MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 29.36,-98.53 Latitude: 29.36 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 101 SFC 986 227 31.5 20.4 52 11.0 23.5 143 11 305.8 308.7 297.1 352.4 15.52 2 950 559 29.5 19.2 54 10.3 22.1 144 20 307.2 309.9 297.1 352.0 14.89 3 900 1039 25.9 17.9 61 8.0 20.2 144 15 308.2 310.9 297.1 352.0 14.47 4 850 1541 22.1 15.8 67 6.3 17.8 140 5 309.3 311.9 296.7 350.1 13.42 5 800 2065 18.1 13.6 75 4.5 15.1 286 2 310.5 312.8 296.3 348.2 12.35 6 750 2615 14.5 8.9 69 5.7 10.9 317 8 312.4 314.2 294.8 341.9 9.56 7 700 3196 12.0 -3.1 35 15.1 4.2 5 14 315.7 316.6 291.6 329.6 4.33 8 650 3811 7.0 -0.1 60 7.1 3.1 20 23 316.9 318.0 293.2 335.5 5.85 9 600 4465 3.5 -3.9 59 7.4 -0.3 7 26 320.2 321.1 293.2 335.7 4.79 10 550 5166 -1.0 -6.4 67 5.4 -3.6 4 28 322.9 323.8 293.6 337.1 4.32 11 500 5921 -5.8 -9.9 72 4.2 -7.6 352 25 326.0 326.7 293.9 338.1 3.60 12 450 6740 -10.1 -25.6 27 15.5 -14.5 351 19 330.5 330.8 292.9 334.3 1.05 13 400 7636 -16.4 -40.2 11 23.8 -20.5 351 23 333.7 333.7 293.0 334.8 0.29 14 350 8626 -23.4 -49.9 7 26.5 -26.4 340 22 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.11 15 300 9738 -30.4 -46.2 20 15.8 -32.1 301 15 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.4 0.20 16 250 11007 -40.4 -54.4 21 13.9 -41.3 318 12 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.09 17 200 12486 -52.8 -61.2 36 8.3 -53.1 353 7 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14283 -66.0 -70.4 54 4.4 -66.0 32 12 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16687 -70.6 -82.8 15 12.2 -70.6 144 8 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.91 m Freezing level: 561.11 mb = 5010.57 m = 16438.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.02 mb = 4410.78 m = 14470.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.35 % Est. max temperature: 35.26 C = 95.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.91 mb = 1633.62 m = 5359.59 ft T: 21.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 22.79 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.02 mb = 2435.25 m = 7989.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.35 C = 99.22 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 28.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1061.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.69 mb = 1907.69 m = 6258.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.69 mb = 3440.51 m = 11287.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.69 mb = 13154.70 m = 43157.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1058.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.69 mb = 16138.10 m = 52945.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 12.0 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 42.0 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.3 neg: -30.0 tot: 105.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 8.23 Bulk Shear: 129.02 m/s