MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 29.39,-98.70 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 982 259 32.2 18.9 45 13.3 22.7 89 5 306.9 309.6 296.5 349.4 14.10 2 950 551 29.0 17.7 51 11.3 21.1 91 6 306.6 309.1 296.0 347.3 13.54 3 900 1029 24.4 16.8 62 7.6 19.1 103 5 306.7 309.2 296.0 347.2 13.48 4 850 1527 20.1 15.3 74 4.7 16.8 134 4 307.2 309.6 295.8 346.4 13.01 5 800 2047 15.6 13.8 89 1.8 14.4 158 3 307.8 310.1 295.6 345.6 12.49 6 750 2593 12.1 11.5 96 0.6 11.7 170 3 309.7 311.9 295.4 344.5 11.43 7 700 3170 9.6 5.2 74 4.4 6.9 272 4 313.1 314.6 293.7 337.7 7.94 8 650 3784 7.3 -1.5 54 8.8 2.6 284 8 317.2 318.2 292.8 334.1 5.28 9 600 4439 4.1 -7.5 42 11.6 -1.4 291 11 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.8 3.62 10 550 5141 0.2 -7.5 56 7.7 -3.4 288 11 324.3 325.1 293.7 337.5 3.96 11 500 5900 -3.9 -14.9 42 11.0 -8.2 275 14 328.3 328.8 293.4 336.6 2.41 12 450 6724 -8.5 -23.8 28 15.4 -13.2 274 19 332.6 332.8 293.6 337.1 1.24 13 400 7627 -14.7 -32.4 21 17.7 -18.7 283 20 335.9 336.0 293.9 338.3 0.63 14 350 8624 -21.4 -39.1 19 17.6 -24.4 276 20 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.3 0.37 15 300 9741 -30.1 -41.3 33 11.2 -31.6 269 20 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.3 0.34 16 250 11010 -40.4 -43.1 76 2.6 -40.7 279 16 345.9 346.0 296.0 347.3 0.34 17 200 12489 -52.9 -53.8 89 1.0 -52.9 286 15 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.6 0.13 18 150 14288 -67.2 -68.7 81 1.5 -67.2 317 21 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16660 -75.5 -81.0 42 5.5 -75.5 18 4 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.04 m Freezing level: 547.34 mb = 5181.79 m = 17000.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.40 mb = 4204.67 m = 13794.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.65 C = 90.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.17 mb = 1938.87 m = 6361.05 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.57 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 2167.90 m = 7112.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.45 C = 92.22 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 34.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.18 mb = 1981.22 m = 6499.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.18 mb = 2467.99 m = 8096.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 661.18 mb = 3642.41 m = 11950.00 ft B at Equ Level: 12.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.18 mb = 12771.14 m = 41899.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.18 Bulk Shear: 21.21 m/s