MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 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 95 SFC 982 260 37.7 15.3 27 22.4 22.2 131 11 312.5 314.6 296.0 347.0 11.21 2 950 559 34.2 14.6 31 19.6 20.8 134 16 311.9 314.0 295.7 346.0 11.07 3 900 1045 29.6 13.6 38 16.0 18.7 138 14 312.0 314.1 295.7 345.6 10.94 4 850 1550 24.7 12.6 47 12.2 16.6 143 12 312.1 314.1 295.6 345.4 10.82 5 800 2078 19.7 11.5 59 8.2 14.3 150 11 312.1 314.2 295.6 345.1 10.70 6 750 2630 14.4 10.2 76 4.2 11.7 159 9 312.3 314.3 295.4 344.6 10.50 7 700 3208 9.4 7.3 87 2.0 8.1 193 8 312.9 314.6 294.7 341.5 9.24 8 650 3819 5.4 0.8 72 4.6 2.8 214 10 315.0 316.2 293.0 334.7 6.23 9 600 4473 3.8 -8.0 42 11.8 -1.7 194 9 320.5 321.1 292.2 331.9 3.48 10 550 5174 -0.4 -11.8 42 11.4 -5.3 202 9 323.6 324.1 292.5 333.0 2.81 11 500 5929 -5.2 -13.9 50 8.8 -8.7 217 3 326.8 327.3 293.2 335.6 2.61 12 450 6748 -11.0 -18.4 54 7.4 -13.6 202 3 329.4 329.8 293.4 336.3 1.99 13 400 7641 -17.9 -28.0 41 10.1 -20.3 228 10 331.7 331.9 293.1 335.2 0.95 14 350 8623 -25.5 -37.0 33 11.5 -27.3 214 12 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.1 0.46 15 300 9723 -34.1 -40.1 55 6.0 -34.8 158 19 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.8 0.39 16 250 10972 -43.7 -50.8 45 7.1 -44.1 181 25 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.7 0.14 17 200 12436 -53.7 -64.0 27 10.4 -53.9 181 15 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.03 18 150 14234 -65.1 -72.3 36 7.3 -65.1 174 15 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16674 -68.0 -84.0 8 16.0 -68.1 107 7 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.96 m Freezing level: 555.33 mb = 5099.12 m = 16729.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.01 mb = 4217.88 m = 13838.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.61 % Est. max temperature: 37.34 C = 99.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.40 mb = 3061.14 m = 10042.99 ft T: 10.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 15.09 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.54 mb = 3130.40 m = 10270.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.02 C = 100.44 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.89 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: 40.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 638.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.14 mb = 3040.66 m = 9975.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.14 mb = 3218.60 m = 10559.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.14 mb = 4349.18 m = 14268.80 ft B at Equ Level: 25.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.14 mb = 14686.56 m = 48183.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 170.9 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 200.9 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 64.76 Bulk Shear: 9.85 m/s