MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 29.33,-94.96 Latitude: 29.33 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 1012 4 30.2 22.8 64 7.5 24.7 167 7 302.4 305.6 297.5 354.1 17.50 1 1000 109 29.1 21.6 64 7.5 23.6 167 8 302.3 305.3 296.8 350.8 16.42 2 950 564 26.2 18.9 64 7.3 21.0 129 3 303.7 306.4 296.0 347.1 14.60 3 900 1040 23.4 16.2 64 7.2 18.5 23 7 305.6 308.1 295.4 344.6 13.02 4 850 1537 19.6 14.4 72 5.2 16.1 5 12 306.7 309.0 295.1 343.5 12.21 5 800 2056 15.5 12.7 83 2.8 13.6 356 15 307.7 309.8 295.0 342.7 11.61 6 750 2601 11.4 10.5 94 0.9 10.9 354 15 309.0 311.0 294.7 341.6 10.72 7 700 3178 11.0 -3.1 37 14.2 3.8 14 13 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.5 4.33 8 650 3792 7.2 -10.5 27 17.7 -0.6 8 15 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.7 2.63 9 600 4445 3.3 -20.2 16 23.5 -4.9 359 18 320.0 320.2 290.1 324.4 1.28 10 550 5144 -0.7 -30.6 8 29.9 -8.7 355 21 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.54 11 500 5898 -5.2 -34.2 8 29.0 -12.1 360 21 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.3 0.42 12 450 6718 -9.5 -38.9 7 29.5 -15.4 10 12 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.29 13 400 7617 -15.8 -42.9 8 27.1 -20.3 34 9 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.22 14 350 8609 -22.5 -42.6 14 20.1 -25.4 339 4 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.26 15 300 9723 -30.6 -38.1 48 7.5 -31.7 296 8 342.3 342.4 295.3 344.1 0.48 16 250 10991 -40.7 -46.0 57 5.2 -41.2 261 7 345.5 345.6 295.8 346.5 0.25 17 200 12468 -52.8 -58.9 47 6.1 -52.9 260 12 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.07 18 150 14263 -66.3 -70.1 59 3.8 -66.4 7 5 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16662 -72.9 -81.1 28 8.2 -72.9 112 19 386.8 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.31 m Freezing level: 558.72 mb = 5022.29 m = 16477.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.53 mb = 3709.19 m = 12169.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.78 % Est. max temperature: 34.35 C = 93.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.59 mb = 956.47 m = 3138.00 ft T: 23.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 29.75 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.16 mb = 1863.92 m = 6115.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.20 C = 95.37 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 25.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 394.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.98 mb = 1394.94 m = 4576.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.98 mb = 2281.07 m = 7483.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.98 mb = 2954.51 m = 9693.14 ft B at Equ Level: 27.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.98 mb = 14714.08 m = 48273.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 2.6 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 32.6 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -9.7 tot: 4.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.16 Bulk Shear: 55.04 m/s