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: 29.42,-94.99 Latitude: 29.42 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 33.6 21.1 48 12.5 24.5 241 2 305.1 308.0 297.0 351.8 15.63 1 1000 173 30.5 19.8 53 10.7 22.9 257 3 303.7 306.4 296.1 347.4 14.71 2 950 630 26.3 18.3 61 8.1 20.6 281 5 303.9 306.5 295.7 345.6 14.02 3 900 1104 22.2 16.6 71 5.5 18.4 288 6 304.3 306.8 295.3 344.0 13.33 4 850 1599 18.7 13.0 69 5.7 15.0 303 6 305.8 307.8 294.1 339.2 11.14 5 800 2118 16.3 9.1 62 7.2 11.8 348 7 308.5 310.2 293.4 336.2 9.11 6 750 2664 12.1 6.5 69 5.6 8.8 357 9 309.8 311.3 293.0 334.7 8.14 7 700 3239 8.6 2.8 67 5.7 5.4 5 11 312.0 313.2 292.5 332.9 6.73 8 650 3848 5.0 -1.5 63 6.5 1.7 13 11 314.7 315.7 292.1 331.4 5.29 9 600 4497 1.2 -2.7 75 4.0 -0.8 16 7 317.5 318.6 292.9 334.3 5.22 10 550 5194 -2.4 -7.2 70 4.8 -4.7 24 3 321.2 322.0 292.9 334.5 4.05 11 500 5945 -6.4 -10.3 74 3.9 -8.1 133 3 325.2 325.9 293.6 336.9 3.49 12 450 6762 -10.6 -18.1 54 7.5 -13.2 190 6 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.0 2.04 13 400 7659 -16.1 -29.4 31 13.3 -19.3 190 10 334.1 334.3 293.6 337.2 0.84 14 350 8651 -22.8 -42.2 15 19.4 -25.6 184 12 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.1 0.27 15 300 9762 -31.1 -49.1 15 17.9 -32.9 159 13 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.15 16 250 11026 -41.4 -53.7 25 12.3 -42.1 143 15 344.5 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.10 17 200 12500 -53.2 -57.1 63 3.8 -53.4 125 20 348.4 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14298 -65.3 -73.7 30 8.5 -65.4 140 15 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16714 -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: 5771.59 m Freezing level: 583.23 mb = 4730.85 m = 15520.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.27 mb = 4280.42 m = 14043.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.70 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.60 mb = 1582.38 m = 5191.47 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 20.35 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.55 mb = 2186.52 m = 7173.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.91 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 462.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.06 mb = 1618.22 m = 5309.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.06 mb = 2629.24 m = 8626.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.06 mb = 11489.64 m = 37695.22 ft B at Equ Level: 459.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.06 mb = 14579.69 m = 47833.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.7 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 22.7 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 65.92 Bulk Shear: 7.01 m/s