MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 29.52,-97.33 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -97.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 101 SFC 1000 105 25.7 21.0 75 4.8 22.3 354 14 298.9 301.8 295.5 344.9 15.81 2 950 554 27.0 15.6 50 11.4 19.3 12 22 304.6 306.8 294.3 340.0 11.84 3 900 1030 24.1 15.2 58 8.9 18.1 29 15 306.4 308.6 295.0 343.0 12.19 4 850 1528 20.7 14.5 68 6.2 16.5 58 8 307.8 310.1 295.5 344.9 12.27 5 800 2051 17.2 13.0 77 4.2 14.4 106 6 309.4 311.7 295.6 345.5 11.85 6 750 2599 13.3 11.0 85 2.4 11.8 134 7 311.1 313.2 295.5 344.9 11.04 7 700 3177 9.7 8.1 90 1.5 8.7 131 7 313.2 315.1 295.1 343.4 9.77 8 650 3790 6.2 4.7 90 1.5 5.3 101 7 316.0 317.6 294.8 342.0 8.28 9 600 4443 2.7 1.1 89 1.6 1.8 94 11 319.3 320.6 294.7 341.5 6.95 10 550 5143 -1.3 -2.8 90 1.5 -2.0 100 13 322.6 323.7 294.6 341.1 5.69 11 500 5898 -5.3 -7.8 82 2.5 -6.5 103 14 326.6 327.4 294.5 340.8 4.26 12 450 6718 -10.0 -12.3 83 2.3 -10.9 122 12 330.7 331.3 294.8 342.0 3.31 13 400 7617 -15.3 -20.7 63 5.4 -17.0 155 11 335.1 335.5 294.7 341.6 1.84 14 350 8613 -21.3 -28.3 53 7.0 -22.9 144 9 340.1 340.3 295.3 344.0 1.07 15 300 9732 -29.1 -35.6 54 6.5 -30.2 132 8 344.4 344.5 295.9 346.8 0.62 16 250 11007 -39.5 -46.4 48 6.9 -40.1 141 7 347.4 347.4 296.3 348.3 0.24 17 200 12491 -52.5 -57.0 58 4.5 -52.7 145 10 349.6 349.6 296.6 350.0 0.09 18 150 14287 -66.7 -67.3 92 0.6 -66.7 95 12 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.3 0.03 19 100 16684 -69.4 -80.9 17 11.5 -69.5 104 14 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.88 m Freezing level: 566.00 mb = 4918.94 m = 16138.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.26 mb = 4767.66 m = 15641.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.64 % Est. max temperature: 34.63 C = 94.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.75 mb = 715.23 m = 2346.52 ft T: 26.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 4.99 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.63 mb = 2614.41 m = 8577.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.93 C = 100.28 F Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lifted Index: 0.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.75 C K Index: 38.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3566.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.02 mb = 1722.85 m = 5652.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 78.6 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 108.6 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.5 neg: -6.2 tot: 57.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 46.24 m/s