MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.63,-97.12 Latitude: 32.63 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 987 215 35.0 20.0 42 15.0 24.1 36 4 309.3 312.1 297.7 355.0 15.06 2 950 559 30.7 19.2 50 11.6 22.4 35 2 308.4 311.2 297.4 353.4 14.86 3 900 1041 26.2 18.1 61 8.1 20.5 256 1 308.5 311.2 297.3 353.0 14.70 4 850 1542 21.7 16.8 74 4.9 18.3 238 5 308.9 311.6 297.1 352.4 14.32 5 800 2065 17.3 15.1 87 2.2 15.8 240 11 309.6 312.2 296.8 351.1 13.63 6 750 2614 13.4 12.2 93 1.1 12.6 255 14 311.1 313.4 296.2 347.9 12.02 7 700 3193 9.8 8.3 90 1.6 8.9 275 15 313.4 315.3 295.3 343.9 9.86 8 650 3806 6.0 4.8 92 1.1 5.3 287 14 315.7 317.3 294.8 341.9 8.36 9 600 4458 2.6 -1.1 77 3.7 0.6 299 15 319.1 320.3 293.9 338.0 5.89 10 550 5158 -1.2 -10.0 51 8.8 -5.1 306 18 322.7 323.3 292.6 333.5 3.24 11 500 5913 -4.7 -17.3 37 12.6 -9.3 311 20 327.3 327.7 292.9 334.2 1.97 12 450 6735 -9.4 -18.1 49 8.7 -12.5 308 16 331.4 331.8 294.0 338.6 2.05 13 400 7634 -15.9 -22.5 57 6.6 -17.9 330 17 334.3 334.6 294.3 340.0 1.57 14 350 8627 -22.2 -34.9 31 12.7 -24.6 314 18 338.8 338.9 294.6 340.9 0.56 15 300 9740 -31.2 -38.0 51 6.8 -32.1 305 17 341.4 341.5 295.1 343.3 0.48 16 250 11003 -41.9 -44.7 73 2.9 -42.1 323 19 343.8 343.9 295.5 345.0 0.28 17 200 12473 -54.0 -55.4 85 1.3 -54.1 334 36 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.7 0.10 18 150 14276 -64.5 -76.9 17 12.4 -64.6 343 39 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16677 -72.7 -81.9 23 9.3 -72.7 4 21 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.34 m Freezing level: 565.68 mb = 4938.48 m = 16202.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.67 mb = 4530.15 m = 14862.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.82 % Est. max temperature: 34.79 C = 94.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.12 mb = 2106.82 m = 6912.06 ft T: 17.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 21.56 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.57 mb = 2231.10 m = 7319.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.75 C = 96.35 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 41.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1481.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.07 mb = 2053.97 m = 6738.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.07 mb = 2434.11 m = 7985.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.07 mb = 13638.32 m = 44744.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1465.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.1 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 318.1 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 63.80 Bulk Shear: 23.22 m/s