MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 29.39,-103.19 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 490 SFC 903 946 35.8 11.1 22 24.8 19.2 93 11 318.2 320.0 296.0 347.3 9.21 3 900 973 35.0 11.0 23 23.9 19.0 95 12 317.6 319.3 295.9 346.6 9.22 4 850 1487 29.9 10.0 29 19.9 16.8 94 12 317.5 319.3 295.8 346.3 9.13 5 800 2023 24.8 9.0 37 15.8 14.6 89 10 317.6 319.4 295.8 346.2 9.07 6 750 2584 19.5 8.0 47 11.5 12.1 83 8 317.7 319.5 295.8 346.2 9.02 7 700 3172 13.8 6.9 63 6.9 9.5 82 7 317.8 319.5 295.7 346.1 8.95 8 650 3792 8.0 5.6 85 2.4 6.5 89 5 318.0 319.7 295.7 345.8 8.79 9 600 4447 2.7 1.1 89 1.6 1.8 111 2 319.3 320.6 294.7 341.4 6.94 10 550 5147 -0.4 -11.8 42 11.4 -5.3 323 5 323.6 324.2 292.5 333.0 2.81 11 500 5905 -3.5 -18.9 29 15.5 -9.0 333 7 328.8 329.2 293.0 334.8 1.72 12 450 6730 -8.3 -29.3 17 21.0 -13.9 355 5 332.8 332.9 293.2 335.6 0.75 13 400 7634 -14.2 -33.5 18 19.3 -18.5 168 3 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.7 0.57 14 350 8632 -21.4 -34.9 29 13.5 -24.0 178 5 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.1 0.56 15 300 9749 -30.0 -37.9 46 7.9 -31.2 167 11 343.1 343.2 295.5 345.0 0.49 16 250 11022 -39.2 -52.9 22 13.7 -40.1 183 18 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.3 0.11 17 200 12510 -51.3 -60.1 34 8.8 -51.6 195 10 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.8 0.06 18 150 14319 -65.1 -73.3 31 8.2 -65.2 243 4 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16690 -77.3 -80.7 58 3.3 -77.3 59 4 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.16 m Freezing level: 556.46 mb = 5056.69 m = 16590.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.05 mb = 4622.69 m = 15166.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.44 % Est. max temperature: 35.40 C = 95.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 631.39 mb = 4029.66 m = 13220.52 ft T: 6.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 14.24 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.56 mb = 4092.49 m = 13426.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.26 C = 97.27 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: 0.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.40 C Cross Totals Index: 13.49 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.47 mb = 3976.86 m = 13047.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.47 mb = 4305.47 m = 14125.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.47 mb = 5434.72 m = 17830.24 ft B at Equ Level: 16.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 480.47 mb = 6217.21 m = 20397.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.2 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 94.2 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -175.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -3.9 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.66 Bulk Shear: 6.42 m/s