MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 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 74 SFC 980 260 38.1 12.7 22 25.3 21.0 136 8 313.0 314.9 294.9 342.4 9.48 2 950 537 34.9 12.2 25 22.7 19.7 135 11 312.6 314.3 294.7 341.7 9.43 3 900 1023 30.1 11.3 31 18.9 17.7 134 10 312.6 314.4 294.7 341.5 9.36 4 850 1529 25.3 10.3 39 15.1 15.5 132 9 312.7 314.4 294.7 341.4 9.27 5 800 2057 20.3 9.3 49 11.0 13.3 129 8 312.8 314.5 294.7 341.4 9.24 6 750 2610 15.0 8.3 64 6.7 10.7 126 8 312.8 314.6 294.6 341.3 9.19 7 700 3189 9.4 7.2 86 2.2 8.0 123 7 312.9 314.6 294.6 341.3 9.16 8 650 3799 4.5 3.7 95 0.8 4.0 102 8 314.0 315.5 293.9 338.0 7.70 9 600 4448 2.3 -10.0 40 12.3 -3.1 40 11 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.6 2.97 10 550 5147 -0.9 -20.6 21 19.7 -7.5 28 16 323.1 323.3 291.1 327.8 1.35 11 500 5901 -5.6 -26.8 17 21.2 -11.6 27 21 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.3 0.85 12 450 6717 -11.5 -33.2 15 21.7 -16.3 27 24 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.7 0.52 13 400 7609 -17.6 -43.9 8 26.3 -21.6 34 21 332.1 332.1 292.5 332.8 0.19 14 350 8594 -24.6 -40.9 21 16.3 -26.9 28 26 335.6 335.6 293.5 336.8 0.31 15 300 9695 -33.9 -44.4 34 10.5 -34.9 22 26 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.25 16 250 10944 -43.8 -56.4 24 12.6 -44.4 31 30 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.07 17 200 12408 -54.1 -64.8 26 10.6 -54.4 31 24 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14206 -65.1 -71.7 39 6.6 -65.1 7 27 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16671 -66.4 -83.9 7 17.5 -66.5 103 14 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.61 m Freezing level: 563.60 mb = 4957.03 m = 16263.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.76 mb = 4159.35 m = 13646.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.03 % Est. max temperature: 37.74 C = 99.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 681.03 mb = 3415.27 m = 11204.82 ft T: 7.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 13.61 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.17 mb = 3474.22 m = 11398.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.43 C = 101.17 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.92 C Cross Totals Index: 15.86 C K Index: 39.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.54 mb = 3385.00 m = 11105.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.54 mb = 3567.76 m = 11705.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 608.54 mb = 4333.62 m = 14217.73 ft B at Equ Level: 9.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 568.54 mb = 4880.93 m = 16013.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.2 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 103.2 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -3.7 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.17 Bulk Shear: 16.31 m/s