MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 136 SFC 987 259 36.3 13.9 26 22.4 21.1 104 10 310.7 312.6 294.7 341.8 10.16 2 950 598 32.3 13.0 31 19.3 19.4 106 12 310.0 311.9 294.4 340.5 9.96 3 900 1081 27.7 12.2 38 15.6 17.4 110 10 310.1 311.9 294.4 340.5 9.94 4 850 1583 22.9 11.3 48 11.6 15.3 118 8 310.1 312.0 294.4 340.5 9.92 5 800 2107 18.0 10.2 60 7.8 13.0 134 7 310.3 312.1 294.4 340.3 9.82 6 750 2656 13.2 8.1 71 5.1 10.0 160 6 310.9 312.6 294.0 338.8 9.07 7 700 3233 9.5 0.4 53 9.1 4.6 142 6 313.0 314.1 291.9 330.8 5.65 8 650 3845 7.6 -17.7 15 25.3 -1.9 84 13 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.6 1.46 9 600 4500 4.3 -19.7 15 24.0 -4.3 67 16 321.1 321.3 290.5 325.7 1.33 10 550 5202 0.4 -23.7 14 24.1 -7.4 55 21 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.2 1.03 11 500 5959 -4.0 -26.3 16 22.3 -10.6 52 23 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.4 0.89 12 450 6781 -9.9 -28.2 21 18.4 -14.7 47 23 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.9 0.83 13 400 7678 -16.2 -31.0 27 14.8 -19.6 41 20 333.9 334.0 293.4 336.6 0.72 14 350 8668 -23.5 -35.7 32 12.2 -25.6 34 18 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.1 0.52 15 300 9775 -32.6 -44.4 30 11.8 -33.8 43 11 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.4 0.25 16 250 11032 -42.4 -55.2 23 12.8 -43.0 29 5 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.09 17 200 12499 -54.5 -61.9 39 7.5 -54.6 42 3 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 18 150 14290 -65.2 -72.8 34 7.6 -65.3 48 19 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16704 -68.9 -82.1 13 13.1 -69.0 115 11 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.25 m Freezing level: 545.46 mb = 5270.58 m = 17291.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.71 mb = 3660.09 m = 12008.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.81 % Est. max temperature: 35.84 C = 96.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.48 mb = 3061.49 m = 10044.12 ft T: 10.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.75 mb = 3924.08 m = 12874.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.65 C = 110.57 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: 2.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: 2.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 15.23 C K Index: 29.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3049.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.82 mb = 3034.16 m = 9954.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.4 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 110.4 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -115.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 3.89 m/s