MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 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 102 SFC 983 259 31.1 19.0 49 12.1 22.5 39 6 305.8 308.4 296.3 348.4 14.23 2 950 558 28.2 17.5 52 10.7 20.8 44 9 305.8 308.3 295.7 346.0 13.39 3 900 1035 23.7 16.7 65 7.0 18.8 54 7 305.9 308.4 295.7 346.0 13.40 4 850 1532 19.0 15.7 81 3.3 16.7 64 6 306.1 308.5 295.7 345.9 13.29 5 800 2051 15.2 13.2 88 2.0 13.8 53 3 307.3 309.6 295.1 343.5 12.00 6 750 2596 12.1 10.2 88 1.9 10.9 9 6 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.6 10.45 7 700 3173 10.9 0.3 48 10.6 5.1 355 9 314.6 315.6 292.3 332.3 5.61 8 650 3788 7.9 -3.6 44 11.4 2.0 340 10 317.9 318.7 292.4 332.4 4.52 9 600 4443 3.6 -2.1 66 5.7 0.5 318 13 320.3 321.3 293.8 337.9 5.46 10 550 5145 -0.1 -6.7 61 6.6 -3.3 303 14 324.0 324.8 293.8 337.9 4.20 11 500 5904 -3.7 -12.5 50 8.8 -7.4 288 13 328.6 329.2 294.0 338.6 2.93 12 450 6729 -8.6 -16.8 52 8.2 -11.6 282 12 332.4 332.9 294.4 340.4 2.29 13 400 7632 -14.8 -20.1 64 5.3 -16.6 282 12 335.7 336.1 295.0 342.6 1.93 14 350 8629 -21.5 -25.9 68 4.4 -22.7 284 12 339.8 340.0 295.4 344.6 1.32 15 300 9746 -30.1 -33.4 73 3.2 -30.7 281 13 342.9 343.1 295.7 345.8 0.76 16 250 11017 -40.3 -50.2 34 10.0 -40.9 273 20 346.2 346.2 295.9 346.8 0.15 17 200 12498 -52.6 -61.6 33 9.0 -52.8 275 19 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.05 18 150 14294 -66.7 -71.7 50 4.9 -66.7 287 19 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 19 100 16667 -74.7 -80.4 40 5.7 -74.7 254 5 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.96 m Freezing level: 551.17 mb = 5129.05 m = 16827.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.82 mb = 4540.64 m = 14896.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.00 mb = 1787.37 m = 5864.00 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.79 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.70 mb = 2096.15 m = 6877.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 27.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.98 mb = 1891.94 m = 6207.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.98 mb = 2595.99 m = 8516.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.98 mb = 2708.34 m = 8885.51 ft B at Equ Level: -0.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 739.98 mb = 2708.34 m = 8885.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.7 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 5.7 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -3.0 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 12.99 m/s