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: 31.16,-95.01 Latitude: 31.16 Longitude: -95.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 92 21.9 21.5 97 0.4 21.6 78 3 294.6 297.5 294.6 341.1 16.24 1 1000 141 22.3 21.3 94 1.0 21.6 79 6 295.4 298.3 294.7 341.8 16.15 2 950 590 22.5 19.2 81 3.4 20.2 76 6 300.0 302.8 295.2 343.6 14.87 3 900 1060 20.3 16.4 78 3.9 17.7 19 4 302.5 304.9 294.7 341.4 13.18 4 850 1552 17.3 13.7 79 3.6 15.0 334 8 304.3 306.4 294.1 339.1 11.69 5 800 2068 13.7 10.5 81 3.2 11.7 319 10 305.7 307.6 293.3 335.8 10.01 6 750 2610 11.9 3.3 56 8.6 7.1 334 12 309.5 310.7 291.6 329.5 6.48 7 700 3186 9.6 -2.2 43 11.8 3.5 348 14 313.2 314.1 291.1 327.9 4.65 8 650 3797 6.4 -8.8 33 15.2 -0.4 342 14 316.2 316.8 290.6 326.0 3.02 9 600 4449 2.8 -15.1 25 17.9 -4.2 336 12 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.9 1.96 10 550 5147 -0.9 -26.9 12 26.0 -8.5 345 12 323.0 323.1 290.5 325.7 0.77 11 500 5902 -4.6 -40.9 4 36.3 -12.1 4 13 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.21 12 450 6724 -9.0 -41.9 5 32.8 -15.3 38 15 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.21 13 400 7622 -16.1 -42.9 8 26.9 -20.4 10 15 334.1 334.2 293.0 335.0 0.22 14 350 8614 -23.0 -46.6 10 23.7 -26.0 319 12 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.5 0.17 15 300 9725 -31.4 -40.0 43 8.6 -32.5 284 12 341.1 341.2 295.0 342.7 0.39 16 250 10991 -40.9 -44.4 69 3.5 -41.2 288 17 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.5 0.30 17 200 12468 -52.8 -57.9 54 5.1 -53.0 285 15 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14268 -66.2 -68.4 74 2.1 -66.2 312 8 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.03 19 100 16673 -70.8 -82.0 18 11.2 -70.8 100 11 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.46 m Freezing level: 562.59 mb = 4971.38 m = 16310.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.63 mb = 3725.88 m = 12223.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.40 C = 88.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.74 mb = 143.60 m = 471.14 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 17.86 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1512.74 m = 4963.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.64 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.32 C K Index: 23.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2546.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.72 mb = 890.39 m = 2921.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.3 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 17.3 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -6.3 tot: 16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.39 Bulk Shear: 19.90 m/s