MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 29.52,-98.47 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 983 256 38.9 15.9 26 23.0 22.8 125 8 313.6 315.9 296.5 349.6 11.63 2 950 560 33.8 15.3 33 18.5 21.0 125 11 311.5 313.7 296.0 347.0 11.58 3 900 1046 29.0 14.4 41 14.6 19.0 125 12 311.4 313.6 295.9 346.8 11.53 4 850 1550 24.1 13.4 51 10.7 16.9 124 12 311.4 313.6 295.8 346.5 11.45 5 800 2077 19.2 12.4 65 6.8 14.7 124 12 311.6 313.7 295.8 346.5 11.37 6 750 2628 14.1 11.2 83 2.8 12.2 123 12 311.8 314.0 295.8 346.4 11.24 7 700 3207 9.1 8.8 98 0.2 8.9 123 13 312.5 314.5 295.3 344.1 10.23 8 650 3817 5.0 2.6 84 2.4 3.6 121 13 314.6 316.0 293.6 336.9 7.11 9 600 4469 3.1 -4.5 57 7.6 -0.7 109 10 319.7 320.6 292.9 334.5 4.57 10 550 5169 -1.2 -7.6 62 6.4 -4.2 97 8 322.7 323.4 293.2 335.6 3.93 11 500 5923 -5.7 -11.4 64 5.7 -8.1 79 7 326.1 326.7 293.6 336.9 3.21 12 450 6742 -10.0 -22.2 36 12.2 -13.8 53 7 330.7 331.0 293.3 335.8 1.44 13 400 7642 -15.0 -27.4 34 12.4 -18.3 46 5 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.2 1.01 14 350 8638 -22.0 -38.2 22 16.1 -24.8 227 3 339.0 339.1 294.5 340.6 0.41 15 300 9753 -30.0 -48.6 15 18.6 -31.9 224 10 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.7 0.15 16 250 11025 -40.0 -58.5 12 18.5 -40.9 237 13 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.06 17 200 12505 -52.6 -62.3 30 9.7 -52.8 241 21 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.04 18 150 14299 -67.7 -72.3 51 4.7 -67.7 194 18 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 19 100 16679 -72.1 -81.2 25 9.0 -72.2 71 19 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.89 m Freezing level: 563.94 mb = 4973.88 m = 16318.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.99 mb = 4361.46 m = 14309.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.84 % Est. max temperature: 36.78 C = 98.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.71 mb = 3126.68 m = 10258.03 ft T: 9.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 15.12 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.04 mb = 2981.58 m = 9781.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.57 C = 99.62 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 42.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 285.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.11 mb = 2922.63 m = 9588.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.11 mb = 3098.17 m = 10164.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.11 mb = 10256.78 m = 33650.43 ft B at Equ Level: 284.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.11 mb = 13931.20 m = 45705.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.9 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 145.9 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 635.22 Bulk Shear: 0.45 m/s