MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.38,-95.07 Latitude: 29.38 Longitude: -95.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 8 28.3 24.5 80 3.8 25.5 209 5 300.0 303.5 298.1 356.8 19.38 1 1000 166 27.8 23.6 78 4.2 24.7 203 6 300.9 304.4 297.8 355.7 18.59 2 950 622 26.3 19.4 66 6.9 21.4 123 2 303.8 306.6 296.3 348.7 15.08 3 900 1097 23.6 15.8 62 7.8 18.3 43 6 305.8 308.2 295.2 343.8 12.66 4 850 1594 19.9 13.6 67 6.4 15.7 35 8 307.0 309.2 294.8 341.9 11.56 5 800 2115 16.6 9.6 64 6.9 12.2 30 7 308.8 310.6 293.7 337.6 9.45 6 750 2662 13.3 4.9 57 8.4 8.3 358 7 311.0 312.3 292.6 333.4 7.25 7 700 3239 9.6 0.1 52 9.4 4.5 350 8 313.1 314.1 291.8 330.4 5.52 8 650 3849 5.7 -0.7 63 6.4 2.2 356 8 315.4 316.4 292.6 333.1 5.59 9 600 4501 2.2 -4.4 62 6.6 -1.0 342 6 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.6 4.61 10 550 5199 -1.5 -7.8 62 6.3 -4.4 311 4 322.4 323.1 293.1 335.1 3.87 11 500 5953 -5.7 -13.3 55 7.6 -8.7 296 6 326.1 326.7 293.2 335.5 2.75 12 450 6772 -10.2 -22.0 37 11.8 -13.9 278 9 330.4 330.7 293.2 335.6 1.46 13 400 7669 -15.8 -29.1 31 13.2 -19.1 243 10 334.4 334.6 293.7 337.6 0.86 14 350 8661 -23.0 -31.5 46 8.5 -24.7 224 10 337.8 338.0 294.5 340.8 0.79 15 300 9772 -31.2 -43.4 29 12.2 -32.6 190 6 341.4 341.4 294.9 342.5 0.27 16 250 11035 -41.2 -51.4 32 10.2 -41.9 139 12 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.3 0.13 17 200 12514 -52.3 -61.2 33 8.9 -52.5 125 15 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.05 18 150 14315 -66.2 -71.7 46 5.5 -66.3 101 13 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16724 -72.1 -82.8 19 10.7 -72.2 76 13 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.20 m Freezing level: 569.88 mb = 4921.33 m = 16145.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.77 mb = 4289.56 m = 14073.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.90 % Est. max temperature: 35.03 C = 95.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.75 mb = 494.10 m = 1621.04 ft T: 26.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 26.40 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1818.22 m = 5965.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.24 C = 97.23 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.22 C K Index: 29.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1064.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.11 mb = 1193.51 m = 3915.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.11 mb = 2604.11 m = 8543.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.11 mb = 12998.58 m = 42645.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1056.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.11 mb = 16427.88 m = 53896.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 356.4 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 26.4 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -19.0 tot: -18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 70.43 Bulk Shear: 15.11 m/s