MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.47,-94.88 Latitude: 29.47 Longitude: -94.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32.8 22.9 56 9.9 25.5 21 5 304.4 307.7 298.1 356.8 17.55 1 1000 166 30.0 21.7 61 8.3 24.0 6 6 303.2 306.3 297.1 352.4 16.57 2 950 622 26.2 20.2 69 6.0 21.9 336 7 303.8 306.7 296.8 350.9 15.85 3 900 1097 22.3 18.5 79 3.8 19.6 320 8 304.5 307.3 296.5 349.5 15.08 4 850 1593 18.7 16.3 86 2.4 17.1 328 8 305.7 308.3 296.0 347.2 13.85 5 800 2111 15.4 12.2 81 3.3 13.3 348 8 307.6 309.7 294.7 341.4 11.20 6 750 2657 12.3 8.0 75 4.3 9.6 356 8 310.0 311.7 293.7 337.6 9.01 7 700 3233 8.6 4.3 74 4.3 6.1 354 8 312.0 313.4 293.1 335.1 7.45 8 650 3842 5.0 1.5 78 3.5 3.1 347 9 314.7 315.9 293.2 335.4 6.60 9 600 4492 1.6 -1.6 79 3.2 -0.0 324 8 318.0 319.1 293.4 336.2 5.70 10 550 5190 -1.9 -6.3 72 4.3 -4.0 314 6 321.8 322.6 293.3 336.0 4.35 11 500 5943 -5.8 -12.4 60 6.6 -8.5 287 5 326.0 326.5 293.3 335.9 2.95 12 450 6761 -10.6 -18.6 52 8.0 -13.3 259 7 329.9 330.3 293.5 336.7 1.96 13 400 7658 -15.9 -27.8 35 12.0 -18.9 265 8 334.3 334.5 293.8 337.9 0.97 14 350 8651 -22.7 -32.7 40 10.0 -24.6 225 3 338.2 338.3 294.5 340.8 0.70 15 300 9762 -31.5 -37.9 53 6.4 -32.4 57 5 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.8 0.48 16 250 11026 -41.1 -41.9 92 0.8 -41.2 122 5 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.5 0.39 17 200 12503 -53.0 -54.7 81 1.7 -53.0 160 11 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.4 0.11 18 150 14298 -65.5 -70.6 49 5.1 -65.6 70 10 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.02 19 100 16703 -70.9 -82.8 15 12.0 -70.9 92 14 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.83 m Freezing level: 577.49 mb = 4806.39 m = 15768.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.62 mb = 4484.08 m = 14711.37 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.68 C = 92.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.25 mb = 1260.08 m = 4134.07 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 21.64 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.88 mb = 1583.73 m = 5195.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1279.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.29 mb = 1338.52 m = 4391.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.29 mb = 1896.98 m = 6223.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.29 mb = 13150.05 m = 43142.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1274.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.4 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 5.4 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -141.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -2.3 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1012.11 Bulk Shear: 1.26 m/s