MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.98,-96.04 Latitude: 29.98 Longitude: -96.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 67 24.1 21.8 87 2.4 22.5 249 3 296.3 299.3 295.2 343.7 16.45 1 1000 165 24.8 21.5 82 3.2 22.5 249 6 297.9 300.9 295.6 345.5 16.40 2 950 617 24.6 17.8 66 6.8 19.9 250 8 302.1 304.6 294.9 342.4 13.63 3 900 1091 23.2 13.8 56 9.3 17.0 250 5 305.4 307.5 294.0 338.7 11.11 4 850 1587 19.8 13.6 67 6.2 15.7 271 3 306.9 309.1 294.8 341.9 11.60 5 800 2107 16.3 11.1 71 5.3 12.9 317 5 308.6 310.5 294.4 340.2 10.40 6 750 2654 12.7 8.0 73 4.7 9.8 323 7 310.4 312.1 293.8 338.0 9.00 7 700 3230 9.1 4.0 71 5.1 6.2 355 11 312.5 313.9 293.2 335.3 7.32 8 650 3840 4.9 2.8 86 2.1 3.7 350 14 314.5 315.9 293.6 337.2 7.25 9 600 4490 1.0 -0.9 87 1.9 0.0 355 10 317.3 318.5 293.4 336.4 6.00 10 550 5187 -2.1 -5.9 75 3.8 -3.9 333 9 321.6 322.5 293.4 336.2 4.48 11 500 5939 -6.6 -9.8 78 3.2 -8.0 330 7 325.0 325.7 293.6 337.1 3.62 12 450 6756 -10.5 -19.7 47 9.2 -13.6 335 7 330.0 330.4 293.4 336.3 1.78 13 400 7652 -16.2 -24.2 50 8.0 -18.4 25 5 333.9 334.2 294.0 338.8 1.35 14 350 8644 -22.8 -39.9 19 17.1 -25.5 289 5 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.4 0.34 15 300 9754 -31.9 -45.9 24 14.0 -33.3 57 1 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 16 250 11014 -41.7 -51.9 33 10.1 -42.3 112 12 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.5 0.13 17 200 12489 -52.9 -59.9 43 6.9 -53.1 149 14 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.2 0.06 18 150 14285 -65.9 -72.9 37 7.1 -66.0 143 6 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16700 -73.7 -82.5 25 8.7 -73.7 76 20 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.13 m Freezing level: 583.49 mb = 4719.91 m = 15485.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.75 mb = 4493.20 m = 14741.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.47 % Est. max temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.59 mb = 364.93 m = 1197.26 ft T: 24.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2223.90 m = 7296.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.80 C = 98.24 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 35.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 230.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.72 mb = 1258.95 m = 4130.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.72 mb = 3496.58 m = 11471.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 437.72 mb = 6966.21 m = 22854.74 ft B at Equ Level: 119.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.72 mb = 11347.07 m = 37227.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.6 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 359.6 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: -5.8 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.42 Bulk Shear: 11.52 m/s