MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 29.39,-98.31 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 987 204 39.1 13.9 23 25.2 21.9 130 7 313.4 315.3 295.5 344.9 10.17 2 950 548 33.5 13.1 29 20.4 19.8 130 8 311.2 313.1 294.8 342.0 10.03 3 900 1032 28.7 12.2 36 16.5 17.8 131 8 311.1 313.0 294.7 341.7 9.97 4 850 1536 23.8 11.1 45 12.7 15.5 130 7 311.1 313.0 294.6 341.3 9.84 5 800 2061 18.9 10.0 56 8.9 13.1 130 7 311.3 313.1 294.6 341.0 9.68 6 750 2611 13.7 8.8 72 4.9 10.6 129 7 311.5 313.3 294.5 340.7 9.50 7 700 3188 8.4 7.0 91 1.4 7.5 126 7 311.8 313.5 294.2 339.6 9.01 8 650 3796 4.4 -0.6 70 5.0 1.7 100 5 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.7 5.63 9 600 4448 3.2 -14.8 25 18.0 -3.9 52 8 319.9 320.2 290.7 326.6 2.02 10 550 5147 -1.3 -20.0 23 18.7 -7.7 38 10 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.5 1.43 11 500 5900 -6.0 -26.9 17 20.9 -11.8 36 15 325.8 325.9 291.4 328.8 0.85 12 450 6716 -11.2 -35.3 12 24.1 -16.3 29 18 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.7 0.42 13 400 7608 -17.9 -43.4 9 25.5 -21.8 25 18 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.20 14 350 8591 -25.2 -44.3 15 19.1 -27.6 23 27 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.6 0.21 15 300 9690 -34.2 -41.2 49 7.0 -35.0 27 31 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.6 0.35 16 250 10939 -43.9 -53.2 35 9.3 -44.4 32 32 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.2 0.11 17 200 12403 -53.9 -64.1 28 10.2 -54.2 12 28 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14207 -64.1 -73.9 25 9.8 -64.2 6 23 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16660 -66.9 -83.6 8 16.7 -67.0 97 13 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.48 m Freezing level: 563.97 mb = 4951.98 m = 16246.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.72 mb = 3990.20 m = 13091.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.51 % Est. max temperature: 36.83 C = 98.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.11 mb = 3328.92 m = 10921.53 ft T: 7.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.27 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.46 mb = 3170.81 m = 10402.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.45 C = 99.41 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.78 C Cross Totals Index: 17.10 C K Index: 39.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.86 mb = 3142.30 m = 10309.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.86 mb = 3319.94 m = 10892.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 618.86 mb = 4196.30 m = 13767.23 ft B at Equ Level: 38.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.86 mb = 13103.44 m = 42989.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.4 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 115.4 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 48.06 Bulk Shear: 5.07 m/s