MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 23.93,-97.66 Latitude: 23.93 Longitude: -97.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 30 27.2 23.9 82 3.3 24.8 182 12 299.6 303.1 297.7 354.9 18.86 1 1000 101 26.7 22.8 80 3.8 23.9 181 13 299.8 303.0 297.0 351.8 17.77 2 950 554 23.9 20.6 82 3.3 21.6 180 18 301.5 304.5 296.5 349.5 16.31 3 900 1027 22.6 13.2 55 9.5 16.4 182 14 304.8 306.8 293.5 336.6 10.62 4 850 1523 21.0 8.4 44 12.6 13.2 173 9 308.1 309.7 292.6 333.1 8.18 5 800 2045 18.4 5.2 42 13.2 10.6 125 5 310.8 312.1 292.3 332.2 6.93 6 750 2595 15.0 2.2 42 12.9 7.8 63 7 312.9 314.0 292.2 331.6 5.97 7 700 3175 10.7 1.3 52 9.4 5.5 27 9 314.3 315.5 292.6 333.2 6.01 8 650 3788 6.1 -1.7 57 7.8 2.0 11 9 315.9 316.9 292.4 332.4 5.19 9 600 4439 1.7 -4.4 64 6.2 -1.3 356 5 318.1 319.0 292.5 332.9 4.59 10 550 5135 -2.4 -9.5 58 7.2 -5.5 331 6 321.3 321.9 292.4 332.4 3.37 11 500 5886 -6.0 -15.5 47 9.5 -9.6 341 6 325.8 326.2 292.7 333.6 2.29 12 450 6704 -10.9 -20.1 47 9.2 -13.9 5 8 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.6 1.73 13 400 7599 -16.7 -27.5 39 10.8 -19.4 23 12 333.2 333.5 293.6 336.9 1.00 14 350 8588 -23.5 -31.7 47 8.2 -25.1 20 20 337.1 337.3 294.3 340.0 0.77 15 300 9698 -31.7 -37.6 56 6.0 -32.5 33 17 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.7 0.50 16 250 10959 -41.7 -42.6 91 0.9 -41.8 50 19 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.5 0.36 17 200 12431 -54.0 -55.8 80 1.8 -54.1 68 17 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.10 18 150 14219 -66.7 -69.4 69 2.6 -66.8 56 12 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16625 -71.5 -82.7 17 11.2 -71.5 85 14 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.06 m Freezing level: 578.92 mb = 4732.08 m = 15525.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.88 mb = 4173.45 m = 13692.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.67 % Est. max temperature: 35.15 C = 95.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.13 mb = 442.26 m = 1450.97 ft T: 24.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 23.28 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.54 mb = 2287.87 m = 7506.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.29 C = 102.71 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 14.39 C K Index: 25.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 721.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 229.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.85 mb = 1047.42 m = 3436.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.85 mb = 3501.83 m = 11488.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.85 mb = 12657.46 m = 41526.59 ft B at Equ Level: 714.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.85 mb = 15403.93 m = 50537.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.0 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 125.0 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -14.5 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 19.69 Bulk Shear: 36.64 m/s