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,-94.56 Latitude: 23.96 Longitude: -94.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.4 130 3 301.0 304.2 297.1 352.0 17.35 1 1000 115 27.7 21.9 71 5.8 23.5 129 4 300.9 304.0 296.7 350.2 16.79 2 950 568 23.4 21.0 86 2.4 21.6 126 3 300.9 304.0 296.6 349.9 16.66 3 900 1039 21.1 16.3 74 4.8 17.8 90 4 303.3 305.7 294.8 342.1 13.09 4 850 1533 19.0 12.3 65 6.7 14.7 59 3 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.1 10.64 5 800 2053 17.3 6.8 50 10.4 10.9 12 3 309.6 311.0 292.6 333.5 7.79 6 750 2602 14.5 3.8 49 10.7 8.3 353 5 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.1 6.70 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 10.4 1.8 325 5 317.1 318.0 292.2 331.9 4.63 9 600 4449 3.0 -7.8 45 10.8 -2.0 307 5 319.6 320.3 292.0 331.3 3.55 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 -9.3 325 2 325.5 326.0 292.9 334.2 2.57 12 450 6717 -11.1 -22.8 37 11.7 -14.6 347 5 329.3 329.6 292.8 334.1 1.36 13 400 7611 -16.8 -26.4 43 9.6 -19.3 43 6 333.2 333.4 293.6 337.2 1.11 14 350 8601 -23.6 -27.9 68 4.3 -24.5 70 10 337.0 337.2 294.6 341.0 1.10 15 300 9710 -31.6 -36.0 65 4.4 -32.3 74 14 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.1 0.59 16 250 10975 -41.2 -47.2 52 6.1 -41.6 63 25 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.22 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 35 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.03 19 100 16638 -72.2 -82.0 22 9.8 -72.2 83 23 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.62 m Freezing level: 565.93 mb = 4925.39 m = 16159.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.89 mb = 4104.02 m = 13464.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.17 % Est. max temperature: 33.32 C = 91.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.59 mb = 804.50 m = 2639.41 ft T: 22.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 20.80 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1704.62 m = 5592.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.21 C = 95.38 F Cap Strength: 1.95 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: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 27.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 756.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.52 mb = 966.91 m = 3172.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.52 mb = 3637.32 m = 11933.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.52 mb = 12367.48 m = 40575.24 ft B at Equ Level: 756.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.52 mb = 15939.48 m = 52294.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.8 at 4.0 knts Storm direction: 16.8 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): 155.4 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: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 115.03 Bulk Shear: 6.57 m/s