MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.74,-100.08 Latitude: 31.74 Longitude: -100.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 568 SFC 950 569 23.4 20.7 85 2.7 21.5 342 6 300.9 303.9 296.4 349.2 16.42 3 900 1039 21.3 17.5 79 3.8 18.7 349 1 303.4 306.0 295.6 345.4 14.13 4 850 1534 19.4 15.0 76 4.4 16.4 202 5 306.5 308.9 295.4 344.8 12.74 5 800 2055 16.4 12.9 80 3.5 14.1 212 9 308.6 310.8 295.4 344.4 11.80 6 750 2602 12.8 11.0 88 1.9 11.6 224 10 310.5 312.6 295.3 344.2 11.03 7 700 3179 8.9 7.6 92 1.3 8.1 244 5 312.3 314.1 294.7 341.4 9.42 8 650 3791 6.1 3.8 85 2.3 4.8 140 4 315.9 317.4 294.4 340.3 7.76 9 600 4443 2.0 0.9 92 1.1 1.4 179 4 318.4 319.8 294.4 340.2 6.83 10 550 5142 -1.6 -3.8 85 2.2 -2.7 212 8 322.1 323.2 294.1 339.3 5.26 11 500 5897 -5.2 -8.1 80 2.9 -6.5 231 8 326.7 327.6 294.5 340.6 4.16 12 450 6717 -10.0 -13.4 77 3.3 -11.4 261 11 330.6 331.2 294.6 341.0 3.03 13 400 7616 -15.3 -20.9 62 5.6 -17.0 267 16 335.1 335.5 294.7 341.6 1.81 14 350 8612 -21.8 -30.2 47 8.4 -23.7 268 16 339.3 339.5 295.0 342.6 0.89 15 300 9729 -29.7 -38.8 41 9.1 -31.0 266 16 343.5 343.6 295.6 345.3 0.44 16 250 11002 -39.8 -45.6 54 5.8 -40.4 277 17 346.9 346.9 296.2 347.9 0.26 17 200 12485 -52.6 -53.8 86 1.2 -52.6 291 15 349.5 349.6 296.7 350.1 0.13 18 150 14279 -67.4 -68.3 89 0.8 -67.5 261 20 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.03 19 100 16668 -72.9 -80.8 29 7.9 -73.0 40 7 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.92 m Freezing level: 572.58 mb = 4826.47 m = 15834.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4669.58 m = 15319.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.84 mb = 905.91 m = 2972.10 ft T: 21.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.65 mb = 2165.05 m = 7103.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 38.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 187.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.20 mb = 1511.76 m = 4959.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.20 mb = 2975.99 m = 9763.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.20 mb = 8670.47 m = 28446.06 ft B at Equ Level: 187.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.20 mb = 12249.62 m = 40188.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -3.4 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 18.15 Bulk Shear: 10.31 m/s