MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.71,-96.28 Latitude: 30.71 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 100 35.5 16.7 33 18.7 22.4 140 9 308.2 310.5 295.4 344.6 12.01 1 1000 139 34.5 16.3 34 18.3 21.9 142 11 307.7 309.9 295.0 343.0 11.70 2 950 601 29.9 15.3 41 14.6 19.9 146 13 307.5 309.7 294.9 342.5 11.56 3 900 1080 25.3 14.4 51 10.9 17.9 149 12 307.6 309.7 294.9 342.4 11.54 4 850 1579 20.5 13.5 64 7.0 15.8 153 12 307.6 309.8 294.9 342.5 11.53 5 800 2099 15.6 12.6 82 3.0 13.6 158 11 307.8 309.9 295.0 342.6 11.51 6 750 2644 11.2 10.9 98 0.3 11.0 161 10 308.7 310.8 294.8 342.0 10.98 7 700 3217 7.5 6.5 94 0.9 6.9 156 8 310.8 312.4 293.7 337.6 8.73 8 650 3827 6.0 0.9 70 5.1 3.2 156 5 315.7 317.0 293.2 335.6 6.29 9 600 4479 1.9 -2.4 73 4.3 -0.3 234 3 318.3 319.4 293.2 335.5 5.36 10 550 5176 -1.8 -9.0 58 7.2 -5.0 282 6 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.5 3.51 11 500 5929 -5.5 -15.2 46 9.8 -9.2 307 8 326.4 326.8 292.9 334.4 2.34 12 450 6750 -9.7 -20.6 41 10.9 -13.3 316 8 331.0 331.3 293.5 336.8 1.65 13 400 7648 -15.9 -27.8 35 11.9 -19.0 299 6 334.3 334.5 293.8 337.8 0.97 14 350 8639 -23.2 -34.6 34 11.4 -25.3 268 3 337.5 337.7 294.3 339.7 0.58 15 300 9748 -31.7 -45.6 24 13.9 -33.1 353 4 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.21 16 250 11009 -42.1 -51.8 34 9.8 -42.6 208 5 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.13 17 200 12482 -52.8 -60.7 38 7.9 -53.1 319 10 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14280 -66.0 -73.7 33 7.7 -66.1 341 19 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16689 -71.7 -82.7 18 11.0 -71.8 18 10 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.08 m Freezing level: 574.30 mb = 4837.24 m = 15870.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.72 mb = 4414.98 m = 14484.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.86 C = 94.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.12 mb = 2453.12 m = 8048.21 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 9.05 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.62 mb = 2558.37 m = 8393.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.78 C = 96.41 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: 0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 38.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.09 mb = 2442.55 m = 8013.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.09 mb = 2720.66 m = 8925.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 663.09 mb = 3663.17 m = 12018.12 ft B at Equ Level: 18.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.09 mb = 7041.84 m = 23102.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.5 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 196.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.10 Bulk Shear: 3.54 m/s