MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 986 258 31.2 19.2 49 12.0 22.6 126 11 305.5 308.2 296.3 348.4 14.31 2 950 592 27.8 18.4 57 9.4 21.2 128 18 305.4 308.0 296.1 347.7 14.16 3 900 1068 23.6 17.1 67 6.6 19.1 129 15 305.9 308.4 296.0 347.0 13.73 4 850 1566 19.9 15.2 74 4.7 16.7 139 7 307.0 309.4 295.7 345.8 12.87 5 800 2086 16.3 12.8 80 3.5 14.0 210 8 308.5 310.7 295.3 344.0 11.70 6 750 2633 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.2 222 9 309.3 311.4 295.0 342.8 10.97 7 700 3209 10.9 4.4 64 6.5 7.1 193 3 314.6 316.0 293.9 338.0 7.50 8 650 3824 7.6 -1.2 54 8.7 2.9 169 2 317.5 318.6 293.0 334.8 5.41 9 600 4480 3.9 -8.1 41 12.1 -1.7 40 3 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.0 3.45 10 550 5181 -0.4 -13.0 38 12.6 -5.6 12 6 323.6 324.1 292.3 332.3 2.56 11 500 5937 -4.7 -22.8 23 18.0 -10.5 328 5 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.6 1.23 12 450 6757 -9.8 -25.6 26 15.8 -14.3 128 1 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.7 1.05 13 400 7656 -15.4 -32.4 22 17.0 -19.2 150 6 335.0 335.1 293.7 337.3 0.63 14 350 8650 -22.9 -40.3 19 17.4 -25.6 121 5 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.2 0.33 15 300 9759 -31.7 -47.4 20 15.7 -33.3 121 7 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.18 16 250 11020 -41.8 -52.4 31 10.6 -42.4 159 7 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.5 0.12 17 200 12495 -52.7 -63.8 25 11.1 -53.0 11 10 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.04 18 150 14297 -65.1 -74.1 28 9.0 -65.2 26 18 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16701 -73.8 -82.0 27 8.2 -73.9 40 12 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.83 m Freezing level: 554.57 mb = 5116.97 m = 16787.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.37 mb = 4232.69 m = 13886.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.22 mb = 1778.33 m = 5834.35 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 16.31 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.96 mb = 2204.01 m = 7230.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.33 C = 93.80 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 33.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 358.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.28 mb = 1829.68 m = 6002.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.28 mb = 2528.57 m = 8295.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.28 mb = 2982.22 m = 9784.08 ft B at Equ Level: 6.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 699.28 mb = 3217.87 m = 10557.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.4 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 171.4 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -5.1 tot: 14.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 30.74 Bulk Shear: 11.66 m/s