MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 33.12,-99.64 Latitude: 33.12 Longitude: -99.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 958 470 29.6 13.0 36 16.6 18.7 129 6 306.6 308.4 293.4 336.4 9.90 2 950 539 31.6 12.0 30 19.6 18.7 125 9 309.3 311.1 293.7 337.7 9.31 3 900 1023 29.3 10.1 30 19.2 16.8 132 9 311.7 313.3 293.9 338.3 8.63 4 850 1529 25.2 7.6 33 17.6 14.2 186 6 312.6 314.0 293.4 336.5 7.72 5 800 2056 20.4 5.4 37 15.1 11.4 220 7 312.9 314.3 293.0 334.9 7.04 6 750 2608 15.3 4.0 47 11.3 8.7 242 7 313.2 314.5 292.9 334.6 6.82 7 700 3188 9.9 3.6 65 6.3 6.2 262 10 313.4 314.8 293.2 335.5 7.08 8 650 3798 4.2 2.0 85 2.2 2.9 274 13 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.0 6.82 9 600 4444 -0.4 -7.7 58 7.3 -3.7 312 8 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.1 3.56 10 550 5135 -3.5 -21.2 24 17.7 -9.2 332 9 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.3 1.28 11 500 5882 -7.6 -29.9 15 22.3 -13.2 303 14 323.7 323.9 290.6 326.0 0.64 12 450 6694 -12.9 -25.9 33 13.0 -16.3 291 17 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.8 1.03 13 400 7583 -18.1 -26.4 48 8.3 -20.2 299 23 331.4 331.7 293.2 335.4 1.10 14 350 8565 -25.5 -32.6 52 7.1 -26.8 293 28 334.3 334.5 293.6 336.9 0.70 15 300 9664 -33.6 -40.9 48 7.3 -34.5 293 31 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.4 0.36 16 250 10918 -43.1 -49.9 47 6.9 -43.5 293 46 342.0 342.1 295.0 342.7 0.16 17 200 12386 -54.2 -56.0 80 1.8 -54.2 277 67 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.4 0.10 18 150 14171 -66.6 -72.4 43 5.9 -66.6 282 61 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16600 -68.9 -82.4 13 13.4 -69.0 293 29 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.37 m Freezing level: 604.61 mb = 4384.31 m = 14384.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.73 mb = 4079.35 m = 13383.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.75 % Est. max temperature: 35.88 C = 96.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.00 mb = 2585.41 m = 8482.20 ft T: 15.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 3.75 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.60 mb = 3639.92 m = 11941.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.65 C = 97.96 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.85 C Cross Totals Index: 15.23 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.41 mb = 3337.18 m = 10948.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.41 mb = 4019.37 m = 13186.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 502.41 mb = 5844.68 m = 19175.21 ft B at Equ Level: 39.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 362.41 mb = 8308.96 m = 27260.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 50.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 43.23 m/s