MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 29.44,-100.69 Latitude: 29.44 Longitude: -100.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 970 394 26.7 21.1 72 5.5 22.7 163 7 302.5 305.5 296.9 351.2 16.49 2 950 574 26.0 19.7 68 6.3 21.5 148 11 303.6 306.4 296.5 349.4 15.43 3 900 1051 24.1 17.2 65 6.9 19.3 117 12 306.3 308.9 296.1 347.9 13.85 4 850 1549 20.8 14.9 69 5.8 16.8 88 12 307.9 310.3 295.8 346.2 12.67 5 800 2071 16.6 13.2 80 3.4 14.4 67 11 308.9 311.2 295.6 345.4 12.01 6 750 2619 12.5 11.7 94 0.9 12.0 48 8 310.2 312.4 295.6 345.5 11.58 7 700 3196 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.2 358 6 312.9 314.9 295.5 345.0 10.37 8 650 3809 6.4 5.0 90 1.5 5.5 322 10 316.2 317.9 295.0 342.7 8.43 9 600 4463 2.9 -0.5 78 3.4 1.1 322 15 319.5 320.7 294.1 339.2 6.15 10 550 5164 -0.4 -8.9 53 8.5 -4.3 321 14 323.6 324.3 293.2 335.3 3.54 11 500 5920 -4.6 -16.5 39 11.9 -9.1 302 12 327.4 327.9 293.0 334.7 2.10 12 450 6742 -9.6 -20.2 42 10.6 -13.2 295 15 331.1 331.5 293.6 337.2 1.70 13 400 7641 -15.7 -21.7 60 6.0 -17.6 285 17 334.5 334.9 294.4 340.6 1.69 14 350 8635 -22.1 -24.0 84 2.0 -22.6 271 15 339.0 339.3 295.4 344.7 1.57 15 300 9750 -30.4 -31.1 94 0.7 -30.5 277 14 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.2 0.95 16 250 11020 -40.4 -40.5 99 0.1 -40.4 261 12 346.0 346.1 296.1 347.7 0.44 17 200 12501 -52.7 -52.9 98 0.2 -52.7 245 15 349.4 349.4 296.6 350.0 0.14 18 150 14297 -66.3 -67.5 85 1.2 -66.3 293 19 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.03 19 100 16674 -75.3 -80.8 42 5.4 -75.3 306 5 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.76 m Freezing level: 556.45 mb = 5073.53 m = 16645.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.03 mb = 4597.85 m = 15084.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.61 % Est. max temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.85 mb = 1101.04 m = 3612.29 ft T: 23.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 10.84 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.92 mb = 2168.13 m = 7113.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 39.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 412.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.45 mb = 1687.78 m = 5537.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.45 mb = 2602.22 m = 8537.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.45 mb = 11824.79 m = 38794.76 ft B at Equ Level: 410.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.45 mb = 15070.70 m = 49443.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.7 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 19.7 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -64.8 tot: -58.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.02 Bulk Shear: 58.85 m/s