MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 29.41,-98.53 Latitude: 29.41 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 988 237 32.0 14.9 36 17.1 20.5 144 6 306.2 308.2 294.0 338.9 10.86 2 950 593 31.1 13.9 35 17.3 19.5 147 11 308.8 310.8 294.5 340.8 10.54 3 900 1074 27.0 12.7 41 14.3 17.5 135 9 309.3 311.2 294.5 340.6 10.29 4 850 1575 22.3 11.7 51 10.6 15.4 128 8 309.5 311.4 294.4 340.6 10.21 5 800 2099 17.7 11.0 65 6.7 13.3 71 5 310.0 311.9 294.7 341.5 10.33 6 750 2647 13.6 8.7 72 4.9 10.6 12 11 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.5 9.48 7 700 3226 10.1 3.9 65 6.2 6.5 25 11 313.7 315.0 293.4 336.3 7.25 8 650 3839 6.5 -3.0 51 9.5 1.7 62 7 316.3 317.2 292.1 331.5 4.73 9 600 4490 2.2 -9.6 41 11.7 -3.0 49 11 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.7 3.08 10 550 5188 -1.1 -22.7 17 21.7 -8.0 47 15 322.8 323.0 290.8 326.7 1.12 11 500 5941 -5.6 -27.5 16 22.0 -11.6 39 17 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.1 0.80 12 450 6759 -10.8 -30.4 18 19.6 -15.6 34 19 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.1 0.68 13 400 7654 -15.9 -31.6 25 15.7 -19.5 50 14 334.3 334.4 293.5 336.8 0.68 14 350 8647 -22.8 -24.7 84 2.0 -23.3 59 12 338.0 338.4 295.1 343.4 1.47 15 300 9760 -30.5 -30.7 98 0.2 -30.6 55 15 342.4 342.6 295.7 346.1 0.99 16 250 11028 -41.0 -41.7 92 0.7 -41.1 71 16 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.7 0.39 17 200 12505 -53.0 -53.8 91 0.8 -53.0 66 26 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.4 0.13 18 150 14301 -65.8 -68.6 68 2.8 -65.8 75 26 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.03 19 100 16722 -71.1 -83.1 15 12.0 -71.2 22 10 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.25 m Freezing level: 566.48 mb = 4958.15 m = 16266.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.29 mb = 4063.42 m = 13331.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.40 % Est. max temperature: 35.41 C = 95.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.47 mb = 2407.35 m = 7898.04 ft T: 15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 14.81 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.84 mb = 3443.06 m = 11295.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.41 C = 104.74 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 17.25 C K Index: 33.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3584.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.83 mb = 2739.14 m = 8986.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 56.8 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 86.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: -11.1 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 25.22 m/s