MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 29.59,-98.31 Latitude: 29.59 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 981 252 35.6 18.9 38 16.7 23.6 105 6 310.4 313.1 297.4 353.6 14.15 2 950 538 31.7 17.9 44 13.8 21.9 101 8 309.4 312.0 296.8 351.1 13.70 3 900 1021 27.1 17.0 54 10.1 20.0 100 7 309.4 312.0 296.8 350.9 13.63 4 850 1523 22.3 15.9 67 6.4 17.9 98 5 309.5 312.1 296.8 350.7 13.52 5 800 2047 17.5 14.8 84 2.7 15.7 98 4 309.8 312.3 296.7 350.5 13.35 6 750 2596 13.4 13.2 98 0.2 13.3 99 3 311.1 313.5 296.7 350.3 12.79 7 700 3175 9.8 9.3 97 0.4 9.5 212 1 313.3 315.3 295.7 346.1 10.59 8 650 3788 6.3 4.2 86 2.1 5.1 309 6 316.1 317.6 294.6 341.2 7.99 9 600 4442 2.8 0.8 87 2.0 1.7 310 11 319.4 320.7 294.6 341.0 6.77 10 550 5143 -0.2 -4.8 71 4.5 -2.5 294 11 323.8 324.8 294.3 339.9 4.89 11 500 5901 -4.1 -11.3 57 7.2 -7.2 274 12 328.1 328.7 294.1 339.0 3.24 12 450 6725 -9.1 -20.5 39 11.4 -12.9 276 15 331.8 332.2 293.7 337.7 1.66 13 400 7626 -14.8 -27.9 32 13.1 -18.2 298 15 335.8 336.0 294.1 339.3 0.96 14 350 8622 -21.9 -32.6 37 10.8 -24.1 303 13 339.3 339.4 294.8 341.9 0.70 15 300 9737 -30.4 -36.1 57 5.7 -31.3 263 11 342.6 342.7 295.5 344.8 0.58 16 250 11006 -40.4 -43.8 70 3.4 -40.7 234 5 346.0 346.1 296.0 347.3 0.32 17 200 12487 -52.4 -57.1 57 4.7 -52.5 286 8 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.2 0.08 18 150 14287 -66.5 -68.8 73 2.3 -66.5 357 14 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16661 -75.0 -81.4 36 6.4 -75.0 324 8 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.93 m Freezing level: 553.96 mb = 5087.50 m = 16691.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.04 mb = 4714.40 m = 15467.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.23 % Est. max temperature: 34.78 C = 94.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.97 mb = 2350.74 m = 7712.32 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 15.90 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.18 mb = 2448.11 m = 8031.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.91 C = 96.63 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 41.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 752.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.40 mb = 2302.04 m = 7552.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.40 mb = 2580.46 m = 8465.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.40 mb = 13097.64 m = 42970.75 ft B at Equ Level: 744.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.40 mb = 16028.91 m = 52587.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.5 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 332.5 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 27.71 Bulk Shear: 27.17 m/s