MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.67,-100.23 Latitude: 31.67 Longitude: -100.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 534 SFC 945 582 34.5 17.4 36 17.1 22.3 113 7 312.7 315.2 297.4 353.7 13.34 3 900 1020 28.9 16.2 46 12.8 20.0 124 7 311.3 313.7 296.8 350.9 12.94 4 850 1525 24.1 15.1 57 9.0 17.9 138 7 311.4 313.8 296.7 350.6 12.79 5 800 2052 19.2 14.0 72 5.2 15.6 151 7 311.6 314.0 296.7 350.3 12.64 6 750 2603 14.2 12.6 90 1.6 13.1 164 7 311.9 314.3 296.6 349.8 12.30 7 700 3183 10.1 9.1 93 1.0 9.5 183 7 313.7 315.7 295.7 346.0 10.42 8 650 3797 6.5 4.2 86 2.2 5.1 215 5 316.3 317.8 294.7 341.4 8.00 9 600 4450 2.8 0.7 87 2.0 1.7 290 5 319.3 320.6 294.6 340.9 6.75 10 550 5151 -0.2 -6.3 64 6.0 -3.1 289 11 323.8 324.7 293.9 338.2 4.36 11 500 5908 -4.0 -14.8 43 10.7 -8.3 282 9 328.1 328.6 293.4 336.5 2.43 12 450 6731 -9.2 -16.9 54 7.7 -12.1 282 7 331.6 332.1 294.2 339.6 2.27 13 400 7632 -15.1 -26.4 38 11.2 -18.1 276 8 335.3 335.6 294.1 339.4 1.11 14 350 8628 -21.9 -33.1 36 11.2 -24.2 285 10 339.2 339.4 294.7 341.8 0.67 15 300 9743 -30.3 -35.3 61 5.1 -31.1 266 11 342.7 342.9 295.6 345.2 0.63 16 250 11013 -40.2 -41.1 91 0.9 -40.3 228 13 346.3 346.4 296.2 348.0 0.42 17 200 12495 -51.8 -57.0 54 5.2 -52.0 248 20 350.7 350.7 296.8 351.1 0.09 18 150 14300 -65.2 -73.5 31 8.3 -65.3 299 16 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16681 -76.5 -81.1 48 4.6 -76.6 264 12 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.49 m Freezing level: 553.85 mb = 5096.72 m = 16721.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.72 mb = 4685.32 m = 15371.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.71 mb = 2730.78 m = 8959.16 ft T: 13.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 17.28 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.82 mb = 2752.40 m = 9030.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.22 C = 93.60 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 42.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.97 mb = 2659.90 m = 8726.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.97 mb = 2946.78 m = 9667.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.97 mb = 12817.54 m = 42051.77 ft B at Equ Level: 723.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.97 mb = 16123.19 m = 52896.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 40.52 Bulk Shear: 18.09 m/s