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: 30.97,-98.88 Latitude: 30.97 Longitude: -98.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 87 SFC 956 486 34.9 13.8 28 21.2 20.5 128 7 312.1 314.1 295.3 344.1 10.41 2 950 540 34.2 12.9 28 21.3 19.9 129 8 311.9 313.8 294.8 342.3 9.88 3 900 1025 29.4 12.0 34 17.4 17.8 136 7 311.8 313.7 294.8 342.1 9.81 4 850 1530 24.5 11.1 43 13.4 15.7 147 6 311.9 313.7 294.8 342.1 9.82 5 800 2057 19.5 10.2 55 9.3 13.5 159 5 311.9 313.8 294.8 342.1 9.80 6 750 2608 14.2 9.2 72 5.0 11.0 170 4 312.0 313.8 294.8 342.1 9.78 7 700 3188 11.3 2.9 56 8.4 6.5 347 8 315.0 316.3 293.4 336.4 6.77 8 650 3804 8.0 2.2 67 5.7 4.6 5 17 318.0 319.3 294.3 340.0 6.93 9 600 4459 2.9 -2.2 69 5.1 0.3 3 19 319.5 320.6 293.6 337.0 5.44 10 550 5159 -1.1 -10.4 49 9.3 -5.1 344 21 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.3 3.15 11 500 5912 -6.3 -14.7 51 8.4 -9.5 336 27 325.4 325.8 292.7 333.6 2.44 12 450 6729 -10.3 -29.9 18 19.6 -15.2 317 22 330.3 330.5 292.5 332.9 0.71 13 400 7627 -16.4 -44.6 7 28.3 -20.7 326 25 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.18 14 350 8616 -23.6 -55.6 4 32.0 -26.7 329 32 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.06 15 300 9726 -30.8 -60.6 4 29.8 -32.9 323 26 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 16 250 10995 -40.3 -64.0 6 23.7 -41.3 328 26 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 17 200 12475 -52.5 -67.5 15 14.9 -52.8 322 21 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14277 -65.3 -74.1 28 8.8 -65.3 346 17 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16692 -70.2 -82.4 15 12.2 -70.3 181 3 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.45 m Freezing level: 563.66 mb = 4967.92 m = 16298.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.64 mb = 4491.07 m = 14734.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.73 % Est. max temperature: 34.75 C = 94.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.33 mb = 3135.72 m = 10287.68 ft T: 11.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.76 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.65 mb = 3935.72 m = 12912.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.04 C = 105.87 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.42 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.13 mb = 3209.85 m = 10530.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 513.13 mb = 5707.36 m = 18724.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.13 mb = 6340.62 m = 20802.30 ft B at Equ Level: 5.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 443.13 mb = 6846.58 m = 22462.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.0 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 21.0 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 74.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 56.09 m/s