MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 99 SFC 982 260 38.3 11.9 21 26.4 20.7 102 7 313.0 314.7 294.5 340.7 8.92 2 950 563 34.8 11.3 24 23.5 19.3 106 10 312.5 314.2 294.3 339.9 8.87 3 900 1049 30.0 10.4 30 19.6 17.2 113 9 312.5 314.1 294.3 339.8 8.84 4 850 1555 25.2 9.6 37 15.5 15.2 120 8 312.5 314.2 294.3 340.0 8.87 5 800 2083 20.1 8.7 48 11.4 12.9 127 8 312.5 314.2 294.3 340.0 8.86 6 750 2634 14.7 7.7 63 7.0 10.4 135 8 312.6 314.3 294.3 339.9 8.84 7 700 3213 9.2 6.6 84 2.6 7.6 141 8 312.6 314.3 294.3 339.8 8.78 8 650 3823 4.8 1.0 77 3.8 2.7 112 7 314.4 315.6 292.9 334.4 6.36 9 600 4476 4.3 -18.5 17 22.8 -4.1 47 19 321.1 321.4 290.6 326.1 1.48 10 550 5176 -0.8 -19.3 23 18.5 -7.3 33 22 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.3 1.50 11 500 5930 -5.6 -29.2 14 23.6 -11.8 25 21 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.7 0.68 12 450 6747 -10.7 -38.6 8 28.0 -16.2 20 20 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.30 13 400 7642 -17.0 -36.4 17 19.4 -20.7 24 26 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.5 0.42 14 350 8628 -24.2 -34.5 38 10.2 -26.1 21 27 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.3 0.59 15 300 9732 -33.2 -40.1 50 6.9 -34.1 17 34 338.5 338.6 294.3 340.0 0.39 16 250 10984 -43.7 -52.0 40 8.2 -44.2 15 32 341.0 341.1 294.7 341.5 0.13 17 200 12448 -53.7 -63.3 30 9.6 -53.9 5 29 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.04 18 150 14245 -65.2 -72.2 37 7.0 -65.3 358 24 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16687 -67.8 -82.5 10 14.8 -67.9 100 10 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.41 m Freezing level: 558.17 mb = 5061.94 m = 16607.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.20 mb = 4075.38 m = 13370.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.25 % Est. max temperature: 37.80 C = 100.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.98 mb = 3549.50 m = 11645.19 ft T: 6.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 13.84 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.09 mb = 3659.09 m = 12004.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.18 C = 102.52 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.71 C Cross Totals Index: 15.18 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3075.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.58 mb = 3505.44 m = 11500.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 67.0 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 97.0 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -40.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 8.50 m/s