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: 29.52,-98.15 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 203 39.3 14.2 23 25.1 22.1 113 8 313.1 315.0 295.5 344.9 10.28 2 950 603 33.1 13.2 30 19.9 19.8 114 9 310.8 312.7 294.7 341.8 10.10 3 900 1087 28.3 12.3 37 16.1 17.7 113 8 310.7 312.6 294.7 341.4 10.00 4 850 1590 23.5 11.1 46 12.4 15.4 112 8 310.8 312.6 294.6 340.9 9.83 5 800 2115 18.6 9.9 57 8.6 13.0 110 7 310.9 312.7 294.4 340.5 9.62 6 750 2664 13.4 8.6 73 4.8 10.4 107 7 311.1 312.9 294.3 340.0 9.40 7 700 3241 8.1 6.6 90 1.5 7.2 99 7 311.5 313.1 293.9 338.5 8.77 8 650 3848 3.6 -0.2 76 3.8 1.5 82 9 313.0 314.1 292.0 331.2 5.81 9 600 4498 2.8 -15.7 24 18.5 -4.3 74 16 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.87 10 550 5197 -1.0 -17.4 28 16.3 -7.0 81 15 322.9 323.2 291.4 329.0 1.78 11 500 5951 -5.3 -22.5 25 17.2 -10.8 85 12 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.0 1.26 12 450 6770 -10.2 -30.2 18 20.0 -15.2 48 12 330.4 330.6 292.5 333.0 0.69 13 400 7666 -16.8 -36.7 16 19.9 -20.5 46 12 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.8 0.41 14 350 8656 -23.2 -43.9 13 20.7 -26.1 40 18 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.22 15 300 9764 -31.7 -49.4 16 17.7 -33.3 39 19 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.14 16 250 11025 -42.2 -53.1 30 10.9 -42.9 42 14 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.7 0.11 17 200 12494 -54.3 -60.6 46 6.3 -54.4 36 8 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14282 -65.4 -71.7 41 6.3 -65.4 58 9 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16710 -69.6 -81.5 16 11.8 -69.7 79 13 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.61 m Freezing level: 563.40 mb = 5009.68 m = 16435.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.83 mb = 4014.23 m = 13169.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.39 % Est. max temperature: 37.00 C = 98.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.86 mb = 3324.73 m = 10907.77 ft T: 7.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 19.26 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.96 mb = 3169.94 m = 10399.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.65 C = 99.77 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.81 C Cross Totals Index: 16.44 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.08 mb = 3144.88 m = 10317.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.08 mb = 3204.07 m = 10511.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 603.08 mb = 4456.57 m = 14621.10 ft B at Equ Level: 61.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 353.08 mb = 8590.71 m = 28184.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 91.4 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 121.4 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -0.6 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.7 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 30.07 Bulk Shear: 2.13 m/s