MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 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 98 SFC 982 259 30.6 20.5 55 10.2 23.3 72 11 305.4 308.3 297.1 352.1 15.63 2 950 554 27.3 19.7 63 7.6 21.9 73 15 304.9 307.7 296.8 350.9 15.41 3 900 1030 22.9 18.8 78 4.1 19.9 77 13 305.1 307.9 296.8 350.8 15.30 4 850 1527 20.1 16.0 77 4.1 17.3 96 5 307.2 309.8 296.3 348.2 13.59 5 800 2049 17.3 12.9 75 4.4 14.4 253 1 309.6 311.8 295.6 345.5 11.79 6 750 2598 13.6 10.3 80 3.3 11.4 324 3 311.3 313.3 295.2 343.7 10.53 7 700 3176 9.6 7.6 88 2.0 8.4 308 7 313.1 314.9 294.8 342.3 9.43 8 650 3789 5.9 4.3 89 1.6 4.9 300 11 315.6 317.2 294.5 340.8 8.02 9 600 4441 2.5 0.2 85 2.3 1.3 290 16 319.0 320.3 294.3 339.8 6.50 10 550 5141 -1.0 -2.5 90 1.4 -1.8 297 18 322.8 324.0 294.7 341.8 5.81 11 500 5898 -4.1 -7.7 76 3.7 -5.8 311 20 328.1 329.0 294.9 342.5 4.28 12 450 6723 -8.5 -12.6 72 4.2 -10.2 318 18 332.6 333.2 295.2 343.7 3.22 13 400 7627 -14.2 -19.0 67 4.8 -15.9 315 20 336.5 337.0 295.3 344.1 2.13 14 350 8626 -21.5 -24.4 77 2.9 -22.2 306 19 339.8 340.2 295.6 345.4 1.52 15 300 9744 -29.7 -35.8 55 6.1 -30.7 257 14 343.6 343.7 295.7 345.9 0.60 16 250 11016 -40.1 -41.7 84 1.7 -40.2 219 7 346.5 346.6 296.2 348.1 0.39 17 200 12498 -52.1 -58.2 48 6.1 -52.3 268 15 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.07 18 150 14298 -66.2 -71.4 48 5.2 -66.2 292 12 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16671 -74.9 -81.0 38 6.1 -74.9 296 9 383.0 383.0 302.8 383.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.77 m Freezing level: 564.73 mb = 4934.85 m = 16190.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.48 mb = 4720.98 m = 15488.58 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.33 C = 92.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.99 mb = 1546.99 m = 5075.37 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.77 mb = 2126.15 m = 6975.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.11 C = 95.19 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 38.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 607.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.63 mb = 1550.69 m = 5087.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.63 mb = 2680.60 m = 8794.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.63 mb = 12733.16 m = 41774.94 ft B at Equ Level: 601.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.63 mb = 15476.82 m = 50776.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.8 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 345.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.0 neg: -9.5 tot: 57.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 9.63 Bulk Shear: 63.06 m/s