MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 29.88,-95.08 Latitude: 29.88 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 22 32.6 21.7 53 10.9 24.6 21 2 304.7 307.7 297.4 353.4 16.35 1 1000 133 30.1 20.2 55 9.9 23.0 4 2 303.2 306.0 296.1 347.8 15.02 2 950 589 25.6 19.1 67 6.5 21.0 337 4 303.1 305.9 296.0 347.0 14.79 3 900 1062 21.1 18.0 82 3.1 18.9 322 5 303.3 306.0 295.8 346.5 14.59 4 850 1555 17.4 15.5 89 1.8 16.1 310 8 304.3 306.8 295.2 343.6 13.18 5 800 2072 14.6 10.6 77 4.0 12.0 313 12 306.7 308.6 293.6 337.0 10.06 6 750 2616 12.1 5.1 63 6.9 8.0 332 12 309.7 311.1 292.3 332.4 7.38 7 700 3191 9.4 -0.7 49 10.2 4.1 351 13 312.9 313.9 291.5 329.2 5.19 8 650 3802 6.0 -5.7 43 11.7 0.4 355 14 315.8 316.5 291.2 328.1 3.84 9 600 4453 2.5 -10.3 38 12.7 -3.1 342 12 319.0 319.5 291.3 328.6 2.91 10 550 5152 -1.0 -19.5 23 18.6 -7.4 340 12 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.0 1.48 11 500 5906 -5.0 -19.6 31 14.7 -10.0 347 11 327.0 327.3 292.4 332.6 1.61 12 450 6728 -9.2 -28.3 20 19.1 -14.3 55 8 331.6 331.8 293.0 334.7 0.82 13 400 7627 -15.8 -33.2 21 17.4 -19.6 31 6 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.6 0.58 14 350 8618 -23.2 -36.5 29 13.3 -25.5 336 5 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.3 0.48 15 300 9728 -31.1 -34.7 70 3.6 -31.6 279 3 341.6 341.7 295.3 344.2 0.67 16 250 10995 -40.8 -45.9 58 5.0 -41.2 305 6 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.4 0.25 17 200 12472 -53.1 -56.1 70 3.0 -53.2 186 1 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.10 18 150 14262 -66.8 -69.2 71 2.4 -66.8 69 6 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16688 -70.5 -82.1 17 11.6 -70.6 61 16 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.95 m Freezing level: 564.05 mb = 4955.38 m = 16257.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.63 mb = 3869.51 m = 12695.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.52 mb = 1398.94 m = 4589.63 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 25.32 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1533.22 m = 5030.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.21 C = 89.97 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 27.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.67 mb = 1407.42 m = 4617.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.67 mb = 1761.25 m = 5778.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.67 mb = 11556.62 m = 37914.97 ft B at Equ Level: 394.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.67 mb = 14689.29 m = 48192.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.8 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 8.8 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 51.88 Bulk Shear: 7.65 m/s