MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 23.93,-94.69 Latitude: 23.93 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 2 29.1 24.6 77 4.6 25.7 108 11 300.8 304.3 298.3 358.0 19.44 1 1000 153 27.6 23.1 77 4.5 24.3 109 12 300.7 304.0 297.4 353.8 18.08 2 950 606 23.4 21.8 91 1.6 22.2 111 12 301.0 304.2 297.2 352.6 17.55 3 900 1079 23.0 14.6 59 8.4 17.4 124 13 305.2 307.4 294.3 340.1 11.66 4 850 1576 20.5 11.4 56 9.0 14.6 138 13 307.6 309.5 293.8 338.0 10.04 5 800 2097 17.3 7.7 53 9.7 11.4 147 13 309.6 311.2 293.0 334.9 8.25 6 750 2645 13.7 4.2 52 9.6 8.2 147 11 311.5 312.8 292.5 332.9 6.90 7 700 3223 10.0 1.0 54 8.9 5.1 140 9 313.5 314.6 292.3 332.1 5.90 8 650 3835 6.0 -2.3 55 8.3 1.8 131 9 315.8 316.8 292.2 331.7 4.99 9 600 4486 1.8 -6.3 55 8.2 -2.0 121 9 318.2 319.0 292.0 331.1 3.97 10 550 5182 -2.8 -11.2 52 8.5 -6.3 106 8 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.6 2.95 11 500 5931 -6.8 -19.4 36 12.7 -11.0 69 8 324.8 325.1 291.9 330.5 1.64 12 450 6747 -11.4 -19.8 50 8.4 -14.2 74 4 328.9 329.2 293.1 335.0 1.76 13 400 7639 -17.4 -24.9 52 7.6 -19.4 357 2 332.4 332.7 293.6 337.0 1.26 14 350 8627 -24.1 -34.5 38 10.4 -26.0 206 4 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.4 0.59 15 300 9731 -32.9 -43.5 34 10.6 -34.0 227 4 339.0 339.1 294.3 340.1 0.27 16 250 10989 -41.9 -51.7 34 9.8 -42.5 255 9 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.3 0.13 17 200 12460 -53.5 -57.7 60 4.2 -53.7 233 14 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.08 18 150 14251 -66.3 -69.3 66 2.9 -66.4 238 6 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16674 -71.6 -83.5 15 11.9 -71.7 79 10 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.83 m Freezing level: 580.15 mb = 4761.93 m = 15622.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4132.11 m = 13556.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.12 % Est. max temperature: 35.11 C = 95.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.79 mb = 580.40 m = 1904.16 ft T: 23.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 27.53 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1763.88 m = 5786.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.68 C = 98.03 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 29.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1576.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.96 mb = 897.00 m = 2942.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.96 mb = 2712.84 m = 8900.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.96 mb = 13328.36 m = 43727.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1574.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.0 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 155.0 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: -1.5 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 940.81 Bulk Shear: 1.68 m/s