MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 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 86 SFC 981 260 38.4 12.8 22 25.6 21.1 149 10 313.3 315.1 295.0 342.8 9.51 2 950 549 35.0 12.1 25 22.9 19.7 151 14 312.7 314.5 294.7 341.6 9.35 3 900 1036 30.3 11.2 31 19.1 17.7 155 13 312.7 314.5 294.7 341.5 9.30 4 850 1542 25.4 10.2 38 15.2 15.5 159 12 312.8 314.5 294.7 341.4 9.24 5 800 2070 20.4 9.2 48 11.2 13.2 164 11 312.9 314.6 294.6 341.2 9.14 6 750 2623 15.1 8.1 63 7.0 10.7 167 10 312.9 314.7 294.6 341.0 9.05 7 700 3202 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 7.9 170 9 313.0 314.7 294.5 340.8 8.96 8 650 3813 4.7 2.0 83 2.7 3.2 159 5 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.6 6.82 9 600 4467 5.2 -22.6 11 27.8 -4.3 57 6 322.1 322.4 290.5 325.8 1.04 10 550 5170 0.5 -27.6 10 28.1 -7.8 76 5 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.3 0.72 11 500 5926 -5.0 -33.2 9 28.1 -11.9 97 6 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.6 0.47 12 450 6744 -10.7 -34.8 12 24.1 -16.0 96 7 329.8 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.44 13 400 7638 -17.3 -36.8 17 19.5 -21.0 91 5 332.5 332.5 292.8 334.0 0.41 14 350 8624 -24.5 -40.4 21 16.0 -26.8 102 9 335.8 335.8 293.6 337.0 0.32 15 300 9726 -33.4 -41.7 43 8.3 -34.4 94 11 338.3 338.3 294.2 339.5 0.33 16 250 10979 -43.5 -48.5 58 4.9 -43.9 85 21 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.19 17 200 12440 -54.9 -58.8 62 3.9 -55.0 120 8 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.07 18 150 14228 -65.7 -71.6 43 5.9 -65.7 160 9 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16671 -67.0 -84.6 7 17.6 -67.1 231 6 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.31 m Freezing level: 545.51 mb = 5238.17 m = 17185.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.61 mb = 4086.10 m = 13405.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.52 % Est. max temperature: 37.96 C = 100.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.41 mb = 3448.15 m = 11312.69 ft T: 7.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 16.98 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.24 mb = 3523.27 m = 11559.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.78 C = 101.80 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.45 C Cross Totals Index: 15.23 C K Index: 38.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.38 mb = 3424.35 m = 11234.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.38 mb = 3732.18 m = 12244.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 636.38 mb = 3985.68 m = 13076.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 626.38 mb = 4115.13 m = 13500.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.3 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 174.3 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.45 Bulk Shear: 2.72 m/s