MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 29.44,-98.53 Latitude: 29.44 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 985 245 38.7 14.2 23 24.5 21.9 96 3 313.2 315.2 295.6 345.3 10.38 2 950 573 33.1 13.5 31 19.6 19.9 112 4 310.8 312.7 294.9 342.3 10.29 3 900 1057 28.3 12.6 38 15.7 17.8 122 5 310.7 312.6 294.8 342.1 10.26 4 850 1560 23.4 11.7 48 11.8 15.7 128 7 310.7 312.6 294.8 341.9 10.19 5 800 2085 18.4 10.7 61 7.8 13.4 131 8 310.8 312.7 294.8 341.9 10.14 6 750 2634 13.4 9.4 77 3.9 10.9 133 9 311.1 313.0 294.7 341.7 9.95 7 700 3211 8.8 6.7 87 2.1 7.5 142 9 312.2 313.9 294.2 339.4 8.81 8 650 3821 5.2 2.1 80 3.1 3.5 168 9 314.9 316.2 293.4 336.5 6.88 9 600 4472 1.6 -4.4 65 5.9 -1.4 173 10 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.8 4.62 10 550 5170 -0.9 -14.2 36 13.3 -6.2 171 12 323.0 323.5 291.9 330.9 2.32 11 500 5924 -5.0 -19.4 31 14.4 -10.0 177 12 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.7 1.65 12 450 6745 -9.8 -27.5 22 17.7 -14.6 182 14 330.9 331.1 292.9 334.2 0.89 13 400 7644 -15.2 -24.6 44 9.4 -17.9 171 15 335.2 335.5 294.3 340.0 1.30 14 350 8638 -22.3 -38.4 22 16.0 -25.0 170 14 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.2 0.40 15 300 9750 -31.4 -45.4 24 14.0 -32.9 141 18 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.22 16 250 11012 -42.0 -53.7 27 11.8 -42.6 156 22 343.6 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.10 17 200 12486 -53.1 -57.2 61 4.1 -53.2 150 34 348.6 348.7 296.4 349.0 0.08 18 150 14275 -67.5 -70.7 64 3.1 -67.6 154 31 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16695 -69.2 -83.6 11 14.4 -69.3 130 12 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.39 m Freezing level: 568.33 mb = 4913.72 m = 16120.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.25 mb = 4280.97 m = 14045.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.34 % Est. max temperature: 36.27 C = 97.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.18 mb = 3291.81 m = 10799.76 ft T: 8.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.46 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.76 mb = 3190.19 m = 10466.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.68 C = 99.83 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 16.69 C K Index: 38.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.68 mb = 3072.78 m = 10081.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.68 mb = 3490.20 m = 11450.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 566.68 mb = 4929.93 m = 16174.10 ft B at Equ Level: 43.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 436.68 mb = 6973.93 m = 22880.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 185.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.97 Bulk Shear: 6.28 m/s