MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.60,-96.37 Latitude: 30.60 Longitude: -96.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 95 23.5 20.8 85 2.7 21.6 110 4 296.0 298.7 294.4 340.5 15.49 1 1000 168 24.3 20.6 80 3.7 21.7 114 6 297.5 300.2 294.8 342.1 15.42 2 950 618 22.9 19.4 80 3.6 20.4 134 10 300.5 303.2 295.4 344.6 15.06 3 900 1088 20.3 14.9 71 5.4 16.7 143 13 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.8 11.93 4 850 1581 18.1 10.0 59 8.0 13.0 146 15 305.1 306.8 292.4 332.5 9.12 5 800 2097 14.6 9.3 70 5.3 11.3 147 13 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.7 9.24 6 750 2641 12.1 5.2 63 6.9 8.0 134 9 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.4 7.40 7 700 3217 9.5 3.2 65 6.3 5.9 110 8 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.5 6.89 8 650 3828 5.7 1.5 74 4.2 3.4 110 9 315.4 316.7 293.3 336.1 6.56 9 600 4479 1.5 -2.3 76 3.8 -0.4 92 6 317.9 318.9 293.1 335.2 5.41 10 550 5175 -2.6 -7.1 71 4.5 -4.7 30 1 321.0 321.8 292.9 334.4 4.08 11 500 5926 -6.2 -15.0 50 8.8 -9.5 312 7 325.5 326.0 292.7 333.6 2.39 12 450 6744 -10.4 -17.8 55 7.4 -13.0 348 13 330.1 330.6 293.7 337.4 2.09 13 400 7641 -16.4 -24.0 52 7.6 -18.6 4 10 333.7 334.0 294.0 338.6 1.37 14 350 8631 -23.6 -32.1 45 8.5 -25.2 4 10 337.0 337.2 294.3 339.8 0.74 15 300 9737 -32.6 -40.6 45 8.1 -33.6 331 13 339.5 339.6 294.6 340.9 0.37 16 250 10995 -42.7 -49.1 49 6.4 -43.1 345 10 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.17 17 200 12460 -53.8 -59.2 52 5.4 -54.0 10 15 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14264 -64.6 -76.0 19 11.4 -64.7 337 18 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16673 -71.8 -82.5 19 10.7 -71.8 15 14 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.45 m Freezing level: 581.59 mb = 4735.45 m = 15536.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.89 mb = 4399.68 m = 14434.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.07 mb = 443.65 m = 1455.53 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 12.14 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.25 mb = 1770.63 m = 5809.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.27 C = 91.88 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 16.20 C K Index: 27.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.77 mb = 1042.39 m = 3419.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.77 mb = 4085.53 m = 13403.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 459.77 mb = 6577.66 m = 21579.98 ft B at Equ Level: 73.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.77 mb = 11549.47 m = 37891.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.1 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 158.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: -8.8 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 476.46 Bulk Shear: 0.16 m/s