MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 29.52,-98.55 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 983 269 38.7 13.1 22 25.6 21.3 127 6 313.3 315.2 295.1 343.2 9.65 2 950 578 33.5 12.3 28 21.2 19.4 124 7 311.2 313.0 294.4 340.4 9.50 3 900 1062 28.7 11.4 34 17.3 17.3 120 7 311.1 312.9 294.3 340.1 9.43 4 850 1566 23.8 10.4 43 13.4 15.1 116 7 311.0 312.8 294.3 339.8 9.35 5 800 2091 18.8 9.3 54 9.5 12.7 113 7 311.2 312.9 294.2 339.5 9.22 6 750 2641 13.6 8.1 69 5.5 10.2 110 8 311.3 313.0 294.1 339.2 9.07 7 700 3217 8.2 6.3 87 2.0 7.1 105 8 311.6 313.2 293.9 338.0 8.57 8 650 3827 6.7 -11.5 26 18.3 -1.0 73 13 316.6 317.1 290.2 324.6 2.44 9 600 4480 3.9 -20.4 15 24.3 -4.6 63 19 320.7 320.9 290.3 325.0 1.26 10 550 5181 -0.9 -21.7 19 20.7 -7.8 50 19 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.2 1.23 11 500 5934 -5.6 -22.2 26 16.6 -10.9 45 16 326.2 326.5 291.9 330.7 1.29 12 450 6751 -11.0 -34.9 12 23.9 -16.2 42 16 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.1 0.44 13 400 7645 -16.7 -35.0 19 18.3 -20.3 24 23 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.2 0.49 14 350 8634 -24.0 -41.0 19 17.0 -26.5 24 30 336.4 336.4 293.7 337.5 0.30 15 300 9738 -32.9 -43.1 35 10.2 -34.0 29 28 339.0 339.1 294.4 340.2 0.28 16 250 10991 -43.6 -49.6 51 6.0 -44.0 25 34 341.2 341.3 294.8 341.9 0.17 17 200 12455 -54.3 -62.6 36 8.3 -54.5 12 26 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14251 -65.3 -72.3 38 6.9 -65.4 358 20 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16681 -66.7 -82.8 9 16.1 -66.8 76 13 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.68 m Freezing level: 559.68 mb = 5045.02 m = 16551.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.40 mb = 3746.02 m = 12289.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.18 % Est. max temperature: 36.44 C = 97.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.97 mb = 3443.80 m = 11298.42 ft T: 7.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 18.61 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.88 mb = 3865.95 m = 12683.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.16 C = 107.89 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.37 C Cross Totals Index: 15.98 C K Index: 37.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2898.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.90 mb = 3265.52 m = 10713.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.3 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 104.3 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -0.6 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.13 Bulk Shear: 11.16 m/s