MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 23.96,-94.54 Latitude: 23.96 Longitude: -94.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 1 29.0 22.7 69 6.3 24.3 130 3 301.0 304.2 297.1 352.0 17.35 1 1000 115 27.7 21.9 71 5.8 23.5 130 3 300.9 304.0 296.7 350.2 16.80 2 950 568 23.4 21.0 86 2.4 21.6 126 3 300.9 304.0 296.6 349.9 16.67 3 900 1040 21.1 16.4 75 4.7 17.9 89 4 303.2 305.7 294.8 342.2 13.15 4 850 1533 19.0 12.4 65 6.7 14.7 58 3 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.2 10.68 5 800 2053 17.3 6.8 50 10.4 10.9 11 3 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.5 7.79 6 750 2602 14.5 3.8 49 10.7 8.3 353 5 312.3 313.5 292.6 333.2 6.71 7 700 3181 11.0 0.6 49 10.4 5.3 342 5 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.7 5.71 8 650 3795 7.2 -3.3 47 10.5 1.8 324 5 317.1 318.0 292.2 331.9 4.62 9 600 4449 3.0 -7.8 45 10.8 -2.0 307 5 319.6 320.3 292.0 331.2 3.54 10 550 5148 -1.4 -10.3 51 8.9 -5.3 297 3 322.4 323.0 292.5 333.0 3.18 11 500 5901 -6.2 -14.1 54 7.9 -9.3 326 2 325.5 326.0 292.9 334.2 2.57 12 450 6717 -11.1 -22.8 37 11.7 -14.6 348 5 329.3 329.6 292.8 334.1 1.36 13 400 7611 -16.8 -26.3 43 9.5 -19.3 45 5 333.2 333.4 293.6 337.2 1.11 14 350 8601 -23.6 -27.8 68 4.2 -24.5 70 10 337.0 337.2 294.6 341.1 1.12 15 300 9710 -31.6 -36.0 65 4.4 -32.3 74 14 340.8 340.9 295.0 343.1 0.59 16 250 10975 -41.2 -47.3 52 6.1 -41.6 63 25 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.21 17 200 12450 -53.1 -53.4 96 0.3 -53.1 52 36 348.7 348.7 296.5 349.2 0.13 18 150 14239 -68.0 -68.3 96 0.3 -67.9 74 34 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.03 19 100 16637 -72.1 -82.0 22 9.8 -72.2 83 23 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.58 m Freezing level: 565.87 mb = 4926.17 m = 16161.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.89 mb = 4104.00 m = 13464.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.21 % Est. max temperature: 33.29 C = 91.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.54 mb = 804.94 m = 2640.84 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 20.80 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1684.55 m = 5526.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.06 C = 95.11 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 27.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 763.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.81 mb = 964.19 m = 3163.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.81 mb = 3633.72 m = 11921.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.81 mb = 12677.97 m = 41593.89 ft B at Equ Level: 757.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.81 mb = 15924.45 m = 52244.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.7 at 3.9 knts Storm direction: 16.7 at 3.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -4.0 tot: -4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 119.10 Bulk Shear: 6.41 m/s