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: 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 78 SFC 980 260 38.0 14.8 25 23.2 22.0 285 3 313.0 315.1 295.8 346.6 10.88 2 950 540 34.7 14.0 29 20.7 20.6 277 3 312.4 314.5 295.6 345.3 10.67 3 900 1027 30.0 13.2 36 16.8 18.7 248 2 312.5 314.5 295.6 345.4 10.68 4 850 1533 25.2 12.4 45 12.8 16.6 179 2 312.5 314.6 295.6 345.5 10.68 5 800 2062 20.2 11.4 57 8.8 14.4 150 4 312.7 314.7 295.6 345.6 10.66 6 750 2614 15.0 10.3 73 4.7 11.9 139 6 312.9 314.9 295.6 345.4 10.54 7 700 3195 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.5 121 7 313.6 315.4 295.0 342.8 9.43 8 650 3808 7.3 -4.9 41 12.3 1.3 35 18 317.3 318.1 291.8 330.4 4.08 9 600 4463 3.5 -2.6 64 6.1 0.3 27 26 320.2 321.2 293.6 337.2 5.27 10 550 5164 -0.8 -11.9 43 11.1 -5.5 23 21 323.2 323.7 292.4 332.5 2.79 11 500 5919 -4.7 -31.1 11 26.5 -11.5 359 17 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.57 12 450 6741 -8.8 -37.8 8 29.0 -15.0 6 11 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.33 13 400 7642 -15.1 -35.1 16 20.0 -19.3 8 19 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.48 14 350 8634 -23.8 -41.9 17 18.1 -26.4 357 23 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.8 0.27 15 300 9740 -32.0 -50.1 15 18.1 -33.6 323 13 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.9 0.13 16 250 11004 -41.4 -49.4 42 8.0 -42.0 279 10 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.2 0.17 17 200 12476 -53.7 -59.8 47 6.1 -53.9 260 10 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.06 18 150 14267 -66.2 -70.5 55 4.3 -66.2 346 7 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16671 -71.5 -82.3 18 10.8 -71.6 114 14 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.24 m Freezing level: 559.16 mb = 5035.49 m = 16520.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.30 mb = 4499.25 m = 14761.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.16 % Est. max temperature: 37.64 C = 99.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.61 mb = 3163.37 m = 10378.39 ft T: 10.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 15.10 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.42 mb = 3405.17 m = 11171.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.88 C = 103.79 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.01 C K Index: 39.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 128.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.55 mb = 3140.20 m = 10302.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 569.55 mb = 4882.47 m = 16018.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 489.55 mb = 6083.65 m = 19959.24 ft B at Equ Level: 9.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 439.55 mb = 6920.48 m = 22704.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 29.6 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 59.6 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -29.8 tot: -29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.73 Bulk Shear: 22.36 m/s