MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.35,-100.14 Latitude: 32.35 Longitude: -100.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 542 SFC 943 606 32.9 18.5 42 14.5 22.6 71 5 311.2 314.0 297.7 355.1 14.33 3 900 1026 27.6 17.2 53 10.4 20.3 89 5 310.0 312.6 297.1 352.3 13.88 4 850 1529 22.8 16.3 67 6.5 18.2 115 4 310.0 312.6 297.1 352.1 13.81 5 800 2054 17.9 15.2 84 2.7 16.0 145 4 310.2 312.8 297.1 352.0 13.70 6 750 2604 13.9 12.6 92 1.2 13.0 209 6 311.6 314.0 296.5 349.5 12.35 7 700 3184 10.4 8.7 89 1.7 9.3 272 6 314.0 315.9 295.6 345.4 10.11 8 650 3798 6.0 5.3 95 0.7 5.6 304 10 315.8 317.5 295.0 343.0 8.66 9 600 4451 2.3 1.9 97 0.4 2.1 283 15 318.8 320.2 294.8 342.2 7.34 10 550 5150 -1.1 -3.6 83 2.5 -2.4 297 17 322.7 323.8 294.4 340.1 5.33 11 500 5906 -4.9 -10.4 65 5.6 -7.3 288 15 327.1 327.8 294.0 338.8 3.45 12 450 6728 -9.8 -13.7 73 3.9 -11.3 282 12 330.9 331.5 294.6 341.1 2.96 13 400 7627 -15.6 -17.1 88 1.6 -16.2 284 11 334.8 335.3 295.1 343.5 2.49 14 350 8622 -22.1 -28.0 59 5.9 -23.5 287 18 339.0 339.2 295.1 343.1 1.09 15 300 9737 -30.0 -37.3 49 7.3 -31.2 266 16 343.0 343.2 295.5 345.1 0.52 16 250 11007 -40.3 -43.7 70 3.3 -40.6 236 17 346.1 346.2 296.1 347.4 0.32 17 200 12489 -52.5 -56.1 64 3.7 -52.6 248 25 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.10 18 150 14293 -65.3 -72.4 37 7.0 -65.4 288 19 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16678 -75.7 -81.4 41 5.6 -75.7 261 13 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.30 m Freezing level: 566.51 mb = 4919.18 m = 16138.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.75 mb = 4768.36 m = 15644.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.69 mb = 2427.44 m = 7963.95 ft T: 15.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.37 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2489.21 m = 8166.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 42.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1108.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.58 mb = 2362.17 m = 7749.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.58 mb = 2642.27 m = 8668.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.58 mb = 13269.93 m = 43536.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1102.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.0 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 316.0 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 40.69 Bulk Shear: 27.24 m/s