MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 29.70,-95.35 Latitude: 29.70 Longitude: -95.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 35.3 20.5 42 14.9 24.6 147 9 307.2 310.0 297.2 352.7 15.11 1 1000 159 32.8 19.5 46 13.3 23.3 148 11 306.0 308.6 296.4 349.1 14.40 2 950 619 28.4 18.3 54 10.1 21.2 150 9 306.0 308.6 296.2 348.1 14.03 3 900 1097 24.1 17.0 65 7.0 19.2 149 6 306.3 308.9 296.1 347.5 13.70 4 850 1594 19.9 15.4 75 4.6 16.8 151 2 307.0 309.4 295.8 346.2 13.02 5 800 2115 16.0 13.0 82 3.0 14.0 130 1 308.2 310.4 295.3 344.1 11.85 6 750 2661 12.3 9.5 83 2.9 10.5 228 0 310.0 311.9 294.4 340.5 9.98 7 700 3236 9.0 2.8 65 6.1 5.5 265 2 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.3 6.72 8 650 3848 6.8 -10.9 27 17.7 -0.9 46 2 316.6 317.1 290.3 325.0 2.56 9 600 4500 3.2 -21.6 14 24.8 -5.2 76 7 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.7 1.13 10 550 5199 -0.8 -23.6 16 22.8 -8.0 60 9 323.1 323.3 290.8 326.7 1.04 11 500 5953 -5.6 -25.9 19 20.3 -11.5 41 10 326.2 326.4 291.6 329.5 0.93 12 450 6769 -11.3 -31.9 16 20.7 -16.1 49 7 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.2 0.59 13 400 7663 -17.1 -35.5 19 18.4 -20.7 56 10 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.5 0.46 14 350 8650 -23.8 -40.9 19 17.1 -26.3 49 10 336.6 336.7 293.8 337.8 0.31 15 300 9756 -32.5 -48.1 20 15.6 -34.0 30 10 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.16 16 250 11013 -42.8 -54.9 25 12.1 -43.4 54 8 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.09 17 200 12477 -55.3 -60.8 50 5.5 -55.4 50 15 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14269 -64.1 -74.0 25 9.9 -64.1 46 14 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16702 -68.9 -82.8 12 13.9 -69.0 110 4 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.54 m Freezing level: 560.37 mb = 5054.18 m = 16581.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.79 mb = 3762.03 m = 12342.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.97 C = 94.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.25 mb = 1900.03 m = 6233.63 ft T: 17.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 29.04 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2172.58 m = 7127.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.58 C = 97.84 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 34.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 945.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.91 mb = 1893.16 m = 6211.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.91 mb = 2483.10 m = 8146.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.91 mb = 12931.91 m = 42427.01 ft B at Equ Level: 940.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.91 mb = 15816.05 m = 51889.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.4 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 122.4 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 102.88 Bulk Shear: 9.19 m/s