MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.61,-99.92 Latitude: 32.61 Longitude: -99.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 951 553 23.1 20.8 87 2.3 21.5 112 6 300.6 303.6 296.4 348.8 16.45 2 950 561 23.0 20.7 87 2.3 21.4 114 7 300.5 303.5 296.3 348.7 16.41 3 900 1033 23.1 17.7 71 5.5 19.3 164 16 305.4 308.0 296.2 348.0 14.26 4 850 1533 23.0 15.0 61 8.0 17.5 195 20 310.2 312.6 296.4 348.9 12.68 5 800 2060 19.7 12.5 63 7.2 14.9 205 17 312.2 314.4 296.1 347.5 11.49 6 750 2613 15.6 10.1 70 5.5 12.0 219 12 313.5 315.5 295.7 345.7 10.38 7 700 3195 11.2 7.4 77 3.8 8.8 236 7 314.9 316.7 295.2 343.8 9.27 8 650 3810 6.8 4.2 84 2.6 5.3 319 4 316.7 318.2 294.8 341.9 8.01 9 600 4464 2.5 0.6 87 2.0 1.4 354 8 319.1 320.4 294.4 340.3 6.66 10 550 5163 -1.9 -3.1 92 1.2 -2.6 357 10 321.8 322.9 294.3 339.8 5.54 11 500 5916 -5.9 -7.6 88 1.7 -6.7 354 10 325.8 326.7 294.3 340.1 4.31 12 450 6735 -10.6 -12.0 90 1.4 -11.2 326 9 329.9 330.5 294.7 341.4 3.39 13 400 7632 -15.8 -17.2 89 1.4 -16.3 283 10 334.5 335.0 295.1 343.3 2.49 14 350 8628 -21.9 -23.9 84 2.0 -22.5 277 12 339.2 339.5 295.5 345.0 1.59 15 300 9745 -29.7 -30.9 89 1.2 -29.9 291 17 343.5 343.7 296.0 347.2 0.97 16 250 11018 -39.6 -39.9 97 0.3 -39.6 318 18 347.3 347.4 296.4 349.2 0.48 17 200 12502 -52.2 -53.1 91 0.8 -52.2 324 25 350.1 350.1 296.8 350.6 0.14 18 150 14303 -66.2 -69.0 68 2.8 -66.2 336 15 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16675 -74.5 -81.6 33 7.1 -74.6 336 6 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.53 m Freezing level: 571.67 mb = 4859.96 m = 15944.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.10 mb = 4707.12 m = 15443.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.31 % Est. max temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.30 mb = 848.03 m = 2782.23 ft T: 23.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 9.15 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2723.50 m = 8935.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.14 C = 97.06 F Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 40.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 442.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 239.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.84 mb = 1710.42 m = 5611.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.84 mb = 3710.65 m = 12173.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.84 mb = 10536.67 m = 34568.71 ft B at Equ Level: 442.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.84 mb = 14797.53 m = 48547.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -29.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.3 neg: -7.7 tot: 115.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 13.01 Bulk Shear: 34.01 m/s