MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 29.34,-95.05 Latitude: 29.34 Longitude: -95.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1018 7 27.5 24.3 83 3.1 25.2 250 6 299.1 302.6 297.7 355.2 19.17 1 1000 162 26.8 23.3 81 3.5 24.2 245 9 299.9 303.3 297.4 353.5 18.28 2 950 615 23.9 20.6 82 3.3 21.6 235 10 301.5 304.5 296.5 349.5 16.32 3 900 1087 22.2 14.3 61 7.9 17.0 244 6 304.4 306.5 294.0 338.6 11.46 4 850 1583 19.7 11.5 59 8.2 14.4 294 4 306.8 308.7 293.6 337.3 10.08 5 800 2102 16.4 8.6 60 7.8 11.5 345 4 308.6 310.2 293.2 335.3 8.78 6 750 2648 12.1 7.7 74 4.5 9.4 10 7 309.7 311.4 293.5 336.7 8.80 7 700 3223 8.0 4.7 80 3.3 6.1 18 12 311.4 312.8 293.1 335.1 7.69 8 650 3831 4.5 -0.7 69 5.1 1.8 24 13 314.0 315.1 292.2 331.7 5.61 9 600 4480 1.0 -3.7 71 4.7 -1.4 42 11 317.3 318.2 292.4 332.8 4.84 10 550 5175 -2.9 -6.2 78 3.3 -4.4 67 7 320.6 321.5 293.0 335.0 4.39 11 500 5927 -6.0 -8.8 81 2.8 -7.3 46 4 325.7 326.4 294.0 338.8 3.93 12 450 6745 -10.6 -15.5 67 4.9 -12.5 55 2 329.9 330.4 294.0 338.7 2.54 13 400 7642 -16.1 -26.8 39 10.7 -18.8 112 6 334.1 334.3 293.8 338.0 1.07 14 350 8634 -22.9 -38.0 24 15.1 -25.4 117 9 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.5 0.41 15 300 9745 -31.1 -47.1 19 16.0 -32.7 142 13 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.2 0.18 16 250 11010 -41.1 -52.8 27 11.7 -41.8 133 17 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.11 17 200 12486 -53.0 -62.2 32 9.2 -53.2 136 12 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.04 18 150 14281 -65.4 -72.5 37 7.1 -65.5 121 18 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16695 -72.4 -82.6 20 10.3 -72.4 88 21 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.84 m Freezing level: 587.09 mb = 4659.24 m = 15286.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.65 mb = 4192.51 m = 13754.78 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.16 % Est. max temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.89 mb = 404.58 m = 1327.34 ft T: 25.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 19.81 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.48 mb = 1699.67 m = 5576.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.62 C = 96.12 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.59 C Showalter Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 17.55 C K Index: 33.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1054.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.52 mb = 937.81 m = 3076.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.52 mb = 2419.88 m = 7939.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.52 mb = 12789.19 m = 41958.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1047.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.52 mb = 16099.74 m = 52820.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.3 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 44.3 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: -6.2 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 34.27 Bulk Shear: 30.76 m/s