MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.21,-100.19 Latitude: 31.21 Longitude: -100.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 556 SFC 942 635 24.5 20.1 77 4.4 21.3 78 7 302.8 305.7 296.6 350.0 15.94 3 900 1031 24.4 17.4 65 7.0 19.5 125 16 306.7 309.3 296.4 348.9 14.06 4 850 1532 22.2 14.4 61 7.8 16.9 160 20 309.4 311.7 295.9 346.7 12.24 5 800 2056 18.2 12.8 71 5.4 14.6 174 16 310.5 312.7 295.8 346.2 11.66 6 750 2606 14.0 10.9 81 3.2 12.0 186 8 311.8 313.9 295.6 345.6 10.98 7 700 3186 10.2 8.2 87 2.0 8.9 177 1 313.7 315.6 295.3 344.1 9.78 8 650 3800 7.1 3.5 78 3.6 5.0 71 1 317.0 318.5 294.6 341.1 7.62 9 600 4455 3.2 0.6 83 2.6 1.8 23 3 319.9 321.2 294.6 341.3 6.70 10 550 5156 -0.8 -3.1 84 2.3 -2.0 345 2 323.2 324.3 294.6 341.3 5.55 11 500 5912 -5.2 -8.6 77 3.4 -6.8 252 3 326.7 327.5 294.3 340.0 3.99 12 450 6733 -9.4 -16.0 58 6.7 -11.9 281 8 331.4 331.9 294.3 339.9 2.43 13 400 7636 -14.2 -24.5 42 10.2 -17.2 288 11 336.5 336.7 294.6 341.3 1.31 14 350 8635 -21.1 -33.2 33 12.1 -23.6 281 16 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.8 0.67 15 300 9753 -29.8 -40.0 37 10.1 -31.2 266 18 343.3 343.4 295.5 344.9 0.39 16 250 11025 -39.5 -46.6 47 7.1 -40.1 261 16 347.3 347.3 296.3 348.2 0.23 17 200 12509 -52.2 -52.9 92 0.7 -52.2 289 17 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.7 0.14 18 150 14302 -67.7 -69.0 83 1.3 -67.7 308 20 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16672 -74.4 -81.2 34 6.8 -74.4 323 1 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.53 m Freezing level: 559.67 mb = 5020.56 m = 16471.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.30 mb = 4779.77 m = 15681.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.63 mb = 1192.08 m = 3910.98 ft T: 23.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 8.89 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.30 mb = 2557.48 m = 8390.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.24 C = 91.83 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 39.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 235.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.48 mb = 1975.62 m = 6481.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.48 mb = 3275.31 m = 10745.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.48 mb = 10684.85 m = 35054.87 ft B at Equ Level: 234.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.48 mb = 14199.96 m = 46587.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.7 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 192.7 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.6 neg: -1.7 tot: 99.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 22.29 Bulk Shear: 10.58 m/s