MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 29.45,-98.08 Latitude: 29.45 Longitude: -98.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 995 180 39.5 14.3 23 25.2 22.2 113 8 313.1 315.0 295.5 345.1 10.35 2 950 603 33.0 13.3 30 19.7 19.8 114 9 310.7 312.6 294.8 341.9 10.18 3 900 1087 28.3 12.4 37 15.9 17.7 113 8 310.6 312.5 294.7 341.5 10.08 4 850 1590 23.4 11.2 46 12.2 15.5 112 8 310.7 312.6 294.6 341.1 9.90 5 800 2115 18.5 10.0 58 8.5 13.1 110 7 310.9 312.7 294.5 340.6 9.69 6 750 2664 13.4 8.7 73 4.7 10.4 107 7 311.1 312.9 294.4 340.2 9.46 7 700 3241 8.1 6.7 91 1.4 7.2 99 7 311.4 313.1 294.0 338.6 8.80 8 650 3848 3.5 -0.1 77 3.6 1.6 82 9 312.9 314.0 292.0 331.2 5.85 9 600 4498 2.8 -16.1 23 18.9 -4.4 74 15 319.4 319.7 290.4 325.5 1.81 10 550 5196 -1.0 -17.5 27 16.5 -7.0 81 14 322.9 323.3 291.4 328.9 1.76 11 500 5950 -5.4 -22.6 24 17.3 -10.8 86 12 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.9 1.24 12 450 6770 -10.2 -30.7 17 20.5 -15.2 48 12 330.4 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.66 13 400 7665 -16.8 -36.9 16 20.1 -20.6 46 11 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.40 14 350 8655 -23.2 -43.7 13 20.5 -26.1 38 18 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.23 15 300 9764 -31.7 -49.7 15 18.0 -33.3 38 19 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.14 16 250 11025 -42.2 -53.2 29 11.0 -42.8 41 15 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.8 0.11 17 200 12493 -54.3 -60.6 46 6.3 -54.5 36 10 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14282 -65.4 -71.7 41 6.3 -65.4 60 9 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16709 -69.6 -81.4 16 11.8 -69.7 78 13 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.39 m Freezing level: 563.06 mb = 5013.90 m = 16449.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.78 mb = 4014.52 m = 13170.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.54 % Est. max temperature: 37.16 C = 98.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.19 mb = 3308.81 m = 10855.54 ft T: 7.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 19.60 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.71 mb = 3148.96 m = 10331.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.82 C = 100.08 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.81 C Cross Totals Index: 16.61 C K Index: 38.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.65 mb = 3126.14 m = 10256.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.65 mb = 3185.20 m = 10450.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 604.65 mb = 4434.93 m = 14550.13 ft B at Equ Level: 69.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 314.65 mb = 9420.82 m = 30907.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.0 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 122.0 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -0.8 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 42.45 Bulk Shear: 1.71 m/s