MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 29.38,-94.95 Latitude: 29.38 Longitude: -94.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 5 31.7 21.9 56 9.8 24.5 112 9 303.7 306.8 297.3 352.8 16.52 1 1000 119 29.7 20.5 58 9.2 23.1 109 9 302.9 305.7 296.3 348.4 15.39 2 950 575 26.2 18.9 64 7.3 21.1 66 6 303.8 306.5 296.0 347.2 14.64 3 900 1049 22.4 17.7 74 4.8 19.1 13 7 304.6 307.3 296.0 347.2 14.28 4 850 1545 18.6 15.9 84 2.7 16.8 345 10 305.7 308.2 295.7 346.0 13.48 5 800 2063 14.8 12.3 85 2.4 13.1 342 13 306.9 309.0 294.6 341.0 11.33 6 750 2608 12.4 4.1 57 8.4 7.6 4 13 310.1 311.4 292.0 331.2 6.84 7 700 3183 9.3 -2.7 43 12.1 3.2 21 13 312.8 313.7 290.9 326.9 4.47 8 650 3793 5.7 -7.9 37 13.5 -0.5 23 14 315.4 316.0 290.5 325.9 3.25 9 600 4443 1.9 -17.1 23 19.0 -5.1 18 13 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.9 1.66 10 550 5139 -1.6 -17.4 29 15.8 -7.4 8 11 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.2 1.77 11 500 5894 -4.9 -14.7 46 9.7 -8.8 360 12 327.0 327.5 293.2 335.4 2.45 12 450 6714 -10.7 -17.2 59 6.5 -13.0 350 20 329.8 330.2 293.7 337.4 2.20 13 400 7610 -16.0 -20.8 67 4.8 -17.5 342 16 334.2 334.6 294.5 340.7 1.83 14 350 8605 -21.9 -36.3 26 14.5 -24.5 9 18 339.3 339.4 294.6 341.2 0.49 15 300 9719 -30.7 -39.0 44 8.2 -31.9 18 9 342.0 342.1 295.2 343.7 0.44 16 250 10985 -41.3 -45.2 65 4.0 -41.6 36 3 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.8 0.27 17 200 12461 -53.2 -59.5 46 6.4 -53.4 273 2 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.06 18 150 14255 -66.3 -72.1 44 5.8 -66.4 24 6 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16672 -69.6 -81.9 15 12.3 -69.7 152 11 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.57 m Freezing level: 572.85 mb = 4821.21 m = 15817.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.88 mb = 3706.69 m = 12160.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.64 % Est. max temperature: 33.36 C = 92.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.44 mb = 1249.67 m = 4099.91 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 28.90 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.98 mb = 1748.48 m = 5736.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.11 C = 93.40 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 27.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 495.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.76 mb = 1435.76 m = 4710.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.76 mb = 2001.53 m = 6566.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.76 mb = 11959.56 m = 39236.92 ft B at Equ Level: 494.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.76 mb = 14849.28 m = 48717.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 12.2 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 42.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: -2.0 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 20.76 Bulk Shear: 23.88 m/s