MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 29.52,-98.50 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 983 261 38.0 16.4 28 21.5 22.8 78 4 312.7 315.0 296.6 349.8 12.05 2 950 568 33.1 15.9 36 17.2 21.1 89 4 310.7 313.0 296.1 347.6 12.04 3 900 1052 28.2 15.0 44 13.3 19.1 98 5 310.6 312.9 296.0 347.3 11.99 4 850 1555 23.4 13.9 55 9.4 17.0 104 5 310.6 312.9 295.9 346.9 11.86 5 800 2081 18.4 12.9 70 5.6 14.7 106 6 310.8 313.0 295.9 346.8 11.77 6 750 2631 13.6 11.1 85 2.5 12.0 103 6 311.3 313.4 295.6 345.5 11.13 7 700 3209 9.2 7.5 89 1.7 8.1 84 6 312.7 314.4 294.7 341.5 9.32 8 650 3820 5.8 1.5 74 4.3 3.4 53 7 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.3 6.57 9 600 4473 3.0 -5.0 56 7.9 -0.9 39 9 319.6 320.4 292.7 333.9 4.41 10 550 5173 -0.7 -8.9 54 8.2 -4.4 33 10 323.3 324.0 293.0 335.0 3.54 11 500 5928 -5.1 -11.3 62 6.2 -7.7 43 9 326.9 327.5 293.7 337.7 3.22 12 450 6748 -10.5 -15.4 68 4.8 -12.3 63 9 330.0 330.5 294.0 338.9 2.57 13 400 7645 -15.8 -27.2 37 11.3 -18.8 77 14 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.2 1.03 14 350 8638 -23.0 -30.4 50 7.5 -24.5 78 19 337.8 338.0 294.6 341.1 0.87 15 300 9749 -30.7 -30.8 99 0.1 -30.7 108 14 342.1 342.3 295.7 345.8 0.98 16 250 11017 -40.5 -52.4 27 12.0 -41.2 107 27 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.4 0.12 17 200 12496 -53.1 -60.9 38 7.8 -53.4 110 28 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14288 -66.6 -70.2 61 3.5 -66.7 128 19 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16693 -71.3 -81.8 19 10.6 -71.3 84 20 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.32 m Freezing level: 559.38 mb = 5041.42 m = 16539.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.58 mb = 4329.97 m = 14205.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.69 % Est. max temperature: 36.01 C = 96.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.95 mb = 2949.89 m = 9678.01 ft T: 11.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 15.94 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.39 mb = 2863.90 m = 9395.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.19 C = 98.94 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.01 C K Index: 40.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 415.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.51 mb = 2759.90 m = 9054.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.51 mb = 3048.40 m = 10001.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.51 mb = 11191.34 m = 36716.53 ft B at Equ Level: 415.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.51 mb = 14979.21 m = 49143.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.8 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 93.8 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -1.0 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 267.10 Bulk Shear: 1.56 m/s