MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 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 104 SFC 984 252 32.1 19.3 47 12.7 23.0 47 6 306.7 309.4 296.7 350.3 14.51 2 950 560 27.7 18.1 56 9.6 21.0 49 7 305.3 307.9 295.9 346.9 13.90 3 900 1037 23.1 17.1 69 6.0 18.9 51 6 305.3 307.9 295.8 346.6 13.79 4 850 1532 18.6 16.1 86 2.4 16.9 45 5 305.6 308.1 295.8 346.6 13.68 5 800 2050 14.9 13.6 92 1.2 14.1 3 5 307.0 309.3 295.3 344.3 12.36 6 750 2596 12.3 9.7 84 2.6 10.7 321 7 310.0 311.9 294.6 341.0 10.15 7 700 3173 10.0 4.6 69 5.4 6.8 318 9 313.5 315.0 293.6 337.3 7.63 8 650 3787 7.4 -0.1 59 7.5 3.3 324 9 317.3 318.5 293.3 336.0 5.84 9 600 4442 3.4 -2.7 64 6.2 0.3 301 11 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.0 5.22 10 550 5143 -0.7 -6.4 65 5.7 -3.4 284 14 323.3 324.2 293.7 337.5 4.32 11 500 5900 -3.8 -19.8 28 16.0 -9.4 285 10 328.4 328.7 292.8 334.0 1.58 12 450 6724 -8.5 -22.5 31 14.0 -12.9 287 8 332.6 332.9 293.7 337.6 1.40 13 400 7627 -14.7 -24.0 45 9.3 -17.4 275 8 335.9 336.2 294.6 340.9 1.38 14 350 8624 -22.0 -28.3 56 6.3 -23.5 275 11 339.1 339.4 295.1 343.1 1.06 15 300 9740 -29.9 -34.2 66 4.3 -30.6 287 14 343.3 343.4 295.7 346.0 0.70 16 250 11010 -40.4 -44.6 64 4.2 -40.7 276 19 346.1 346.1 296.0 347.2 0.29 17 200 12490 -52.8 -58.7 49 5.8 -53.0 277 18 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.07 18 150 14283 -66.5 -71.8 48 5.3 -66.6 275 19 355.4 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16662 -75.5 -80.4 46 4.9 -75.5 132 1 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.44 m Freezing level: 557.98 mb = 5030.81 m = 16505.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.50 mb = 4488.80 m = 14726.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.49 mb = 1855.24 m = 6086.67 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 14.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1934.45 m = 6346.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 33.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.39 mb = 1793.91 m = 5885.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.39 mb = 2163.37 m = 7097.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.39 mb = 2944.35 m = 9659.81 ft B at Equ Level: 6.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 649.39 mb = 3794.55 m = 12449.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.5 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 346.5 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.70 Bulk Shear: 16.61 m/s