MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.59,-99.53 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -99.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 956 489 35.6 17.0 33 18.6 22.5 119 4 312.8 315.2 297.1 352.4 12.86 2 950 545 34.4 16.7 35 17.6 21.9 123 4 312.1 314.5 296.9 351.1 12.72 3 900 1031 30.0 15.3 41 14.6 19.8 133 4 312.4 314.7 296.7 350.2 12.27 4 850 1538 25.4 14.2 50 11.1 17.7 156 4 312.7 315.0 296.6 349.9 12.08 5 800 2067 20.5 13.1 63 7.4 15.5 175 4 313.0 315.3 296.6 349.9 11.95 6 750 2621 15.3 12.0 80 3.3 13.1 193 3 313.2 315.5 296.5 349.7 11.81 7 700 3202 10.7 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 239 2 314.3 316.5 296.4 349.0 11.16 8 650 3817 6.1 5.9 99 0.1 6.0 305 5 315.8 317.5 295.3 344.0 9.01 9 600 4469 2.2 0.8 90 1.4 1.4 314 10 318.7 320.0 294.4 340.3 6.77 10 550 5168 -0.9 -5.9 69 5.0 -3.3 293 10 323.0 323.9 293.7 337.7 4.47 11 500 5924 -5.0 -10.8 64 5.8 -7.5 322 9 326.9 327.6 293.9 338.3 3.37 12 450 6746 -9.0 -19.4 43 10.4 -12.6 14 3 331.9 332.3 293.9 338.4 1.83 13 400 7646 -15.3 -25.1 43 9.9 -18.0 286 6 335.1 335.4 294.2 339.7 1.24 14 350 8641 -22.4 -34.8 32 12.4 -24.7 332 6 338.6 338.7 294.5 340.8 0.57 15 300 9755 -30.5 -39.2 42 8.8 -31.7 316 12 342.5 342.5 295.3 344.1 0.43 16 250 11022 -40.9 -44.8 66 3.9 -41.3 315 10 345.2 345.3 295.8 346.3 0.28 17 200 12500 -52.2 -59.2 43 7.0 -52.5 350 23 350.0 350.1 296.7 350.3 0.07 18 150 14307 -65.3 -73.4 32 8.1 -65.4 348 21 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16692 -72.6 -81.9 23 9.3 -72.6 21 9 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.10 m Freezing level: 564.22 mb = 4969.25 m = 16303.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.98 mb = 4672.64 m = 15330.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.58 % Est. max temperature: 35.80 C = 96.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.22 mb = 2834.64 m = 9299.89 ft T: 13.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 14.70 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.40 mb = 3054.38 m = 10020.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.89 C = 98.41 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.22 C K Index: 43.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 709.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.30 mb = 2856.81 m = 9372.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.30 mb = 3270.14 m = 10728.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.30 mb = 12681.28 m = 41604.75 ft B at Equ Level: 700.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.30 mb = 15412.25 m = 50564.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.2 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 326.2 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 54.81 Bulk Shear: 12.94 m/s