MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.65,-100.71 Latitude: 32.65 Longitude: -100.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 523 SFC 934 676 34.1 16.7 35 17.5 21.8 88 9 313.3 315.8 297.3 353.1 12.87 3 900 1009 30.4 15.8 41 14.5 20.2 94 10 312.8 315.2 297.0 351.9 12.68 4 850 1517 25.5 15.0 52 10.6 18.2 105 8 312.9 315.3 297.1 352.0 12.69 5 800 2046 20.7 13.8 65 6.8 16.0 130 7 313.2 315.6 297.0 351.8 12.52 6 750 2601 16.1 11.7 75 4.4 13.2 173 4 314.1 316.3 296.7 350.1 11.61 7 700 3185 12.4 6.7 68 5.7 8.9 268 6 316.2 317.9 295.3 343.9 8.81 8 650 3802 7.8 2.4 68 5.4 4.7 308 10 317.8 319.2 294.3 340.0 7.00 9 600 4458 3.5 -3.4 60 6.9 -0.0 328 13 320.2 321.1 293.4 336.2 4.96 10 550 5160 0.5 -10.1 45 10.6 -4.3 335 11 324.6 325.3 293.2 335.4 3.22 11 500 5919 -3.5 -13.6 46 10.1 -7.7 329 5 328.8 329.3 293.8 337.9 2.68 12 450 6744 -8.6 -19.8 40 11.2 -12.5 260 3 332.4 332.8 294.0 338.7 1.77 13 400 7646 -14.9 -29.2 28 14.4 -18.4 266 9 335.7 335.8 294.0 338.8 0.85 14 350 8642 -21.8 -38.2 21 16.4 -24.6 273 10 339.3 339.4 294.6 340.9 0.40 15 300 9759 -30.0 -45.1 22 15.1 -31.7 294 18 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.23 16 250 11029 -40.3 -47.2 48 6.8 -40.9 313 19 346.1 346.2 296.0 347.0 0.22 17 200 12511 -51.7 -61.1 32 9.3 -52.0 329 20 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.1 0.05 18 150 14320 -65.1 -73.1 32 8.0 -65.2 338 17 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16709 -74.3 -81.5 32 7.2 -74.3 31 5 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.33 m Freezing level: 544.15 mb = 5248.70 m = 17219.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.41 mb = 4451.97 m = 14606.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.93 % Est. max temperature: 34.26 C = 93.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.04 mb = 2875.73 m = 9434.71 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 16.60 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.14 mb = 3254.80 m = 10678.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.15 C = 98.87 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 700.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.05 mb = 2852.33 m = 9357.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.05 mb = 3636.68 m = 11931.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.05 mb = 12733.38 m = 41775.68 ft B at Equ Level: 698.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.05 mb = 15986.04 m = 52447.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.8 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 3.8 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 65.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 23.79 Bulk Shear: 29.43 m/s