MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 0Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 32.44,-97.99 Latitude: 32.44 Longitude: -97.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 980 299 25.4 19.4 69 6.1 21.2 129 14 300.3 303.0 295.0 343.0 14.59 2 950 573 22.7 18.7 78 4.0 19.9 129 22 300.2 302.9 294.9 342.4 14.41 3 900 1042 19.4 17.1 87 2.3 17.8 121 19 301.5 304.0 294.8 342.0 13.75 4 850 1533 16.4 14.9 91 1.5 15.4 109 14 303.3 305.6 294.5 340.8 12.62 5 800 2048 13.1 12.4 96 0.7 12.7 105 12 305.2 307.3 294.1 339.3 11.42 6 750 2590 12.2 7.9 75 4.2 9.6 113 8 309.8 311.5 293.6 337.3 8.98 7 700 3167 9.6 4.1 69 5.5 6.4 105 5 313.1 314.5 293.3 336.0 7.35 8 650 3779 6.4 -1.1 59 7.5 2.4 88 5 316.3 317.3 292.7 333.6 5.45 9 600 4432 2.8 -4.2 60 7.0 -0.7 79 5 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.5 4.68 10 550 5132 -0.2 -10.2 47 10.0 -4.6 60 8 323.9 324.5 292.9 334.6 3.21 11 500 5890 -4.0 -22.0 23 18.0 -9.9 38 7 328.2 328.4 292.4 332.8 1.31 12 450 6713 -8.9 -31.4 14 22.5 -14.5 295 7 332.1 332.2 292.9 334.3 0.61 13 400 7615 -13.9 -45.5 5 31.6 -19.1 13 6 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.16 14 350 8615 -21.4 -38.5 20 17.1 -24.4 348 12 339.9 339.9 294.7 341.4 0.39 15 300 9728 -31.4 -47.3 19 15.9 -33.0 359 8 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.18 16 250 10998 -39.0 -64.8 5 25.9 -40.1 34 19 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 17 200 12487 -51.1 -69.3 10 18.2 -51.5 37 22 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 18 150 14296 -65.6 -74.8 27 9.2 -65.7 25 24 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16689 -72.7 -82.0 23 9.3 -72.8 35 6 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.67 m Freezing level: 553.05 mb = 5089.43 m = 16697.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.00 mb = 4283.60 m = 14053.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.37 mb = 1067.32 m = 3501.66 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 9.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1485.66 m = 4874.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.26 C = 82.86 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 2.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 29.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.85 mb = 1207.35 m = 3961.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.85 mb = 1860.35 m = 6103.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 777.85 mb = 2283.76 m = 7492.56 ft B at Equ Level: 7.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 747.85 mb = 2614.20 m = 8576.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 100.2 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 130.2 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -131.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -29.0 tot: -28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 19.23 m/s