MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.36,-94.96 Latitude: 29.36 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 33.1 23.1 56 10.0 25.7 52 5 304.7 307.9 298.2 357.6 17.72 1 1000 164 30.5 21.7 59 8.8 24.1 30 6 303.7 306.7 297.3 352.8 16.53 2 950 621 27.0 19.8 65 7.1 21.9 342 7 304.5 307.4 296.8 350.8 15.50 3 900 1097 22.9 18.3 75 4.6 19.6 326 9 305.1 307.9 296.5 349.6 14.87 4 850 1593 19.0 16.3 85 2.7 17.1 329 9 306.0 308.6 296.1 347.6 13.86 5 800 2112 15.2 13.0 86 2.2 13.7 345 8 307.4 309.6 295.0 343.0 11.82 6 750 2657 12.3 7.5 72 4.9 9.4 9 9 310.0 311.6 293.4 336.6 8.70 7 700 3233 8.7 3.4 70 5.3 5.7 11 9 312.1 313.5 292.8 333.9 7.02 8 650 3842 5.0 0.6 73 4.5 2.6 357 8 314.6 315.8 292.8 334.0 6.14 9 600 4492 1.5 -1.9 78 3.5 -0.3 333 8 317.9 319.0 293.2 335.7 5.55 10 550 5190 -1.9 -7.0 68 5.1 -4.3 316 6 321.8 322.6 293.2 335.4 4.12 11 500 5942 -5.9 -12.1 62 6.2 -8.5 282 5 325.8 326.4 293.3 336.0 3.02 12 450 6760 -10.6 -18.3 53 7.7 -13.3 259 8 329.9 330.3 293.6 336.9 2.01 13 400 7657 -16.0 -25.0 46 8.9 -18.5 261 8 334.2 334.4 294.0 338.7 1.26 14 350 8650 -22.8 -31.6 44 8.8 -24.6 229 2 338.1 338.2 294.6 341.0 0.78 15 300 9760 -31.7 -36.4 63 4.7 -32.4 77 4 340.8 340.9 295.0 342.9 0.57 16 250 11023 -41.3 -42.3 90 1.0 -41.4 137 7 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.2 0.37 17 200 12500 -53.0 -55.7 72 2.7 -53.1 166 13 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.10 18 150 14296 -65.3 -70.9 46 5.6 -65.4 71 8 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16702 -70.6 -82.9 15 12.2 -70.7 96 15 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.65 m Freezing level: 577.50 mb = 4806.21 m = 15768.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.76 mb = 4428.22 m = 14528.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.57 % Est. max temperature: 34.12 C = 93.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.89 mb = 1273.71 m = 4178.77 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 23.63 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.70 mb = 1677.44 m = 5503.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.65 C = 94.38 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.40 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1340.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.26 mb = 1438.94 m = 4720.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.26 mb = 1898.25 m = 6227.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.26 mb = 13148.43 m = 43137.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1334.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.1 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 13.1 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 497.25 Bulk Shear: 2.69 m/s