MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 24.02,-96.74 Latitude: 24.02 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 29.3 24.1 74 5.1 25.4 154 11 301.4 304.9 298.2 357.5 19.04 1 1000 106 28.2 22.7 72 5.5 24.2 155 12 301.3 304.6 297.3 353.3 17.64 2 950 560 23.8 21.7 88 2.1 22.3 157 12 301.4 304.6 297.3 352.9 17.49 3 900 1031 21.0 17.3 80 3.6 18.4 166 12 303.1 305.7 295.4 344.5 13.96 4 850 1526 19.3 12.2 63 7.1 14.7 167 12 306.4 308.3 293.9 338.1 10.54 5 800 2045 17.0 7.8 55 9.2 11.4 161 11 309.3 310.8 293.0 334.8 8.35 6 750 2593 13.9 4.9 54 9.0 8.6 154 10 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.2 7.26 7 700 3172 10.6 2.6 58 7.9 6.1 145 10 314.2 315.4 293.0 335.0 6.62 8 650 3786 6.9 -1.2 56 8.2 2.6 135 11 316.8 317.8 292.8 334.0 5.38 9 600 4439 3.0 -7.5 46 10.5 -1.9 125 11 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.5 3.63 10 550 5138 -1.2 -12.3 43 11.1 -5.8 117 11 322.7 323.2 292.2 331.8 2.71 11 500 5892 -5.4 -18.2 36 12.7 -9.9 106 11 326.4 326.8 292.4 332.7 1.83 12 450 6711 -10.7 -22.9 36 12.1 -14.4 100 7 329.7 330.0 292.9 334.5 1.35 13 400 7606 -16.5 -28.7 34 12.2 -19.4 101 5 333.6 333.8 293.6 336.9 0.90 14 350 8596 -23.5 -35.4 33 11.9 -25.6 144 3 337.0 337.2 294.1 339.1 0.53 15 300 9704 -31.7 -40.1 43 8.4 -32.8 224 7 340.7 340.8 294.8 342.2 0.39 16 250 10965 -42.2 -48.7 49 6.5 -42.6 210 9 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.1 0.18 17 200 12434 -53.9 -60.4 45 6.5 -54.1 197 8 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14219 -67.9 -70.5 70 2.6 -67.9 175 8 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16608 -74.9 -83.8 24 8.9 -75.0 69 13 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.73 m Freezing level: 563.85 mb = 4944.78 m = 16222.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.83 mb = 4160.54 m = 13649.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.87 mb = 653.04 m = 2142.50 ft T: 23.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 23.31 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1344.61 m = 4411.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.06 C = 91.51 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 17.61 C K Index: 28.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1355.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.74 mb = 899.02 m = 2949.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.74 mb = 2834.53 m = 9299.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.74 mb = 13868.11 m = 45498.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1353.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.0 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 172.0 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -3.3 tot: 0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1156.17 Bulk Shear: 1.17 m/s