MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 29.31,-94.95 Latitude: 29.31 Longitude: -94.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 4 26.3 23.2 83 3.1 24.1 28 5 298.2 301.4 296.7 350.4 17.94 1 1000 136 26.3 21.9 77 4.4 23.1 40 6 299.4 302.5 296.3 348.4 16.78 2 950 589 24.0 19.2 75 4.7 20.6 46 2 301.5 304.2 295.6 345.4 14.93 3 900 1061 21.0 16.7 76 4.4 18.0 282 3 303.2 305.6 295.0 342.8 13.37 4 850 1554 17.8 14.2 79 3.6 15.4 301 7 304.8 307.1 294.6 340.9 12.08 5 800 2071 14.8 11.7 82 3.1 12.9 305 12 307.0 309.0 294.3 339.8 10.89 6 750 2615 11.7 8.6 81 3.1 9.8 293 16 309.3 311.1 293.9 338.1 9.43 7 700 3191 9.1 3.4 68 5.6 5.8 295 18 312.5 313.8 292.9 334.3 7.01 8 650 3801 6.3 -7.1 38 13.4 0.0 311 15 316.1 316.7 290.9 327.3 3.45 9 600 4453 3.0 -13.1 30 16.1 -3.6 322 12 319.5 320.0 290.9 327.3 2.32 10 550 5152 -1.3 -14.4 36 13.1 -6.4 329 8 322.6 323.0 291.8 330.3 2.28 11 500 5905 -5.9 -16.6 42 10.7 -9.8 314 8 325.9 326.3 292.5 333.0 2.08 12 450 6723 -10.2 -20.7 42 10.5 -13.6 335 7 330.4 330.8 293.4 336.2 1.63 13 400 7622 -15.6 -26.7 38 11.1 -18.6 24 14 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.6 1.07 14 350 8615 -22.6 -28.8 57 6.2 -24.0 18 12 338.3 338.5 294.8 342.0 1.01 15 300 9728 -30.6 -32.7 82 2.1 -31.0 351 8 342.2 342.4 295.6 345.3 0.82 16 250 10996 -40.7 -42.6 82 1.9 -40.9 18 2 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.0 0.36 17 200 12473 -53.1 -56.2 69 3.1 -53.2 67 7 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.0 0.09 18 150 14264 -66.5 -70.5 57 4.0 -66.5 59 5 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16674 -71.7 -81.6 21 9.9 -71.8 81 14 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.64 m Freezing level: 564.96 mb = 4943.19 m = 16217.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.73 mb = 3804.90 m = 12483.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.48 % Est. max temperature: 32.47 C = 90.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.86 mb = 397.17 m = 1303.05 ft T: 24.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 23.12 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1492.44 m = 4896.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.77 C = 90.98 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 32.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 260.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.30 mb = 1018.94 m = 3342.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.30 mb = 2292.01 m = 7519.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.30 mb = 10478.51 m = 34377.89 ft B at Equ Level: 258.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.30 mb = 13889.19 m = 45567.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.8 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 339.8 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 15.54 Bulk Shear: 16.74 m/s