MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 79 SFC 980 260 37.6 16.4 29 21.2 22.7 113 9 312.5 314.8 296.5 349.6 12.04 2 950 542 34.6 15.3 32 19.2 21.2 111 12 312.3 314.5 296.2 348.0 11.61 3 900 1029 29.9 14.5 39 15.4 19.3 107 11 312.3 314.5 296.2 348.1 11.62 4 850 1535 25.0 13.6 49 11.5 17.2 102 9 312.4 314.6 296.2 348.0 11.58 5 800 2063 20.0 12.5 62 7.5 15.0 95 8 312.5 314.7 296.1 347.9 11.50 6 750 2616 14.8 11.3 79 3.5 12.5 84 7 312.6 314.8 296.1 347.4 11.28 7 700 3196 10.2 8.1 87 2.1 8.9 34 6 313.7 315.6 295.3 344.0 9.74 8 650 3810 7.1 -0.3 59 7.4 3.1 10 22 317.0 318.1 293.2 335.3 5.75 9 600 4463 2.8 -8.6 43 11.4 -2.4 11 28 319.4 320.0 291.8 330.3 3.32 10 550 5162 -1.0 -18.4 25 17.4 -7.2 20 28 322.9 323.3 291.3 328.6 1.64 11 500 5917 -3.8 -21.8 23 18.1 -9.8 21 24 328.4 328.7 292.6 333.1 1.33 12 450 6740 -9.4 -44.2 4 34.9 -15.6 20 33 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.17 13 400 7640 -15.1 -51.0 3 35.9 -20.0 17 32 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.09 14 350 8633 -22.8 -53.9 4 31.1 -26.1 20 31 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.07 15 300 9742 -32.0 -57.3 6 25.3 -33.8 20 20 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 16 250 11004 -40.9 -61.8 9 20.8 -41.9 350 14 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 17 200 12481 -53.2 -65.3 21 12.2 -53.4 9 8 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.03 18 150 14272 -66.8 -69.9 65 3.1 -66.8 45 8 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16682 -70.2 -82.3 15 12.1 -70.2 95 8 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.24 m Freezing level: 562.73 mb = 4983.84 m = 16350.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.86 mb = 4170.87 m = 13683.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.25 % Est. max temperature: 37.49 C = 99.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.60 mb = 2917.47 m = 9571.65 ft T: 12.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.01 mb = 3100.63 m = 10172.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.63 C = 101.53 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.83 C Cross Totals Index: 17.37 C K Index: 40.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.32 mb = 2955.65 m = 9696.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.32 mb = 3371.70 m = 11061.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.32 mb = 11992.77 m = 39345.88 ft B at Equ Level: 415.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.32 mb = 14884.46 m = 48832.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.6 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 62.6 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.2 neg: -8.9 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 9.67 Bulk Shear: 43.05 m/s