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: 30.04,-98.42 Latitude: 30.04 Longitude: -98.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 969 408 22.3 18.7 80 3.6 19.8 209 2 298.0 300.6 294.1 339.1 14.14 2 950 584 23.7 17.6 69 6.1 19.5 205 6 301.2 303.7 294.5 340.8 13.44 3 900 1057 22.7 15.3 63 7.5 17.7 199 10 304.9 307.2 294.7 341.4 12.20 4 850 1553 20.1 13.8 67 6.3 15.9 218 8 307.2 309.4 295.0 342.6 11.76 5 800 2074 16.6 11.6 73 4.9 13.3 253 6 308.8 310.8 294.7 341.6 10.79 6 750 2621 13.1 5.8 61 7.4 8.8 288 6 310.8 312.3 293.0 334.6 7.71 7 700 3198 10.2 -3.2 39 13.4 3.4 2 7 313.7 314.6 291.0 327.5 4.32 8 650 3811 7.0 -11.2 26 18.2 -0.9 17 9 316.8 317.3 290.3 325.0 2.49 9 600 4463 3.0 -14.7 26 17.8 -4.0 9 10 319.6 320.0 290.7 326.4 2.03 10 550 5164 -0.0 -28.5 10 28.5 -8.2 21 14 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.5 0.66 11 500 5918 -5.6 -35.6 7 30.0 -12.4 29 14 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.6 0.37 12 450 6736 -9.9 -40.2 6 30.2 -15.8 38 14 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.26 13 400 7635 -15.4 -44.6 6 29.1 -20.1 24 18 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.18 14 350 8627 -23.2 -45.5 11 22.3 -26.1 8 16 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.2 0.19 15 300 9736 -31.2 -38.0 52 6.7 -32.2 356 11 341.4 341.5 295.1 343.2 0.48 16 250 11001 -41.4 -42.1 93 0.7 -41.5 346 7 344.5 344.6 295.7 346.0 0.38 17 200 12474 -53.3 -54.6 85 1.4 -53.3 245 2 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.9 0.11 18 150 14269 -66.1 -69.7 61 3.6 -66.1 16 17 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16678 -71.8 -82.3 19 10.6 -71.8 68 6 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.72 m Freezing level: 550.21 mb = 5160.54 m = 16930.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.18 mb = 3682.12 m = 12080.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.13 mb = 863.22 m = 2832.06 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 17.60 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.61 mb = 2625.49 m = 8613.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.96 C = 94.93 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 0.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 26.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3222.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.30 mb = 1713.43 m = 5621.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 5.2 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 35.2 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: -6.0 tot: 40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 31.33 m/s