MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 29.39,-94.95 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -94.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 31.4 22.6 60 8.7 25.0 117 9 303.5 306.7 297.7 355.0 17.34 1 1000 113 29.7 21.3 61 8.3 23.6 115 9 302.8 305.8 296.8 350.7 16.19 2 950 569 26.9 19.4 64 7.5 21.6 60 4 304.5 307.3 296.5 349.5 15.12 3 900 1046 23.3 18.0 72 5.3 19.6 357 7 305.5 308.2 296.4 349.1 14.58 4 850 1542 19.2 16.0 81 3.2 17.0 340 10 306.3 308.8 296.0 346.9 13.54 5 800 2061 14.9 13.8 93 1.1 14.1 336 11 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.6 12.47 6 750 2605 11.5 8.2 80 3.3 9.5 344 11 309.1 310.8 293.6 337.0 9.16 7 700 3182 10.7 -5.0 33 15.7 2.9 5 11 314.3 315.0 290.7 326.3 3.75 8 650 3795 7.1 -10.8 27 17.9 -0.7 3 13 317.0 317.5 290.4 325.5 2.58 9 600 4448 3.1 -18.2 19 21.3 -4.7 358 12 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.8 1.51 10 550 5147 -0.2 -30.1 8 29.9 -8.4 357 10 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.9 0.57 11 500 5903 -4.2 -39.5 4 35.3 -11.8 360 12 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.25 12 450 6727 -8.4 -42.1 5 33.7 -15.0 23 10 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.21 13 400 7627 -15.7 -43.1 7 27.5 -20.2 16 12 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.21 14 350 8618 -23.3 -46.2 10 22.9 -26.2 354 10 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.1 0.17 15 300 9728 -31.4 -41.4 37 10.0 -32.7 324 8 341.1 341.1 294.9 342.4 0.34 16 250 10992 -41.1 -48.6 44 7.5 -41.6 306 7 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.8 0.19 17 200 12470 -53.0 -57.1 61 4.1 -53.1 220 11 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.2 0.09 18 150 14260 -67.1 -67.8 90 0.8 -67.1 7 5 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.7 0.03 19 100 16672 -71.1 -82.1 18 11.0 -71.1 81 17 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.32 m Freezing level: 553.66 mb = 5096.13 m = 16719.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.41 mb = 3676.39 m = 12061.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.26 % Est. max temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.52 mb = 1118.10 m = 3668.25 ft T: 22.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 30.15 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.62 mb = 1719.06 m = 5639.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.98 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.19 C K Index: 23.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 750.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.56 mb = 1414.80 m = 4641.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.56 mb = 1980.56 m = 6497.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.56 mb = 12869.72 m = 42222.99 ft B at Equ Level: 746.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.56 mb = 15709.92 m = 51541.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.5 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 28.5 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -3.4 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 28.18 Bulk Shear: 26.64 m/s