MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 29.25,-98.23 Latitude: 29.25 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 993 169 37.0 15.5 28 21.5 22.1 118 5 310.8 312.9 295.6 345.1 11.21 2 950 567 32.2 14.5 34 17.6 20.1 130 6 309.8 311.9 295.1 343.4 11.00 3 900 1050 27.5 13.6 43 13.8 18.2 141 6 309.8 311.9 295.1 343.3 10.97 4 850 1552 22.7 12.7 53 10.0 16.0 151 6 309.9 311.9 295.1 343.1 10.90 5 800 2076 17.7 11.4 67 6.3 13.6 158 6 310.0 312.0 295.0 342.6 10.67 6 750 2624 12.6 10.0 84 2.7 10.9 161 6 310.3 312.2 294.7 341.8 10.32 7 700 3199 8.0 6.9 93 1.0 7.3 155 5 311.3 313.0 294.1 339.0 8.98 8 650 3808 4.0 2.2 88 1.7 3.0 121 6 313.5 314.8 293.1 335.1 6.94 9 600 4455 0.5 -2.2 82 2.7 -0.9 110 7 316.7 317.7 292.8 334.0 5.43 10 550 5150 -2.3 -8.6 62 6.3 -5.1 115 7 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.3 3.63 11 500 5901 -5.9 -29.0 14 23.1 -12.1 167 18 325.8 326.0 291.2 328.3 0.70 12 450 6720 -10.4 -19.1 49 8.7 -13.3 163 28 330.2 330.6 293.5 336.8 1.88 13 400 7617 -16.1 -21.2 65 5.0 -17.7 157 26 334.0 334.4 294.4 340.3 1.77 14 350 8609 -22.8 -27.4 66 4.6 -23.9 161 24 338.1 338.3 294.8 342.3 1.16 15 300 9720 -31.5 -34.4 75 3.0 -31.9 156 28 341.0 341.2 295.2 343.7 0.69 16 250 10982 -42.0 -43.0 90 1.0 -42.1 158 26 343.6 343.7 295.5 345.0 0.34 17 200 12455 -53.2 -57.9 57 4.7 -53.4 151 25 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14248 -66.0 -71.9 44 5.9 -66.1 134 20 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16686 -69.9 -83.4 12 13.6 -69.9 121 11 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.58 m Freezing level: 591.17 mb = 4577.72 m = 15018.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.40 mb = 4302.77 m = 14116.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.51 % Est. max temperature: 36.12 C = 97.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.03 mb = 2860.52 m = 9384.78 ft T: 10.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 16.76 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.56 mb = 2888.78 m = 9477.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.98 C = 98.56 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.56 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 173.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.31 mb = 2800.31 m = 9187.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.31 mb = 2972.47 m = 9752.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 379.31 mb = 8011.56 m = 26284.34 ft B at Equ Level: 173.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.31 mb = 12476.34 m = 40932.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.6 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 173.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 170.69 Bulk Shear: 1.02 m/s