MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 29.39,-95.05 Latitude: 29.39 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 1019 7 33.5 21.3 49 12.2 24.6 233 2 305.0 308.0 297.1 352.2 15.80 1 1000 173 30.5 20.0 53 10.5 23.0 249 3 303.7 306.4 296.1 347.8 14.87 2 950 630 26.3 18.4 62 8.0 20.8 280 5 303.9 306.5 295.7 345.9 14.13 3 900 1104 22.2 16.7 71 5.5 18.4 288 6 304.4 306.9 295.4 344.3 13.42 4 850 1599 18.8 12.9 69 5.9 14.9 301 6 305.8 307.9 294.1 339.0 11.05 5 800 2118 16.3 8.9 61 7.4 11.7 348 6 308.6 310.2 293.3 335.9 8.98 6 750 2664 12.2 6.5 69 5.6 8.8 358 8 309.8 311.3 293.0 334.8 8.15 7 700 3239 8.6 2.6 66 6.0 5.2 5 11 312.0 313.2 292.4 332.6 6.62 8 650 3848 5.0 -1.6 62 6.6 1.6 13 10 314.7 315.7 292.1 331.3 5.25 9 600 4498 1.2 -2.9 74 4.2 -0.9 16 7 317.6 318.5 292.8 334.0 5.15 10 550 5194 -2.5 -7.2 70 4.8 -4.7 25 3 321.1 321.9 292.9 334.4 4.04 11 500 5945 -6.4 -10.7 72 4.2 -8.2 126 3 325.2 325.9 293.4 336.6 3.39 12 450 6762 -10.6 -17.9 55 7.2 -13.2 188 6 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.1 2.09 13 400 7659 -16.1 -29.4 31 13.3 -19.3 189 10 334.1 334.2 293.6 337.1 0.84 14 350 8650 -22.8 -41.6 16 18.8 -25.6 185 11 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.1 0.29 15 300 9762 -31.1 -49.2 15 18.1 -32.9 160 13 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.14 16 250 11026 -41.4 -54.1 24 12.7 -42.2 143 15 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 17 200 12500 -53.2 -57.8 57 4.6 -53.4 124 20 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14297 -65.3 -73.8 30 8.5 -65.4 139 15 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16713 -72.4 -82.7 20 10.3 -72.4 118 20 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.69 m Freezing level: 583.35 mb = 4729.49 m = 15516.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.46 mb = 4265.00 m = 13992.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.68 % Est. max temperature: 33.74 C = 92.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.22 mb = 1555.89 m = 5104.56 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 20.91 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.12 mb = 2170.06 m = 7119.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.90 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.31 C K Index: 32.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 521.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.86 mb = 1600.22 m = 5250.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.86 mb = 2609.32 m = 8560.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.86 mb = 11725.99 m = 38470.62 ft B at Equ Level: 517.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.86 mb = 14931.46 m = 48987.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.0 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 23.0 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 71.83 Bulk Shear: 7.26 m/s