MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 29.49,-98.44 Latitude: 29.49 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 985 242 39.9 15.3 24 24.5 22.8 110 3 314.3 316.5 296.4 349.1 11.19 2 950 572 34.3 14.7 31 19.6 20.8 114 4 312.0 314.1 295.8 346.2 11.11 3 900 1058 29.5 13.8 38 15.7 18.8 117 4 311.9 314.0 295.8 346.1 11.11 4 850 1564 24.6 13.0 48 11.7 16.8 119 5 311.9 314.1 295.8 346.2 11.12 5 800 2091 19.6 12.0 61 7.6 14.6 121 5 312.1 314.2 295.8 346.1 11.08 6 750 2643 14.4 10.9 80 3.5 12.1 121 5 312.2 314.3 295.8 346.1 11.02 7 700 3222 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.1 118 5 312.9 314.8 295.4 344.8 10.33 8 650 3833 4.9 3.2 89 1.7 3.9 92 3 314.5 315.9 293.8 337.8 7.44 9 600 4484 2.4 -5.1 58 7.5 -1.3 17 6 318.9 319.7 292.5 333.0 4.36 10 550 5182 -1.3 -11.1 47 9.8 -5.4 16 6 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.6 2.99 11 500 5936 -5.6 -13.3 54 7.8 -8.7 54 4 326.2 326.8 293.2 335.5 2.73 12 450 6755 -10.3 -16.5 60 6.2 -12.6 58 7 330.3 330.8 293.9 338.4 2.34 13 400 7652 -16.4 -20.3 72 3.9 -17.6 64 9 333.7 334.0 294.4 340.4 1.90 14 350 8645 -21.9 -33.7 33 11.9 -24.2 66 12 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.7 0.63 15 300 9760 -30.5 -41.4 34 10.9 -31.9 74 17 342.4 342.5 295.2 343.7 0.34 16 250 11028 -40.5 -45.7 58 5.2 -40.9 81 11 345.9 345.9 296.0 346.9 0.26 17 200 12506 -53.3 -56.1 71 2.8 -53.4 84 21 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.8 0.10 18 150 14295 -67.9 -68.2 96 0.3 -67.9 98 18 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.03 19 100 16704 -70.9 -83.4 14 12.5 -71.0 118 20 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.69 m Freezing level: 567.27 mb = 4940.92 m = 16210.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.17 mb = 4320.42 m = 14174.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.11 % Est. max temperature: 37.52 C = 99.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.03 mb = 3292.62 m = 10802.42 ft T: 8.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 13.60 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.11 mb = 3125.32 m = 10253.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.30 C = 100.94 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 42.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 301.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.18 mb = 3077.20 m = 10095.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.18 mb = 3255.29 m = 10679.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.18 mb = 10310.60 m = 33827.02 ft B at Equ Level: 301.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.18 mb = 14407.89 m = 47269.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.3 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 111.3 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -170.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -0.2 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.5 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 336.07 Bulk Shear: 0.90 m/s