MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 32.04,-99.88 Latitude: 32.04 Longitude: -99.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 555 SFC 947 583 24.7 21.4 82 3.3 22.3 151 4 302.5 305.7 297.4 353.4 17.19 3 900 1029 23.3 17.8 71 5.4 19.5 164 15 305.5 308.2 296.3 348.7 14.43 4 850 1528 21.3 14.9 67 6.4 17.0 172 18 308.4 310.8 295.9 346.7 12.64 5 800 2051 18.0 12.9 72 5.2 14.6 194 17 310.4 312.6 295.8 346.3 11.75 6 750 2601 14.1 10.8 80 3.4 12.0 212 14 311.9 314.0 295.6 345.4 10.90 7 700 3181 10.2 7.7 85 2.5 8.6 228 9 313.8 315.6 295.1 343.2 9.49 8 650 3794 6.4 4.0 85 2.4 4.9 251 2 316.2 317.7 294.5 340.8 7.85 9 600 4447 2.3 0.5 88 1.8 1.3 30 1 318.8 320.1 294.3 340.0 6.63 10 550 5146 -1.5 -3.5 86 2.0 -2.6 295 3 322.2 323.3 294.3 339.7 5.36 11 500 5901 -4.9 -7.4 83 2.5 -6.1 262 10 327.0 327.9 294.7 341.7 4.40 12 450 6724 -8.7 -13.7 68 4.9 -10.8 243 13 332.2 332.8 294.9 342.5 2.96 13 400 7629 -14.3 -19.9 62 5.6 -16.2 277 15 336.4 336.8 295.1 343.4 1.97 14 350 8627 -21.2 -25.5 68 4.3 -22.3 273 21 340.2 340.5 295.6 345.3 1.37 15 300 9746 -29.5 -30.1 95 0.5 -29.6 271 20 343.7 344.0 296.1 347.7 1.05 16 250 11020 -39.8 -39.8 100 0.0 -39.8 279 19 346.9 347.0 296.4 348.8 0.48 17 200 12502 -52.6 -52.8 99 0.1 -52.7 313 19 349.4 349.4 296.6 350.0 0.14 18 150 14295 -67.3 -68.3 88 0.9 -67.4 310 20 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.03 19 100 16671 -72.2 -81.5 24 9.3 -72.3 339 8 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.11 m Freezing level: 569.95 mb = 4867.38 m = 15968.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.08 mb = 4677.10 m = 15344.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.83 mb = 1001.43 m = 3285.48 ft T: 23.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 13.67 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2416.64 m = 7928.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.44 C = 92.19 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 38.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 360.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.70 mb = 1725.89 m = 5662.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.70 mb = 3112.70 m = 10212.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.70 mb = 11699.04 m = 38382.23 ft B at Equ Level: 360.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.70 mb = 14882.53 m = 48826.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 44.41 Bulk Shear: 8.12 m/s