MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 29.45,-98.39 Latitude: 29.45 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 989 226 39.0 15.2 25 23.8 22.5 102 8 313.1 315.2 296.0 347.3 11.04 2 950 592 33.3 14.4 32 18.9 20.4 100 9 311.0 313.1 295.4 344.4 10.90 3 900 1077 28.5 13.5 40 15.0 18.4 99 9 310.9 312.9 295.3 344.2 10.86 4 850 1580 23.6 12.5 49 11.2 16.2 97 9 310.9 313.0 295.3 343.9 10.75 5 800 2106 18.7 11.3 62 7.4 13.9 95 9 311.1 313.1 295.2 343.6 10.60 6 750 2656 13.6 10.0 79 3.6 11.3 91 9 311.3 313.3 295.1 343.1 10.36 7 700 3233 8.5 7.3 92 1.1 7.8 82 9 311.9 313.6 294.4 340.3 9.22 8 650 3843 6.1 -6.3 40 12.4 0.3 57 10 315.9 316.6 291.1 327.8 3.67 9 600 4494 2.6 -19.7 17 22.3 -5.2 54 14 319.1 319.4 289.9 323.7 1.34 10 550 5191 -1.3 -33.0 7 31.7 -9.2 57 13 322.6 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.43 11 500 5946 -4.5 -39.6 5 35.1 -12.0 42 15 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.25 12 450 6765 -10.6 -37.8 9 27.2 -16.1 33 17 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.2 0.33 13 400 7659 -16.8 -46.7 6 29.9 -21.1 24 23 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.14 14 350 8648 -23.8 -45.8 11 22.0 -26.6 26 30 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.4 0.18 15 300 9754 -32.2 -45.2 26 13.0 -33.6 14 19 340.0 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.22 16 250 11015 -42.0 -51.1 37 9.1 -42.5 16 9 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.3 0.14 17 200 12484 -53.8 -61.9 36 8.1 -53.9 16 8 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 14280 -65.4 -74.6 27 9.2 -65.5 29 4 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16698 -69.3 -81.8 15 12.5 -69.4 122 7 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.79 m Freezing level: 566.65 mb = 4959.15 m = 16269.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.67 mb = 3871.87 m = 12702.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.53 % Est. max temperature: 36.86 C = 98.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.58 mb = 3190.32 m = 10466.79 ft T: 8.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 23.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.43 mb = 3050.60 m = 10008.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.60 C = 99.68 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 16.99 C K Index: 39.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 231.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.01 mb = 3008.79 m = 9871.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.01 mb = 3185.14 m = 10449.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.01 mb = 5726.79 m = 18788.46 ft B at Equ Level: 55.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.01 mb = 13352.96 m = 43808.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.0 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 100.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -0.7 tot: -0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 56.87 Bulk Shear: 4.07 m/s