MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 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 70 SFC 979 260 37.5 13.8 24 23.7 21.3 122 11 312.5 314.5 295.3 343.9 10.15 2 950 531 34.2 13.2 28 21.1 20.0 125 15 311.9 313.8 295.0 342.9 10.05 3 900 1017 29.5 12.3 35 17.2 18.1 132 14 311.9 313.8 295.0 342.8 10.03 4 850 1522 24.7 11.4 43 13.2 16.0 139 12 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.9 10.04 5 800 2049 19.6 10.5 56 9.1 13.7 147 11 312.1 314.0 295.0 343.0 10.02 6 750 2601 14.3 9.4 73 4.9 11.2 156 9 312.1 314.0 295.0 342.8 9.96 7 700 3179 9.9 5.6 75 4.2 7.3 146 5 313.4 315.0 294.0 338.9 8.20 8 650 3794 8.7 -12.7 21 21.3 -0.4 32 13 318.8 319.2 290.6 326.2 2.22 9 600 4451 4.7 -18.9 16 23.6 -4.0 26 17 321.6 321.8 290.7 326.5 1.43 10 550 5153 0.2 -23.6 15 23.8 -7.5 27 15 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.0 1.04 11 500 5909 -5.1 -29.9 12 24.8 -11.6 29 13 326.8 327.0 291.5 329.2 0.64 12 450 6727 -10.7 -28.1 22 17.4 -15.3 29 15 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.8 0.84 13 400 7621 -16.9 -33.2 23 16.2 -20.4 19 15 333.0 333.1 293.1 335.1 0.58 14 350 8609 -24.4 -34.5 39 10.1 -26.2 27 15 335.8 336.0 293.9 338.0 0.58 15 300 9711 -33.2 -38.2 61 4.9 -33.9 33 14 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.3 0.47 16 250 10966 -43.0 -53.9 29 10.9 -43.6 65 12 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.10 17 200 12428 -55.6 -59.9 59 4.3 -55.7 83 17 344.7 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.06 18 150 14207 -66.6 -71.1 53 4.5 -66.7 354 8 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16643 -67.1 -82.8 9 15.7 -67.2 220 6 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.24 m Freezing level: 548.01 mb = 5183.30 m = 17005.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.52 mb = 3762.18 m = 12342.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.59 % Est. max temperature: 37.01 C = 98.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.16 mb = 3224.98 m = 10580.50 ft T: 9.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 16.78 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.12 mb = 4075.11 m = 13369.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.90 C = 112.81 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 16.52 C K Index: 36.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 111.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.77 mb = 3181.98 m = 10439.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 464.77 mb = 6476.23 m = 21247.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.77 mb = 10835.87 m = 35550.33 ft B at Equ Level: 109.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.77 mb = 12917.37 m = 42379.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.4 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 103.4 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -2.8 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.29 Bulk Shear: 17.71 m/s