MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 29.52,-98.50 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 984 260 32.5 19.8 47 12.7 23.4 53 6 307.1 309.9 297.1 352.2 14.97 2 950 568 27.6 18.9 59 8.7 21.5 58 5 305.2 308.0 296.4 349.0 14.64 3 900 1045 23.0 17.9 73 5.1 19.4 68 4 305.2 307.9 296.3 348.5 14.47 4 850 1540 18.6 16.6 88 2.1 17.2 71 2 305.7 308.3 296.1 347.9 14.08 5 800 2059 15.4 13.5 89 1.9 14.1 325 1 307.5 309.8 295.4 344.5 12.25 6 750 2605 12.9 10.7 86 2.2 11.4 290 3 310.6 312.6 295.2 343.7 10.82 7 700 3184 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.5 247 7 313.6 315.4 295.0 342.7 9.39 8 650 3798 7.2 3.7 78 3.5 5.1 214 10 317.1 318.6 294.7 341.5 7.70 9 600 4453 2.8 -0.1 81 3.0 1.2 234 14 319.4 320.6 294.2 339.7 6.33 10 550 5153 -1.4 -3.5 86 2.1 -2.5 245 15 322.4 323.5 294.3 340.0 5.39 11 500 5907 -5.4 -7.1 88 1.7 -6.2 280 16 326.4 327.3 294.7 341.4 4.49 12 450 6728 -9.6 -10.4 94 0.8 -9.9 293 16 331.2 332.0 295.4 344.3 3.85 13 400 7629 -15.0 -16.1 91 1.1 -15.4 297 13 335.5 336.1 295.6 345.1 2.73 14 350 8627 -21.4 -22.2 93 0.8 -21.6 302 8 340.0 340.3 295.9 346.6 1.84 15 300 9746 -29.5 -29.5 100 0.0 -29.5 334 6 343.8 344.0 296.2 347.9 1.10 16 250 11018 -40.4 -40.4 100 0.0 -40.4 323 7 346.0 346.1 296.1 347.8 0.45 17 200 12496 -53.0 -53.1 99 0.1 -53.0 301 9 348.8 348.9 296.5 349.4 0.14 18 150 14290 -66.6 -70.3 59 3.7 -66.7 280 7 355.3 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16670 -74.5 -81.0 36 6.5 -74.6 91 2 383.7 383.8 302.8 383.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.77 m Freezing level: 566.68 mb = 4919.17 m = 16138.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.86 mb = 4672.10 m = 15328.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.46 mb = 1853.26 m = 6080.18 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.38 mb = 1874.97 m = 6151.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.08 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 38.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 434.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.19 mb = 1711.24 m = 5614.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.19 mb = 2184.80 m = 7167.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.19 mb = 12552.82 m = 41183.28 ft B at Equ Level: 431.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.19 mb = 15212.84 m = 49910.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 8.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 17.16 Bulk Shear: 25.33 m/s