MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1016 5 32.0 23.1 59 8.9 25.4 127 8 303.8 307.1 298.1 356.9 17.82 1 1000 145 30.4 21.8 60 8.6 24.2 118 10 303.6 306.7 297.3 353.2 16.70 2 950 603 27.7 19.6 61 8.1 21.9 73 7 305.3 308.1 296.8 351.0 15.29 3 900 1081 24.4 17.9 67 6.5 19.8 16 6 306.7 309.4 296.7 350.2 14.50 4 850 1579 20.3 16.1 77 4.3 17.4 349 8 307.4 310.0 296.3 348.6 13.63 5 800 2100 15.8 14.1 90 1.7 14.7 345 9 308.0 310.4 295.9 346.7 12.79 6 750 2647 12.5 10.5 87 2.0 11.2 343 9 310.2 312.2 295.0 342.8 10.67 7 700 3223 8.7 6.0 83 2.8 7.1 337 10 312.1 313.7 293.9 338.1 8.39 8 650 3834 5.6 1.6 75 4.0 3.4 339 10 315.3 316.6 293.4 336.2 6.63 9 600 4485 2.5 -3.0 67 5.5 -0.3 319 11 319.0 320.0 293.2 335.5 5.11 10 550 5185 -1.3 -7.9 61 6.6 -4.3 310 11 322.6 323.3 293.2 335.3 3.85 11 500 5939 -5.7 -13.5 54 7.9 -8.8 303 10 326.1 326.7 293.2 335.3 2.69 12 450 6757 -10.5 -18.8 50 8.4 -13.3 294 13 330.1 330.5 293.5 336.8 1.92 13 400 7654 -15.9 -25.5 43 9.7 -18.5 284 11 334.4 334.6 294.0 338.7 1.20 14 350 8648 -22.5 -31.9 42 9.5 -24.4 246 4 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.3 0.75 15 300 9759 -31.4 -39.4 45 7.9 -32.5 42 3 341.1 341.2 295.0 342.7 0.42 16 250 11023 -41.3 -41.6 98 0.2 -41.3 88 1 344.6 344.7 295.8 346.2 0.40 17 200 12498 -53.1 -55.6 74 2.5 -53.2 173 7 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.10 18 150 14291 -66.1 -69.4 63 3.3 -66.1 73 10 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16703 -69.6 -83.2 12 13.5 -69.7 60 10 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.56 m Freezing level: 566.72 mb = 4950.90 m = 16242.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.49 mb = 4424.65 m = 14516.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.70 % Est. max temperature: 35.42 C = 95.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.63 mb = 1142.65 m = 3748.81 ft T: 23.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 21.58 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1864.22 m = 6116.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.01 C = 96.81 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 39.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.04 mb = 1497.07 m = 4911.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.04 mb = 2067.44 m = 6782.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.04 mb = 13400.48 m = 43964.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1276.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.5 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 6.5 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -16.7 tot: -15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 35.93 Bulk Shear: 35.74 m/s