MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.40,-99.66 Latitude: 32.40 Longitude: -99.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 537 SFC 947 563 37.8 13.8 24 24.0 21.3 211 10 315.8 317.9 296.4 348.7 10.52 3 900 1026 31.5 12.6 32 18.8 18.8 216 13 313.9 315.9 295.7 345.7 10.25 4 850 1535 26.5 11.7 40 14.7 16.7 222 12 313.9 315.8 295.7 345.6 10.24 5 800 2065 21.4 10.8 51 10.6 14.4 227 11 313.9 315.9 295.7 345.6 10.20 6 750 2620 16.1 9.8 66 6.4 12.0 232 11 314.1 316.1 295.7 345.8 10.19 7 700 3202 10.7 8.6 87 2.1 9.4 238 10 314.3 316.2 295.7 345.7 10.09 8 650 3815 5.7 5.4 98 0.3 5.5 256 10 315.4 317.0 295.0 342.6 8.70 9 600 4466 2.1 -1.1 80 3.2 0.4 285 10 318.6 319.7 293.7 337.5 5.91 10 550 5166 -1.3 -5.9 71 4.6 -3.5 293 10 322.5 323.4 293.6 337.2 4.48 11 500 5921 -4.8 -15.1 44 10.3 -8.8 294 12 327.2 327.6 293.2 335.3 2.36 12 450 6742 -9.7 -26.5 24 16.7 -14.4 309 14 331.0 331.2 292.9 334.5 0.98 13 400 7640 -15.0 -42.9 7 27.9 -19.7 310 13 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.22 14 350 8638 -21.7 -46.6 9 24.9 -25.0 345 15 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.17 15 300 9751 -31.1 -46.8 20 15.7 -32.7 340 10 341.6 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.19 16 250 11018 -40.1 -54.7 20 14.6 -40.9 328 22 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.09 17 200 12501 -52.5 -58.8 47 6.2 -52.7 315 22 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.07 18 150 14306 -65.1 -72.5 35 7.4 -65.2 338 24 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16703 -73.8 -81.9 28 8.1 -73.9 313 12 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.62 m Freezing level: 569.08 mb = 4898.84 m = 16072.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.56 mb = 4539.54 m = 14893.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.59 % Est. max temperature: 35.99 C = 96.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.80 mb = 3554.49 m = 11661.57 ft T: 7.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 11.21 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.15 mb = 3476.55 m = 11405.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.82 C = 98.27 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.27 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: 40.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.52 mb = 3423.31 m = 11231.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.52 mb = 3607.53 m = 11835.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.52 mb = 10317.44 m = 33849.44 ft B at Equ Level: 175.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.52 mb = 12938.58 m = 42448.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 18.88 Bulk Shear: 9.31 m/s