MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 30.63,-100.95 Latitude: 30.63 Longitude: -100.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 567 SFC 936 700 25.8 14.6 50 11.2 18.3 113 7 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.2 11.22 3 900 1043 26.0 11.7 41 14.3 16.7 120 18 308.3 310.1 293.7 337.5 9.62 4 850 1543 22.5 10.3 46 12.2 14.7 112 15 309.8 311.5 293.9 338.2 9.29 5 800 2067 18.3 8.4 52 10.0 12.1 130 8 310.7 312.3 293.6 337.3 8.65 6 750 2616 13.8 6.9 63 6.9 9.6 180 4 311.5 313.1 293.6 337.2 8.33 7 700 3194 9.0 5.1 76 3.9 6.7 249 6 312.5 314.0 293.6 336.9 7.88 8 650 3803 4.1 2.9 92 1.2 3.4 287 7 313.6 315.0 293.4 336.3 7.29 9 600 4450 -0.4 -1.9 90 1.4 -1.2 311 9 315.6 316.7 292.6 333.2 5.56 10 550 5141 -4.1 -10.8 60 6.7 -6.9 338 12 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.2 3.05 11 500 5888 -7.1 -18.4 40 11.3 -10.9 337 13 324.4 324.8 291.9 330.6 1.80 12 450 6703 -11.6 -27.2 26 15.7 -15.7 331 12 328.7 328.9 292.2 332.0 0.91 13 400 7594 -18.0 -31.7 29 13.7 -21.0 317 15 331.5 331.7 292.8 334.0 0.67 14 350 8579 -24.6 -29.1 66 4.6 -25.5 294 30 335.7 335.9 294.1 339.3 0.98 15 300 9682 -33.1 -34.4 88 1.3 -33.3 285 36 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.4 0.69 16 250 10938 -42.7 -42.7 100 0.0 -42.8 273 50 342.5 342.6 295.3 343.9 0.35 17 200 12400 -55.3 -55.9 93 0.6 -55.4 275 63 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.6 0.10 18 150 14187 -66.8 -71.1 54 4.4 -66.8 290 65 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16602 -71.1 -82.2 18 11.1 -71.2 307 30 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.53 m Freezing level: 604.88 mb = 4386.98 m = 14392.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.08 mb = 4275.87 m = 14028.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.69 mb = 2134.58 m = 7003.12 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 8.98 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.18 mb = 3333.75 m = 10937.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.68 C = 92.62 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.36 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.74 mb = 2822.67 m = 9260.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.74 mb = 3969.81 m = 13024.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 516.74 mb = 5630.17 m = 18471.46 ft B at Equ Level: 61.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 406.74 mb = 7467.54 m = 24499.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.1 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 10.1 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.3 neg: -20.7 tot: 59.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 67.98 m/s