MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 122 SFC 985 259 38.0 14.3 25 23.7 21.8 98 10 312.5 314.5 295.4 344.7 10.44 2 950 586 34.2 13.3 28 20.9 20.1 97 13 311.9 313.8 295.1 343.3 10.18 3 900 1072 29.5 12.5 35 17.0 18.1 94 12 311.9 313.9 295.1 343.3 10.18 4 850 1578 24.7 11.6 44 13.1 16.0 91 11 312.0 313.9 295.1 343.2 10.13 5 800 2105 19.6 10.6 56 9.0 13.7 87 9 312.1 314.0 295.1 343.1 10.08 6 750 2656 14.3 9.4 72 4.9 11.2 82 8 312.2 314.0 295.0 342.8 9.95 7 700 3235 9.1 7.5 90 1.6 8.1 69 7 312.5 314.3 294.7 341.4 9.33 8 650 3844 4.3 1.7 83 2.6 2.8 58 9 313.8 315.1 293.0 334.6 6.66 9 600 4495 3.3 -21.3 15 24.6 -5.1 47 15 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.9 1.16 10 550 5195 -0.2 -27.6 11 27.3 -8.2 49 15 323.8 323.9 290.7 326.4 0.72 11 500 5952 -3.9 -39.9 4 36.0 -11.6 34 20 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.24 12 450 6773 -10.5 -38.8 8 28.3 -16.1 30 22 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 13 400 7666 -17.4 -43.8 8 26.4 -21.4 25 28 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.20 14 350 8653 -23.9 -47.9 9 24.1 -26.7 31 22 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.14 15 300 9760 -32.1 -46.7 22 14.6 -33.6 40 15 340.1 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.19 16 250 11021 -41.8 -54.7 23 12.9 -42.5 13 10 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.09 17 200 12492 -53.7 -64.4 26 10.8 -53.9 37 13 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.03 18 150 14285 -65.5 -74.5 28 9.0 -65.6 1 5 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16709 -69.2 -81.8 14 12.6 -69.3 86 10 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.66 m Freezing level: 553.55 mb = 5145.22 m = 16880.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.10 mb = 4071.40 m = 13357.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.96 % Est. max temperature: 37.53 C = 99.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.01 mb = 3222.40 m = 10572.05 ft T: 9.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 19.35 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.29 mb = 3278.27 m = 10755.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.13 C = 100.63 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 15.49 C K Index: 38.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.33 mb = 3206.70 m = 10520.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.33 mb = 3384.86 m = 11105.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 607.33 mb = 4396.43 m = 14423.82 ft B at Equ Level: 25.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 537.33 mb = 5380.00 m = 17650.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 62.8 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 92.8 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -2.4 tot: -2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.76 Bulk Shear: 6.52 m/s