MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 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 89 SFC 987 204 39.2 13.5 22 25.7 21.7 149 8 313.5 315.4 295.3 344.1 9.88 2 950 553 33.5 12.7 28 20.8 19.6 149 9 311.2 313.1 294.6 341.3 9.78 3 900 1037 28.7 11.9 35 16.8 17.6 150 9 311.1 312.9 294.6 341.0 9.75 4 850 1541 23.8 10.8 44 13.0 15.4 151 9 311.1 312.9 294.5 340.7 9.64 5 800 2066 18.9 9.8 55 9.1 13.0 152 8 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.5 9.52 6 750 2616 13.7 8.6 71 5.1 10.5 154 8 311.5 313.2 294.4 340.3 9.37 7 700 3193 8.4 6.9 90 1.5 7.5 158 8 311.8 313.5 294.1 339.4 8.96 8 650 3801 3.2 2.2 93 1.0 2.7 164 7 312.6 313.9 292.8 334.1 6.92 9 600 4448 1.5 -7.3 52 8.8 -2.5 144 3 317.9 318.6 291.7 329.9 3.70 10 550 5145 -2.2 -16.0 34 13.8 -7.3 85 4 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.3 2.00 11 500 5894 -7.2 -20.8 33 13.6 -11.5 87 7 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.4 1.46 12 450 6707 -12.6 -29.0 24 16.4 -16.6 95 10 327.4 327.5 291.7 330.1 0.77 13 400 7596 -17.8 -27.7 42 9.9 -20.2 97 13 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.4 0.98 14 350 8580 -25.2 -39.8 25 14.5 -27.3 88 16 334.7 334.8 293.3 336.0 0.34 15 300 9679 -34.1 -48.8 21 14.7 -35.4 83 17 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.15 16 250 10929 -43.2 -56.2 23 13.0 -43.8 81 17 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.08 17 200 12398 -53.5 -64.3 26 10.8 -53.7 114 23 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14207 -61.7 -74.3 17 12.6 -61.9 118 18 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16669 -68.0 -83.9 9 15.9 -68.1 117 21 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.33 m Freezing level: 579.08 mb = 4739.54 m = 15549.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.24 mb = 4127.91 m = 13542.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.61 % Est. max temperature: 36.86 C = 98.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.83 mb = 3396.80 m = 11144.22 ft T: 6.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 15.83 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.27 mb = 3225.19 m = 10581.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.54 C = 99.58 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.98 C Cross Totals Index: 18.02 C K Index: 40.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 284.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.75 mb = 3195.96 m = 10485.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.75 mb = 3254.77 m = 10678.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.75 mb = 10536.14 m = 34566.95 ft B at Equ Level: 280.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.75 mb = 12896.28 m = 42310.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.9 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 171.9 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.7 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 441.59 Bulk Shear: 0.64 m/s