MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 29.91,-97.33 Latitude: 29.91 Longitude: -97.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 134 31.2 20.0 51 11.2 23.2 154 14 304.3 307.0 296.3 348.6 14.87 1 1000 142 30.2 19.5 53 10.7 22.6 155 15 303.3 306.0 295.7 346.0 14.39 2 950 597 25.3 18.3 65 7.0 20.4 157 20 302.9 305.4 295.4 344.4 14.05 3 900 1070 20.9 17.4 80 3.5 18.5 159 18 303.0 305.6 295.4 344.5 13.99 4 850 1562 16.5 16.2 98 0.4 16.3 161 18 303.5 306.0 295.3 344.2 13.73 5 800 2077 13.4 12.6 95 0.9 12.9 165 17 305.5 307.6 294.3 340.0 11.52 6 750 2620 11.7 9.4 85 2.4 10.2 150 13 309.3 311.2 294.2 339.5 9.90 7 700 3196 8.8 5.3 78 3.6 6.7 120 10 312.3 313.8 293.6 337.0 8.00 8 650 3807 5.8 0.8 70 5.0 3.1 97 10 315.5 316.7 293.2 335.3 6.26 9 600 4458 2.2 -3.2 67 5.4 -0.6 97 11 318.6 319.6 293.0 334.8 5.03 10 550 5157 -1.5 -7.2 65 5.7 -4.1 113 8 322.4 323.2 293.3 335.7 4.06 11 500 5910 -5.7 -11.5 64 5.7 -8.1 185 3 326.1 326.7 293.5 336.8 3.18 12 450 6729 -10.8 -15.8 67 4.9 -12.7 201 7 329.6 330.1 293.9 338.2 2.49 13 400 7625 -15.6 -22.2 57 6.6 -17.6 192 16 334.7 335.0 294.4 340.5 1.61 14 350 8620 -22.5 -27.9 61 5.4 -23.7 197 20 338.5 338.7 295.0 342.6 1.11 15 300 9733 -30.9 -33.3 79 2.4 -31.3 219 28 341.9 342.0 295.4 344.8 0.77 16 250 11000 -41.1 -45.5 62 4.4 -41.5 221 35 345.0 345.0 295.7 346.0 0.26 17 200 12473 -54.2 -57.7 65 3.5 -54.3 214 33 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14260 -66.9 -69.4 71 2.5 -66.9 226 25 354.8 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16680 -70.6 -81.7 18 11.1 -70.7 125 12 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.37 m Freezing level: 570.02 mb = 4877.00 m = 16000.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.79 mb = 4353.24 m = 14282.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.53 mb = 1546.63 m = 5074.19 ft T: 16.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1550.22 m = 5085.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 144.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.77 mb = 1493.72 m = 4900.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.77 mb = 1644.64 m = 5395.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.77 mb = 8582.24 m = 28156.62 ft B at Equ Level: 144.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.77 mb = 12733.75 m = 41776.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.0 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 171.0 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -61.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: -17.7 tot: -7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 26.59 Bulk Shear: 5.43 m/s