86 m = 5882.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.92 mb = 3554.29 m = 11660.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.92 mb = 11052.56 m = 36261.24 ft B at Equ Level: 354.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.92 mb = 15194.15 m = 49848.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -16.1 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 10.66 Bulk Shear: 33.30 m/s