MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 26.14,-95.55 Latitude: 26.14 Longitude: -95.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 2 29.7 25.1 77 4.5 26.3 106 12 301.4 305.1 298.9 361.0 20.17 1 1000 147 28.2 23.0 74 5.2 24.4 107 14 301.3 304.6 297.5 354.3 17.98 2 950 601 23.9 21.5 87 2.4 22.2 109 14 301.4 304.6 297.1 352.3 17.27 3 900 1073 20.9 17.4 80 3.6 18.5 112 13 303.1 305.7 295.4 344.5 13.99 4 850 1567 19.2 10.3 56 8.9 13.6 106 13 306.2 308.0 292.9 334.3 9.29 5 800 2087 17.2 3.2 39 14.0 9.3 98 13 309.5 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.04 6 750 2635 14.4 0.1 37 14.3 6.6 94 11 312.2 313.2 291.2 328.3 5.13 7 700 3213 10.9 -1.9 41 12.7 4.2 87 7 314.5 315.5 291.6 329.7 4.77 8 650 3827 7.0 -6.4 38 13.4 0.6 43 6 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.7 3.65 9 600 4480 2.8 -9.4 40 12.2 -2.7 7 8 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.6 3.12 10 550 5178 -0.9 -13.5 38 12.6 -6.0 348 8 323.0 323.5 292.0 331.3 2.45 11 500 5934 -4.9 -17.6 36 12.7 -9.5 341 6 327.1 327.4 292.7 333.7 1.92 12 450 6754 -10.2 -23.9 31 13.8 -14.2 3 6 330.5 330.7 293.0 334.9 1.23 13 400 7650 -16.5 -29.6 31 13.1 -19.6 17 7 333.5 333.7 293.4 336.5 0.82 14 350 8639 -23.7 -36.7 29 12.9 -25.9 52 6 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.6 0.47 15 300 9746 -32.5 -42.6 36 10.2 -33.6 127 4 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.8 0.30 16 250 11002 -42.6 -50.8 40 8.2 -43.1 172 2 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.14 17 200 12471 -54.1 -60.2 47 6.0 -54.3 213 6 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14259 -66.8 -71.7 50 4.8 -66.9 142 4 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16671 -72.0 -83.2 17 11.2 -72.1 85 21 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.22 m Freezing level: 562.33 mb = 5006.07 m = 16423.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.77 mb = 3943.52 m = 12937.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.86 mb = 574.80 m = 1885.79 ft T: 24.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 32.79 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1186.57 m = 3892.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: 4.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 15.19 C K Index: 21.64 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1528.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.39 mb = 906.23 m = 2973.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.39 mb = 2949.22 m = 9675.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.39 mb = 13765.51 m = 45161.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1525.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 78.6 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 108.6 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -8.8 tot: -6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 255.47 Bulk Shear: 5.98 m/s