MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 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 76 SFC 980 260 37.5 14.0 25 23.5 21.5 132 9 312.5 314.4 295.3 344.3 10.32 2 950 537 34.1 13.3 28 20.8 20.1 133 11 311.8 313.7 295.0 343.0 10.13 3 900 1023 29.4 12.4 35 17.0 18.1 134 10 311.8 313.7 295.0 343.0 10.12 4 850 1528 24.6 11.6 44 13.0 16.0 136 8 311.9 313.8 295.0 343.0 10.12 5 800 2055 19.5 10.6 57 8.9 13.7 138 7 311.9 313.8 295.0 343.0 10.10 6 750 2606 14.2 9.5 73 4.7 11.2 140 6 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.8 10.01 7 700 3185 11.1 1.7 52 9.4 5.8 58 4 314.8 316.0 292.9 334.3 6.20 8 650 3801 8.2 -7.5 32 15.7 0.8 42 14 318.3 318.9 291.5 329.2 3.34 9 600 4456 3.9 -15.2 23 19.1 -3.6 35 22 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.2 1.95 10 550 5156 -0.9 -20.0 22 19.1 -7.5 31 28 323.0 323.3 291.1 327.9 1.42 11 500 5909 -5.8 -26.9 17 21.1 -11.7 29 25 326.0 326.1 291.4 329.0 0.84 12 450 6726 -11.0 -32.9 15 21.9 -16.0 26 22 329.4 329.5 292.1 331.4 0.53 13 400 7620 -17.1 -38.8 13 21.7 -20.9 27 23 332.8 332.9 292.8 334.1 0.33 14 350 8608 -23.8 -40.2 21 16.4 -26.3 32 22 336.7 336.7 293.8 338.0 0.33 15 300 9712 -32.8 -50.1 16 17.3 -34.3 30 22 339.1 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.13 16 250 10967 -43.6 -53.1 34 9.5 -44.1 23 27 341.2 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.11 17 200 12431 -54.1 -63.6 30 9.5 -54.3 14 29 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14221 -66.0 -71.7 45 5.6 -66.1 1 26 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16648 -69.3 -82.1 14 12.8 -69.4 32 4 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.75 m Freezing level: 559.28 mb = 5026.43 m = 16490.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.17 mb = 3912.92 m = 12837.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.97 % Est. max temperature: 36.93 C = 98.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.41 mb = 3192.37 m = 10473.53 ft T: 11.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 15.80 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.04 mb = 3927.34 m = 12884.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.72 C = 110.70 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.37 C K Index: 32.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.43 mb = 3156.22 m = 10354.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 517.43 mb = 5638.63 m = 18499.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.43 mb = 11305.05 m = 37089.61 ft B at Equ Level: 117.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.43 mb = 12834.75 m = 42108.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 51.6 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 81.6 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -5.6 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.32 Bulk Shear: 36.52 m/s