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: 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 33.1 17.2 39 16.0 22.1 155 10 305.9 308.2 295.0 342.9 12.35 1 1000 139 33.0 16.9 38 16.1 21.9 157 13 306.2 308.5 295.0 342.9 12.24 2 950 599 28.9 15.9 45 13.0 20.0 158 19 306.5 308.7 295.0 342.7 12.04 3 900 1077 24.6 14.9 55 9.7 18.0 157 17 306.8 309.0 295.0 342.6 11.89 4 850 1575 20.2 13.8 67 6.4 15.9 153 13 307.3 309.5 295.0 342.7 11.74 5 800 2095 15.9 12.3 79 3.5 13.6 159 7 308.1 310.2 294.9 342.4 11.34 6 750 2640 11.5 10.0 91 1.5 10.6 200 3 309.1 311.0 294.4 340.6 10.36 7 700 3215 8.3 6.2 86 2.2 7.1 158 3 311.7 313.3 293.8 338.0 8.51 8 650 3826 6.4 0.6 66 5.8 3.2 175 4 316.2 317.4 293.3 335.8 6.17 9 600 4479 2.5 -3.6 64 6.0 -0.6 278 4 319.0 319.9 293.0 334.8 4.90 10 550 5178 -0.8 -13.3 38 12.5 -5.9 317 8 323.1 323.6 292.1 331.5 2.50 11 500 5934 -4.5 -15.4 42 10.9 -8.7 329 10 327.6 328.0 293.2 335.5 2.32 12 450 6756 -9.2 -24.0 29 14.8 -13.7 326 9 331.7 331.9 293.3 336.0 1.22 13 400 7656 -15.8 -29.6 29 13.8 -19.1 291 5 334.4 334.6 293.7 337.5 0.82 14 350 8648 -23.2 -36.1 29 13.0 -25.4 236 5 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.4 0.50 15 300 9756 -31.9 -45.5 25 13.6 -33.3 296 2 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.22 16 250 11016 -42.0 -53.0 29 11.0 -42.6 257 8 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.11 17 200 12490 -53.0 -59.9 43 6.9 -53.2 339 19 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.06 18 150 14286 -65.9 -74.2 30 8.3 -66.0 347 24 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16700 -72.3 -82.6 20 10.3 -72.3 12 7 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.98 m Freezing level: 562.53 mb = 5002.90 m = 16413.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.43 mb = 4378.64 m = 14365.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.65 % Est. max temperature: 34.49 C = 94.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.59 mb = 2120.58 m = 6957.21 ft T: 15.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.22 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.43 mb = 2512.57 m = 8243.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.06 C = 96.91 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.19 mb = 2231.40 m = 7320.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.19 mb = 3071.08 m = 10075.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 682.19 mb = 3427.55 m = 11245.10 ft B at Equ Level: 2.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 662.19 mb = 3673.12 m = 12050.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.6 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 204.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -21.5 tot: -7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 8.59 m/s