MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 29.42,-94.91 Latitude: 29.42 Longitude: -94.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 5 25.9 23.9 89 2.0 24.5 159 13 297.9 301.3 297.2 352.6 18.79 1 1000 124 25.0 22.9 88 2.2 23.5 160 18 298.2 301.4 296.6 350.0 17.82 2 950 574 22.3 20.1 87 2.2 20.8 172 22 299.8 302.7 295.7 346.0 15.77 3 900 1044 19.9 17.6 87 2.3 18.4 181 23 302.0 304.6 295.3 344.1 14.24 4 850 1536 17.3 15.3 88 2.0 16.0 189 22 304.3 306.7 295.0 342.8 12.95 5 800 2053 14.5 12.9 90 1.6 13.4 199 21 306.6 308.8 294.8 342.0 11.77 6 750 2597 11.5 10.4 93 1.1 10.8 207 19 309.1 311.1 294.7 341.4 10.62 7 700 3173 8.5 7.8 96 0.6 8.1 216 17 311.9 313.7 294.7 341.4 9.56 8 650 3784 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.3 226 16 315.1 316.8 294.8 341.9 8.55 9 600 4435 1.7 1.7 100 0.0 1.7 236 14 318.1 319.5 294.6 341.1 7.23 10 550 5134 -1.4 -1.6 99 0.2 -1.5 252 10 322.4 323.7 295.0 342.6 6.22 11 500 5890 -4.5 -4.9 97 0.4 -4.7 277 3 327.5 328.6 295.6 345.2 5.33 12 450 6714 -8.6 -9.1 97 0.4 -8.8 77 2 332.4 333.2 296.0 347.0 4.28 13 400 7618 -14.0 -14.3 98 0.3 -14.1 146 3 336.8 337.5 296.2 348.0 3.17 14 350 8619 -20.6 -20.6 100 0.0 -20.5 175 3 341.0 341.5 296.4 348.7 2.13 15 300 9741 -28.8 -28.8 100 -0.0 -28.8 183 5 344.8 345.0 296.4 349.2 1.18 16 250 11017 -39.5 -39.5 100 -0.0 -39.5 148 7 347.3 347.4 296.5 349.3 0.50 17 200 12500 -52.8 -52.9 99 0.0 -52.8 142 6 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.7 0.14 18 150 14286 -68.7 -70.0 83 1.3 -68.8 165 9 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 19 100 16650 -74.5 -80.3 40 5.9 -74.5 108 11 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.59 m Freezing level: 572.40 mb = 4820.65 m = 15815.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.33 mb = 4800.12 m = 15748.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 89.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.06 mb = 256.10 m = 840.23 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.19 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 1055.30 m = 3462.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.80 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 214.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.15 mb = 729.69 m = 2393.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.15 mb = 1758.31 m = 5768.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.15 mb = 6918.66 m = 22698.73 ft B at Equ Level: 214.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.15 mb = 12879.32 m = 42254.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 10.48 Bulk Shear: 20.50 m/s