MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 30.13,-95 Latitude: 30.13 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 33 26.3 22.1 78 4.2 23.3 198 6 298.2 301.2 295.9 346.7 16.73 1 1000 161 27.1 21.9 73 5.2 23.3 196 13 300.2 303.3 296.5 349.2 16.73 2 950 614 24.5 19.3 73 5.2 20.8 186 17 302.0 304.8 295.8 346.2 14.98 3 900 1089 24.2 12.1 47 12.1 16.3 157 14 306.5 308.3 293.4 336.3 9.90 4 850 1587 21.2 10.8 52 10.4 14.6 123 8 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.7 9.64 5 800 2109 17.4 8.7 57 8.6 12.0 86 10 309.7 311.3 293.5 336.8 8.88 6 750 2657 13.5 5.1 57 8.4 8.5 66 13 311.2 312.6 292.8 333.9 7.36 7 700 3234 9.6 1.5 57 8.1 5.1 64 14 313.1 314.3 292.3 332.2 6.10 8 650 3846 7.4 -9.4 29 16.8 -0.1 55 16 317.4 317.9 290.8 326.8 2.89 9 600 4501 3.8 -11.9 31 15.7 -2.9 41 27 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.1 2.56 10 550 5201 -1.7 -10.0 53 8.4 -5.3 38 28 322.1 322.7 292.5 332.9 3.24 11 500 5952 -6.5 -14.7 52 8.2 -9.6 24 22 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.5 2.45 12 450 6768 -11.2 -24.2 33 13.1 -14.9 14 20 329.2 329.4 292.6 333.5 1.20 13 400 7662 -17.0 -31.6 27 14.5 -20.2 8 22 332.8 333.0 293.2 335.4 0.68 14 350 8650 -24.0 -40.9 19 17.0 -26.5 1 22 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.6 0.30 15 300 9755 -32.5 -50.6 15 18.2 -34.0 1 22 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.1 0.12 16 250 11013 -43.1 -50.2 46 7.0 -43.6 334 22 341.9 342.0 294.9 342.6 0.15 17 200 12476 -54.3 -60.9 44 6.6 -54.5 318 19 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14269 -65.4 -72.6 37 7.1 -65.5 0 12 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16702 -68.7 -82.6 12 13.9 -68.8 97 5 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.65 m Freezing level: 565.17 mb = 4988.28 m = 16365.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.21 mb = 3830.61 m = 12567.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.83 % Est. max temperature: 35.94 C = 96.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.42 mb = 564.27 m = 1851.26 ft T: 24.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 12.94 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2259.36 m = 7412.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.22 C = 100.80 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 503.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 263.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.23 mb = 1242.82 m = 4077.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.23 mb = 4784.16 m = 15695.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.23 mb = 12179.71 m = 39959.19 ft B at Equ Level: 499.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.23 mb = 14716.24 m = 48281.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 60.7 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 90.7 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -69.6 tot: -50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.73 Bulk Shear: 106.41 m/s