MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 29.66,-98.47 Latitude: 29.66 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 104 SFC 978 306 30.4 20.4 55 10.0 23.2 43 9 305.5 308.4 297.1 352.2 15.60 2 950 558 27.0 19.5 63 7.5 21.6 45 11 304.6 307.4 296.6 349.9 15.17 3 900 1033 23.0 18.3 75 4.6 19.7 55 8 305.2 307.9 296.5 349.7 14.89 4 850 1530 19.6 16.5 82 3.1 17.4 93 3 306.7 309.3 296.4 348.8 14.00 5 800 2051 16.5 13.7 83 2.8 14.6 251 1 308.7 311.1 295.8 346.3 12.39 6 750 2598 12.7 11.2 90 1.5 11.7 293 4 310.4 312.5 295.4 344.7 11.21 7 700 3176 9.7 7.9 89 1.8 8.6 266 8 313.2 315.0 295.0 342.9 9.59 8 650 3789 6.3 4.0 85 2.3 5.0 257 12 316.1 317.6 294.6 340.9 7.89 9 600 4442 2.5 0.1 84 2.5 1.2 262 15 319.1 320.3 294.2 339.6 6.43 10 550 5142 -1.1 -3.7 83 2.6 -2.4 273 14 322.8 323.8 294.3 340.1 5.30 11 500 5899 -4.4 -7.0 82 2.6 -5.7 311 13 327.6 328.5 295.0 342.8 4.53 12 450 6722 -9.2 -11.8 81 2.6 -10.3 321 20 331.7 332.4 295.2 343.6 3.45 13 400 7625 -14.5 -17.1 80 2.6 -15.4 314 23 336.1 336.6 295.5 344.9 2.50 14 350 8623 -21.7 -23.0 89 1.3 -22.0 297 19 339.6 339.9 295.7 345.8 1.72 15 300 9740 -29.7 -29.7 100 0.0 -29.7 267 11 343.5 343.8 296.1 347.6 1.09 16 250 11013 -40.1 -40.1 100 0.0 -40.1 261 5 346.5 346.6 296.3 348.4 0.47 17 200 12491 -52.8 -55.0 77 2.2 -52.9 257 6 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.6 0.11 18 150 14289 -66.3 -70.7 54 4.4 -66.4 300 11 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16664 -74.9 -80.9 39 6.0 -74.9 275 4 383.0 383.0 302.8 383.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.76 m Freezing level: 565.35 mb = 4927.08 m = 16164.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.60 mb = 4665.08 m = 15305.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.46 C = 90.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.02 mb = 1570.63 m = 5152.92 ft T: 19.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 2017.46 m = 6618.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.45 C = 92.22 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 38.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 528.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.28 mb = 1588.26 m = 5210.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.28 mb = 2493.97 m = 8182.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.28 mb = 12835.52 m = 42110.77 ft B at Equ Level: 521.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.28 mb = 15631.16 m = 51282.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.7 neg: -3.5 tot: 42.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 13.22 Bulk Shear: 39.99 m/s