MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 109 SFC 983 259 37.4 12.9 23 24.5 20.9 103 9 312.0 313.8 294.7 341.5 9.54 2 950 572 33.8 12.2 27 21.6 19.4 106 11 311.4 313.2 294.4 340.4 9.40 3 900 1056 29.1 11.4 33 17.7 17.4 113 9 311.5 313.3 294.4 340.5 9.42 4 850 1561 24.3 10.5 42 13.8 15.3 124 7 311.6 313.3 294.4 340.6 9.42 5 800 2087 19.2 9.6 54 9.6 13.1 144 6 311.6 313.4 294.5 340.7 9.43 6 750 2637 14.0 8.5 69 5.6 10.6 171 6 311.8 313.6 294.4 340.5 9.31 7 700 3216 10.4 1.7 55 8.7 5.5 151 3 314.0 315.2 292.7 333.5 6.20 8 650 3831 8.2 -8.5 29 16.8 0.5 59 12 318.3 318.9 291.3 328.4 3.08 9 600 4486 4.3 -15.2 23 19.5 -3.4 50 16 321.1 321.4 291.0 327.7 1.95 10 550 5188 -0.1 -22.6 16 22.5 -7.5 39 19 323.9 324.2 291.1 327.9 1.13 11 500 5943 -5.3 -20.2 30 14.9 -10.4 36 24 326.6 326.9 292.2 331.9 1.53 12 450 6761 -10.7 -18.5 53 7.8 -13.4 35 23 329.8 330.2 293.5 336.7 1.98 13 400 7657 -16.7 -24.2 52 7.4 -18.8 31 22 333.2 333.5 293.9 338.1 1.35 14 350 8647 -23.6 -32.6 43 9.0 -25.4 14 21 336.9 337.1 294.2 339.6 0.70 15 300 9752 -33.1 -41.3 44 8.2 -34.0 353 17 338.8 338.9 294.3 340.1 0.34 16 250 11005 -43.8 -50.4 48 6.6 -44.2 315 12 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.6 0.15 17 200 12467 -53.9 -62.6 34 8.6 -54.2 350 22 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14259 -66.2 -71.5 48 5.2 -66.3 349 24 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16685 -69.2 -82.3 13 13.2 -69.2 308 3 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.87 m Freezing level: 551.34 mb = 5169.14 m = 16958.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.78 mb = 3909.52 m = 12826.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.82 % Est. max temperature: 36.96 C = 98.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.53 mb = 3316.80 m = 10881.77 ft T: 10.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 13.02 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.73 mb = 4221.32 m = 13849.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.27 C = 113.48 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 15.82 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3004.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.28 mb = 3283.90 m = 10773.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.0 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 94.0 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 8.69 m/s