MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 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 94 SFC 982 260 36.0 15.8 30 20.2 22.0 181 8 310.8 313.0 295.8 346.3 11.61 2 950 555 32.8 15.0 34 17.8 20.6 181 12 310.5 312.6 295.6 345.1 11.34 3 900 1039 28.1 14.2 42 14.0 18.7 180 11 310.5 312.6 295.6 345.2 11.35 4 850 1542 23.3 13.3 54 10.0 16.5 179 10 310.5 312.7 295.6 345.3 11.37 5 800 2067 18.2 12.4 69 5.8 14.3 177 9 310.5 312.7 295.6 345.3 11.37 6 750 2617 13.0 11.2 89 1.9 11.9 167 8 310.7 312.9 295.5 345.0 11.21 7 700 3195 11.3 2.8 56 8.5 6.4 51 2 315.0 316.3 293.3 336.1 6.71 8 650 3812 8.6 -4.1 41 12.6 2.1 356 6 318.7 319.5 292.4 332.8 4.35 9 600 4469 4.7 -7.3 41 12.0 -1.0 357 8 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.7 3.68 10 550 5173 1.0 -17.7 23 18.7 -6.0 354 9 325.2 325.6 292.0 331.2 1.72 11 500 5932 -3.4 -27.4 14 24.0 -10.4 331 6 328.9 329.0 292.2 331.8 0.80 12 450 6756 -9.0 -30.7 15 21.7 -14.5 326 3 331.9 332.1 292.9 334.4 0.66 13 400 7655 -15.6 -37.6 13 22.0 -19.8 360 4 334.7 334.8 293.3 336.1 0.38 14 350 8648 -22.8 -43.6 13 20.9 -25.7 2 8 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.23 15 300 9760 -30.4 -51.5 11 21.1 -32.4 46 13 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.11 16 250 11029 -40.4 -56.9 15 16.5 -41.3 44 17 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 17 200 12509 -52.4 -62.3 29 9.9 -52.6 43 18 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.04 18 150 14310 -66.5 -72.2 45 5.7 -66.5 20 17 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16699 -73.0 -82.3 23 9.3 -73.0 54 8 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.00 m Freezing level: 539.02 mb = 5339.51 m = 17517.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.72 mb = 4256.37 m = 13964.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.01 % Est. max temperature: 35.76 C = 96.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.68 mb = 2789.70 m = 9152.45 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 12.57 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.09 mb = 3545.98 m = 11633.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.28 C = 108.10 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 16.74 C K Index: 31.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 223.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.32 mb = 2793.79 m = 9165.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 419.32 mb = 7295.14 m = 23933.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 319.32 mb = 9309.79 m = 30543.55 ft B at Equ Level: 27.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.32 mb = 10511.13 m = 34484.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.3 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 227.3 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -31.7 tot: -28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.43 Bulk Shear: 2.26 m/s