MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 986 259 36.4 14.9 28 21.5 21.6 105 10 310.8 312.9 295.3 344.0 10.85 2 950 590 32.5 14.0 33 18.4 20.0 106 14 310.1 312.2 295.0 342.7 10.66 3 900 1073 27.8 13.2 41 14.6 18.0 107 13 310.2 312.2 295.0 342.7 10.65 4 850 1575 23.0 12.3 51 10.8 15.9 109 11 310.3 312.3 295.0 342.7 10.61 5 800 2100 18.0 11.2 64 6.8 13.6 110 10 310.4 312.4 294.9 342.6 10.52 6 750 2648 12.9 9.9 82 3.0 11.0 106 9 310.5 312.5 294.8 341.9 10.25 7 700 3224 8.2 5.4 83 2.7 6.5 74 8 311.5 313.0 293.4 336.5 8.09 8 650 3835 7.2 -13.4 21 20.6 -1.3 49 15 317.1 317.5 290.0 324.1 2.09 9 600 4489 4.0 -22.5 12 26.5 -4.9 38 19 320.8 321.0 290.1 324.4 1.05 10 550 5189 -0.5 -30.6 8 30.1 -8.6 45 20 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.5 0.54 11 500 5945 -4.1 -40.1 4 36.0 -11.8 54 20 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.23 12 450 6766 -9.7 -42.2 5 32.5 -15.8 44 21 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.21 13 400 7664 -16.3 -40.0 11 23.8 -20.4 37 26 333.9 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.29 14 350 8653 -23.5 -35.9 31 12.4 -25.7 31 17 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.0 0.51 15 300 9762 -31.8 -44.5 27 12.7 -33.1 18 16 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.6 0.24 16 250 11021 -42.5 -53.2 30 10.7 -43.0 17 12 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.11 17 200 12490 -54.0 -61.5 39 7.5 -54.2 14 17 347.2 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14282 -65.0 -73.1 32 8.1 -65.1 61 13 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 19 100 16703 -70.7 -81.4 19 10.6 -70.8 81 2 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.39 m Freezing level: 555.29 mb = 5115.03 m = 16781.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.14 mb = 3732.05 m = 12244.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.77 % Est. max temperature: 35.88 C = 96.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.61 mb = 2947.38 m = 9669.77 ft T: 10.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.69 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 3019.47 m = 9906.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.73 C = 98.12 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 16.37 C K Index: 36.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.49 mb = 2914.15 m = 9560.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.49 mb = 3206.40 m = 10519.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 681.49 mb = 3444.89 m = 11301.99 ft B at Equ Level: 2.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 671.49 mb = 3566.65 m = 11701.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 67.2 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 97.2 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 10.57 m/s