MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.39,-94.99 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 6 27.6 24.2 82 3.4 25.0 288 4 299.1 302.6 297.6 354.4 18.93 1 1000 168 26.8 23.1 80 3.7 24.0 284 6 299.9 303.2 297.2 352.7 18.03 2 950 621 24.5 20.4 78 4.1 21.6 268 5 302.0 305.0 296.5 349.4 16.06 3 900 1094 21.6 16.8 74 4.7 18.3 275 2 303.7 306.2 295.3 343.9 13.51 4 850 1588 18.9 14.3 75 4.6 15.8 350 3 305.9 308.2 294.9 342.4 12.14 5 800 2108 16.2 10.3 68 5.8 12.4 0 5 308.4 310.3 294.0 338.5 9.92 6 750 2654 12.8 5.9 63 6.9 8.7 357 7 310.5 312.0 292.9 334.5 7.80 7 700 3230 9.3 1.1 57 8.2 4.8 353 8 312.7 313.9 292.0 331.3 5.93 8 650 3841 5.6 -2.1 58 7.7 1.7 355 9 315.3 316.3 292.1 331.4 5.05 9 600 4491 1.7 -4.6 63 6.3 -1.4 354 10 318.1 318.9 292.4 332.6 4.52 10 550 5188 -2.4 -8.6 62 6.2 -5.2 345 7 321.2 321.9 292.6 333.1 3.63 11 500 5939 -6.1 -12.7 60 6.6 -8.8 323 5 325.6 326.1 293.2 335.3 2.88 12 450 6757 -10.7 -19.5 48 8.8 -13.6 309 8 329.8 330.2 293.3 336.1 1.81 13 400 7653 -16.4 -26.5 41 10.1 -19.0 283 9 333.7 333.9 293.7 337.6 1.10 14 350 8644 -23.0 -32.6 41 9.6 -24.9 259 6 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.71 15 300 9753 -31.8 -40.0 44 8.2 -32.8 187 3 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.2 0.39 16 250 11014 -41.7 -44.2 76 2.5 -41.9 119 8 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.30 17 200 12492 -52.6 -57.2 57 4.6 -52.8 155 17 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.08 18 150 14288 -66.1 -70.4 55 4.2 -66.1 126 9 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16701 -73.1 -82.4 23 9.3 -73.1 75 18 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.30 m Freezing level: 579.64 mb = 4774.79 m = 15665.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.27 mb = 4182.17 m = 13720.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.97 mb = 437.14 m = 1434.17 ft T: 25.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 23.16 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.77 mb = 1489.51 m = 4886.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.95 C = 93.11 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 31.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1092.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.00 mb = 958.83 m = 3145.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.00 mb = 2442.24 m = 8012.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.00 mb = 12844.89 m = 42141.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1085.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.00 mb = 16187.79 m = 53108.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.8 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 12.8 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -6.1 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 226.54 Bulk Shear: 4.82 m/s