MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.47,-95.68 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -95.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 997 145 22.7 17.0 70 5.8 18.9 134 6 296.1 298.3 292.1 331.5 12.28 2 950 570 23.9 16.0 61 7.9 18.5 153 14 301.4 303.7 293.6 337.0 12.09 3 900 1041 21.3 15.3 69 6.0 17.2 163 7 303.4 305.7 294.2 339.7 12.21 4 850 1535 18.8 13.4 71 5.4 15.2 284 2 305.8 308.0 294.3 340.1 11.42 5 800 2054 15.9 10.4 70 5.5 12.3 325 6 308.0 309.9 293.9 338.1 9.92 6 750 2600 12.5 7.4 71 5.1 9.4 335 10 310.2 311.8 293.5 336.8 8.68 7 700 3176 9.0 3.9 71 5.1 6.0 341 17 312.4 313.8 293.0 334.9 7.25 8 650 3786 5.7 -6.8 40 12.5 -0.2 350 21 315.4 316.0 290.8 326.7 3.53 9 600 4436 1.2 -13.1 34 14.3 -4.5 346 23 317.6 318.0 290.3 325.3 2.33 10 550 5128 -4.4 -16.9 37 12.5 -8.8 338 26 318.9 319.2 290.3 325.1 1.85 11 500 5871 -9.3 -23.1 32 13.8 -13.3 326 22 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.8 1.19 12 450 6678 -14.1 -24.6 41 10.5 -16.9 310 25 325.5 325.8 291.6 329.6 1.15 13 400 7564 -18.6 -26.4 50 7.8 -20.5 303 33 330.8 331.0 293.0 334.8 1.11 14 350 8553 -21.9 -35.2 29 13.2 -24.4 319 37 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.3 0.55 15 300 9667 -30.3 -44.7 23 14.4 -32.0 328 44 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.24 16 250 10937 -39.7 -45.8 52 6.1 -40.2 302 30 347.1 347.1 296.2 348.1 0.25 17 200 12423 -51.2 -59.7 35 8.5 -51.5 300 34 351.7 351.7 297.1 352.0 0.06 18 150 14241 -63.5 -75.7 18 12.1 -63.6 264 22 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16679 -70.1 -82.2 15 12.1 -70.2 71 10 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.09 m Freezing level: 589.00 mb = 4587.89 m = 15051.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.26 mb = 3770.07 m = 12368.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.25 mb = 885.03 m = 2903.60 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 15.02 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.85 mb = 2623.69 m = 8607.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.86 C = 98.34 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.37 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 376.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.82 mb = 1486.17 m = 4875.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.82 mb = 4986.98 m = 16361.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 419.82 mb = 7199.90 m = 23621.42 ft B at Equ Level: 83.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 359.82 mb = 8347.93 m = 27387.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.8 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 8.8 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.3 neg: -5.9 tot: 77.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 90.09 m/s