MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 986 259 32.8 18.6 43 14.2 22.8 157 2 307.2 309.8 296.4 348.9 13.83 2 950 589 30.4 17.0 45 13.4 21.1 123 1 308.1 310.5 296.0 347.3 12.97 3 900 1071 27.0 15.4 49 11.6 19.0 100 3 309.4 311.7 295.9 346.8 12.32 4 850 1573 22.8 14.3 58 8.6 17.0 91 3 310.1 312.3 296.0 347.0 12.11 5 800 2098 18.4 13.0 71 5.4 14.8 51 2 310.8 313.0 296.0 347.0 11.85 6 750 2648 13.6 11.6 88 2.0 12.3 357 3 311.3 313.5 295.8 346.6 11.49 7 700 3226 9.5 9.3 98 0.2 9.4 344 4 313.1 315.1 295.7 345.7 10.57 8 650 3839 6.1 5.9 99 0.2 5.9 332 4 315.8 317.5 295.3 344.0 8.99 9 600 4491 1.5 1.3 99 0.2 1.4 318 7 317.9 319.3 294.4 340.3 7.04 10 550 5187 -3.2 -4.7 90 1.4 -4.0 356 12 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.2 4.93 11 500 5937 -6.8 -8.5 88 1.7 -7.6 10 16 324.7 325.5 293.9 338.1 4.03 12 450 6754 -10.6 -15.7 66 5.2 -12.5 27 11 330.0 330.5 294.0 338.6 2.50 13 400 7652 -15.3 -24.8 44 9.5 -18.0 38 9 335.1 335.3 294.3 339.7 1.27 14 350 8647 -22.5 -37.5 24 15.0 -25.1 20 4 338.4 338.5 294.3 340.1 0.44 15 300 9758 -31.5 -42.8 32 11.3 -32.8 99 6 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.2 0.29 16 250 11024 -40.4 -53.4 24 13.0 -41.2 154 3 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.11 17 200 12504 -52.8 -64.2 24 11.4 -53.1 214 2 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14295 -67.2 -70.7 61 3.5 -67.2 135 7 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16694 -71.9 -82.8 18 10.9 -72.0 86 16 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.53 m Freezing level: 583.98 mb = 4713.88 m = 15465.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.77 mb = 4669.27 m = 15318.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.35 % Est. max temperature: 35.84 C = 96.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.17 mb = 2063.92 m = 6771.29 ft T: 18.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 10.83 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.14 mb = 2714.00 m = 8904.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.10 C = 98.77 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 43.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 499.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.72 mb = 2349.91 m = 7709.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.72 mb = 3087.35 m = 10128.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.72 mb = 10976.76 m = 36012.56 ft B at Equ Level: 498.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.72 mb = 15064.06 m = 49422.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.2 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 31.2 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -3.0 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 75.95 Bulk Shear: 6.57 m/s