MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 30.53,-94.51 Latitude: 30.53 Longitude: -94.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 49 30.4 23.8 68 6.7 25.5 192 3 302.6 306.0 298.2 357.8 18.64 1 1000 152 28.3 23.1 73 5.2 24.5 194 6 301.5 304.8 297.7 354.8 18.09 2 950 606 24.0 21.9 88 2.1 22.5 197 7 301.5 304.8 297.4 353.6 17.65 3 900 1077 20.2 19.3 95 0.9 19.5 200 8 302.3 305.2 296.4 349.0 15.82 4 850 1571 18.9 12.8 67 6.2 14.9 204 9 306.0 308.0 294.0 338.9 10.98 5 800 2090 16.4 8.8 60 7.7 11.7 202 9 308.7 310.3 293.3 335.8 8.90 6 750 2637 13.0 5.8 61 7.2 8.7 197 8 310.7 312.2 292.9 334.6 7.73 7 700 3213 9.1 3.3 67 5.8 5.8 194 9 312.6 313.9 292.9 334.2 6.94 8 650 3823 5.0 0.5 72 4.5 2.6 190 10 314.7 315.8 292.8 334.0 6.12 9 600 4473 1.0 -2.6 77 3.6 -0.8 187 12 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.2 5.29 10 550 5168 -3.0 -6.3 78 3.3 -4.6 192 12 320.6 321.4 293.0 334.8 4.35 11 500 5917 -7.0 -12.2 66 5.2 -9.2 196 13 324.5 325.1 292.9 334.5 2.99 12 450 6733 -11.3 -19.2 52 7.9 -13.9 190 15 329.0 329.4 293.2 335.5 1.86 13 400 7627 -17.0 -22.0 65 5.0 -18.4 191 14 332.9 333.3 294.0 338.8 1.64 14 350 8616 -23.6 -26.6 76 3.0 -24.3 190 13 337.0 337.2 294.7 341.5 1.24 15 300 9725 -31.4 -35.0 70 3.6 -32.0 178 13 341.1 341.2 295.2 343.6 0.65 16 250 10989 -41.5 -45.9 63 4.3 -41.9 188 15 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.3 0.25 17 200 12463 -53.1 -57.9 56 4.8 -53.2 181 21 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.08 18 150 14257 -66.7 -69.5 68 2.8 -66.8 213 22 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16672 -69.8 -83.4 12 13.6 -69.8 102 12 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.65 m Freezing level: 586.92 mb = 4654.42 m = 15270.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.78 mb = 4314.94 m = 14156.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.05 % Est. max temperature: 32.96 C = 91.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.20 mb = 893.31 m = 2930.78 ft T: 21.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 23.85 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.70 mb = 955.25 m = 3133.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 32.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1794.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.49 mb = 900.03 m = 2952.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.49 mb = 1043.69 m = 3424.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 863.49 mb = 1434.87 m = 4707.53 ft B at Equ Level: 4.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.7 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 224.7 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1038.87 Bulk Shear: 1.73 m/s