MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 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 26.9 24.1 85 2.8 24.9 263 14 298.7 302.2 297.5 353.9 18.93 1 1000 141 26.0 22.6 81 3.5 23.5 265 20 299.2 302.4 296.7 350.3 17.49 2 950 594 25.4 19.9 71 5.5 21.5 259 12 303.0 305.8 296.4 349.1 15.56 3 900 1069 22.5 18.2 77 4.3 19.5 271 5 304.7 307.4 296.4 348.7 14.75 4 850 1565 19.1 16.4 84 2.7 17.2 352 2 306.1 308.7 296.2 347.9 13.93 5 800 2085 16.0 14.0 88 2.1 14.7 31 4 308.2 310.6 295.8 346.5 12.64 6 750 2632 12.9 10.0 82 2.9 11.1 27 6 310.6 312.6 294.8 342.3 10.35 7 700 3209 9.5 6.6 82 2.9 7.8 21 8 313.0 314.7 294.4 340.2 8.77 8 650 3821 5.9 3.3 84 2.5 4.4 16 9 315.6 317.0 294.1 339.2 7.51 9 600 4473 2.2 -0.9 80 3.1 0.5 11 8 318.7 319.8 293.8 337.9 6.00 10 550 5172 -1.6 -5.4 75 3.8 -3.4 7 7 322.2 323.1 293.7 337.5 4.65 11 500 5925 -5.9 -9.7 74 3.8 -7.6 359 5 325.8 326.5 293.9 338.0 3.65 12 450 6744 -10.2 -14.5 70 4.4 -11.9 337 6 330.4 331.0 294.3 339.9 2.75 13 400 7643 -15.6 -19.5 72 4.0 -16.9 292 4 334.8 335.2 294.8 342.0 2.04 14 350 8638 -22.1 -26.5 68 4.4 -23.2 216 4 339.0 339.3 295.2 343.6 1.26 15 300 9752 -30.4 -32.4 83 2.0 -30.8 161 2 342.5 342.7 295.7 345.7 0.84 16 250 11021 -40.2 -41.5 88 1.3 -40.3 230 6 346.3 346.4 296.2 347.9 0.40 17 200 12503 -52.2 -53.0 91 0.8 -52.2 278 10 350.1 350.2 296.8 350.7 0.14 18 150 14301 -66.4 -67.2 90 0.8 -66.4 304 14 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.03 19 100 16700 -71.2 -82.4 17 11.2 -71.3 68 21 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.41 m Freezing level: 570.75 mb = 4881.97 m = 16016.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.13 mb = 4565.59 m = 14978.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.89 C = 93.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.59 mb = 359.04 m = 1177.93 ft T: 25.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 16.49 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1618.15 m = 5308.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.56 C = 94.21 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 38.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 695.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.68 mb = 1032.90 m = 3388.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.68 mb = 2534.20 m = 8314.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.68 mb = 12221.41 m = 40096.01 ft B at Equ Level: 691.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.68 mb = 15686.59 m = 51464.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.9 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 16.9 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: -24.2 tot: -15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 17.31 Bulk Shear: 40.16 m/s