MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 27.34,-96.1 Latitude: 27.34 Longitude: -96.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 1 28.8 23.3 72 5.5 24.7 165 6 300.7 304.0 297.4 353.6 17.99 1 1000 127 27.6 22.1 72 5.5 23.6 165 6 300.7 303.8 296.7 350.5 16.97 2 950 580 23.5 20.8 85 2.7 21.6 168 7 301.0 304.0 296.5 349.5 16.47 3 900 1051 21.1 16.0 72 5.2 17.6 183 7 303.3 305.6 294.6 341.2 12.78 4 850 1545 18.3 13.7 74 4.6 15.3 186 9 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.3 11.68 5 800 2063 15.3 11.1 76 4.1 12.6 186 10 307.4 309.4 294.1 339.1 10.46 6 750 2608 12.3 8.1 76 4.1 9.7 190 11 309.9 311.6 293.7 337.7 9.08 7 700 3184 9.2 6.4 83 2.7 7.5 189 11 312.6 314.3 294.2 339.4 8.66 8 650 3796 5.6 4.6 93 1.0 5.0 178 10 315.3 316.9 294.6 341.1 8.22 9 600 4448 2.1 1.6 97 0.5 1.8 164 8 318.5 319.9 294.6 341.3 7.17 10 550 5147 -1.5 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 143 4 322.3 323.5 294.8 342.3 6.14 11 500 5901 -5.7 -6.0 98 0.3 -5.8 100 2 326.1 327.1 294.8 342.3 4.90 12 450 6723 -9.1 -12.0 80 2.9 -10.4 122 9 331.8 332.4 295.1 343.4 3.39 13 400 7626 -14.5 -17.8 76 3.3 -15.7 154 10 336.2 336.7 295.4 344.5 2.36 14 350 8625 -21.4 -24.9 73 3.5 -22.3 153 10 340.0 340.3 295.6 345.3 1.45 15 300 9743 -29.4 -38.1 43 8.7 -30.7 186 11 343.9 344.0 295.7 345.8 0.48 16 250 11015 -40.3 -48.8 40 8.4 -40.9 169 16 346.1 346.2 296.0 346.9 0.18 17 200 12491 -53.5 -56.0 74 2.5 -53.6 174 8 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.4 0.10 18 150 14277 -67.5 -70.9 61 3.4 -67.5 177 6 353.8 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16667 -72.2 -81.9 22 9.8 -72.2 59 18 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.48 m Freezing level: 570.82 mb = 4855.94 m = 15931.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.85 mb = 4806.02 m = 15767.58 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.28 mb = 706.72 m = 2318.60 ft T: 22.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 15.92 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1426.74 m = 4680.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.31 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 35.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 454.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.29 mb = 971.35 m = 3186.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.29 mb = 2134.07 m = 7001.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.29 mb = 12703.20 m = 41676.66 ft B at Equ Level: 452.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.29 mb = 15432.72 m = 50631.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.1 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 206.1 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 797.04 Bulk Shear: 0.57 m/s