MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 29.72,-95.35 Latitude: 29.72 Longitude: -95.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 26 32.5 21.4 52 11.0 24.5 348 4 304.6 307.6 297.2 352.5 16.08 1 1000 133 30.0 20.3 56 9.7 23.1 344 4 303.2 306.0 296.3 348.2 15.20 2 950 589 25.5 19.3 68 6.3 21.1 338 5 303.1 305.9 296.1 347.5 14.97 3 900 1062 21.1 18.2 83 2.9 19.1 336 5 303.3 306.0 296.0 347.1 14.78 4 850 1555 17.1 16.1 94 0.9 16.5 342 6 304.1 306.6 295.5 344.8 13.71 5 800 2071 14.7 12.0 84 2.7 13.0 359 9 306.8 308.9 294.4 340.3 11.11 6 750 2615 11.5 8.0 79 3.5 9.3 8 12 309.0 310.7 293.4 336.5 9.02 7 700 3190 8.4 2.4 66 6.0 5.0 11 13 311.8 313.0 292.3 332.0 6.50 8 650 3799 5.6 -6.8 40 12.4 -0.2 5 10 315.3 316.0 290.7 326.6 3.52 9 600 4448 1.3 -13.5 32 14.8 -4.6 35 12 317.6 318.0 290.3 325.0 2.25 10 550 5143 -2.6 -13.4 43 10.8 -6.8 14 8 321.0 321.5 291.5 329.3 2.48 11 500 5894 -6.2 -13.0 59 6.8 -8.9 34 9 325.5 326.1 293.0 335.0 2.81 12 450 6711 -10.8 -12.3 89 1.5 -11.4 2 15 329.7 330.3 294.6 341.0 3.32 13 400 7609 -15.6 -18.5 78 2.9 -16.6 349 18 334.7 335.2 294.9 342.5 2.22 14 350 8604 -22.1 -31.1 44 8.9 -24.0 8 21 338.9 339.1 294.8 342.0 0.82 15 300 9718 -30.8 -36.8 56 5.9 -31.7 9 13 341.9 342.0 295.3 344.0 0.55 16 250 10984 -40.9 -42.4 86 1.4 -41.1 321 9 345.2 345.3 295.9 346.7 0.37 17 200 12461 -52.7 -58.6 49 5.9 -52.9 296 7 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.07 18 150 14261 -65.9 -74.0 31 8.1 -66.0 35 5 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16672 -71.2 -82.4 18 11.2 -71.3 123 17 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.36 m Freezing level: 583.53 mb = 4677.27 m = 15345.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.06 mb = 3773.22 m = 12379.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.21 mb = 1421.77 m = 4664.56 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 27.48 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1470.01 m = 4822.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 597.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.22 mb = 1381.87 m = 4533.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.22 mb = 1532.35 m = 5027.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.22 mb = 11763.64 m = 38594.16 ft B at Equ Level: 593.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.22 mb = 15011.22 m = 49248.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 9.7 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 39.7 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 154.34 Bulk Shear: 3.87 m/s