MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 126 SFC 985 259 38.2 12.7 22 25.5 21.1 107 9 312.7 314.5 294.7 341.8 9.40 2 950 590 34.5 12.0 26 22.5 19.5 109 13 312.1 313.9 294.6 340.9 9.31 3 900 1076 29.8 11.1 32 18.7 17.5 109 12 312.2 314.0 294.5 340.9 9.28 4 850 1582 25.0 10.2 39 14.8 15.4 109 10 312.3 314.1 294.5 340.8 9.22 5 800 2109 19.9 9.3 50 10.6 13.1 111 8 312.4 314.1 294.6 340.9 9.23 6 750 2661 14.6 8.4 66 6.2 10.7 113 7 312.4 314.2 294.6 341.0 9.24 7 700 3240 9.1 7.3 89 1.8 8.0 118 5 312.5 314.3 294.6 341.0 9.21 8 650 3850 4.5 3.7 94 0.8 4.1 148 4 314.1 315.6 293.9 338.2 7.72 9 600 4499 2.7 -14.9 26 17.6 -4.2 81 11 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.9 2.00 10 550 5199 -0.2 -27.0 11 26.8 -8.1 60 16 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.76 11 500 5954 -5.4 -24.2 21 18.8 -11.1 51 16 326.5 326.7 291.8 330.3 1.08 12 450 6772 -10.2 -28.9 20 18.8 -15.0 39 14 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.3 0.78 13 400 7668 -16.5 -38.0 14 21.5 -20.4 36 17 333.6 333.7 293.0 335.0 0.36 14 350 8658 -23.3 -39.9 20 16.6 -25.8 41 22 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.7 0.34 15 300 9768 -31.6 -43.3 30 11.7 -32.9 46 17 340.9 340.9 294.8 342.0 0.28 16 250 11029 -42.0 -54.5 25 12.4 -42.7 27 10 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.09 17 200 12498 -54.3 -61.0 43 6.7 -54.4 334 8 346.8 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14287 -65.8 -72.3 40 6.5 -65.8 45 13 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16710 -70.9 -80.9 21 10.0 -70.9 79 9 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.77 m Freezing level: 553.30 mb = 5152.69 m = 16904.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.41 mb = 4162.40 m = 13655.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.75 % Est. max temperature: 37.88 C = 100.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.84 mb = 3443.87 m = 11298.64 ft T: 7.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 0.98 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.17 mb = 3524.66 m = 11563.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.80 C = 101.85 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: 0.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.36 C Cross Totals Index: 15.59 C K Index: 38.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.54 mb = 3411.34 m = 11191.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.54 mb = 3717.20 m = 12195.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 630.54 mb = 4096.14 m = 13438.63 ft B at Equ Level: 4.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 610.54 mb = 4357.55 m = 14296.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.6 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 117.6 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -135.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -1.9 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.88 Bulk Shear: 2.47 m/s