MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 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 77 SFC 980 260 31.9 20.3 50 11.6 23.5 100 10 306.8 309.7 297.3 353.3 15.45 2 950 533 29.4 19.1 54 10.3 22.1 106 17 307.0 309.8 297.0 351.6 14.82 3 900 1013 25.4 17.9 63 7.5 20.1 110 18 307.7 310.4 296.9 351.3 14.46 4 850 1513 21.0 16.7 76 4.3 18.0 118 16 308.2 310.8 296.9 351.2 14.23 5 800 2036 16.6 15.3 92 1.3 15.7 131 13 308.9 311.5 296.8 350.8 13.80 6 750 2584 13.4 12.8 97 0.5 13.0 177 7 311.1 313.4 296.5 349.4 12.51 7 700 3163 10.0 8.5 91 1.5 9.0 205 7 313.5 315.4 295.4 344.6 10.02 8 650 3777 6.9 5.3 89 1.6 5.9 334 4 316.7 318.4 295.3 343.8 8.61 9 600 4434 4.6 0.0 72 4.6 2.0 326 9 321.4 322.7 294.8 342.1 6.40 10 550 5138 0.6 -6.2 60 6.8 -2.7 306 13 324.8 325.7 294.1 339.3 4.38 11 500 5898 -3.6 -15.4 40 11.8 -8.2 309 16 328.6 329.1 293.4 336.6 2.31 12 450 6723 -8.3 -24.3 26 16.0 -13.2 299 17 332.8 333.0 293.6 337.1 1.19 13 400 7626 -14.1 -29.8 25 15.7 -18.0 307 18 336.7 336.8 294.3 339.7 0.81 14 350 8625 -21.1 -33.6 32 12.4 -23.7 314 16 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.7 0.64 15 300 9743 -29.8 -39.3 39 9.5 -31.2 288 12 343.4 343.5 295.5 345.0 0.42 16 250 11015 -40.2 -44.1 66 3.9 -40.5 237 6 346.4 346.4 296.1 347.6 0.30 17 200 12497 -52.1 -55.8 65 3.6 -52.3 265 7 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.6 0.10 18 150 14295 -67.0 -67.5 94 0.5 -67.1 349 19 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.03 19 100 16669 -76.3 -81.5 44 5.2 -76.3 327 12 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.97 m Freezing level: 542.56 mb = 5251.42 m = 17228.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.63 mb = 4727.52 m = 15510.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.41 % Est. max temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.78 mb = 1731.16 m = 5679.58 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 16.69 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.77 mb = 2112.83 m = 6931.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.23 C = 93.62 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 39.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 597.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.19 mb = 1884.21 m = 6181.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.19 mb = 2480.61 m = 8138.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.19 mb = 13183.91 m = 43253.78 ft B at Equ Level: 591.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.19 mb = 16153.99 m = 52998.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.2 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 123.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 217.34 Bulk Shear: 2.75 m/s