MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 29.39,-98.63 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -98.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 981 250 34.7 19.3 41 15.3 23.6 122 6 309.5 312.3 297.4 353.8 14.53 2 950 532 31.1 18.3 47 12.8 22.0 130 7 308.7 311.4 296.9 351.3 14.04 3 900 1014 26.4 17.4 58 9.0 20.0 141 7 308.7 311.3 296.9 351.1 13.98 4 850 1515 21.6 16.4 72 5.3 17.9 152 7 308.8 311.4 296.8 351.0 13.90 5 800 2038 16.7 15.2 91 1.5 15.7 162 8 309.0 311.6 296.8 350.7 13.74 6 750 2586 12.7 12.3 98 0.3 12.4 180 9 310.3 312.6 296.0 347.2 12.09 7 700 3164 10.1 6.1 76 4.0 7.7 220 9 313.7 315.3 294.3 340.1 8.48 8 650 3778 6.8 4.1 82 2.8 5.2 269 12 316.7 318.2 294.7 341.7 7.91 9 600 4433 3.2 0.6 83 2.5 1.8 267 15 319.8 321.1 294.6 341.3 6.70 10 550 5133 -1.0 -3.7 82 2.7 -2.4 274 16 322.9 323.9 294.4 340.2 5.30 11 500 5890 -4.8 -5.4 95 0.6 -5.1 312 14 327.2 328.3 295.3 344.3 5.13 12 450 6713 -9.5 -10.6 91 1.1 -9.9 311 15 331.3 332.1 295.3 344.3 3.80 13 400 7614 -15.2 -16.8 88 1.6 -15.8 277 13 335.2 335.8 295.3 344.3 2.57 14 350 8611 -21.4 -21.7 97 0.3 -21.5 290 14 339.9 340.3 295.9 346.8 1.92 15 300 9729 -29.5 -30.0 95 0.5 -29.6 298 17 343.8 344.0 296.1 347.7 1.05 16 250 11002 -40.1 -40.5 96 0.4 -40.2 306 21 346.4 346.5 296.3 348.2 0.45 17 200 12483 -52.3 -54.8 75 2.4 -52.4 310 21 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.4 0.11 18 150 14283 -66.5 -71.2 52 4.6 -66.5 315 31 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16660 -75.3 -81.0 40 5.7 -75.3 29 6 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.80 m Freezing level: 562.09 mb = 4963.90 m = 16285.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.64 mb = 4724.56 m = 15500.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.00 C = 93.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.48 mb = 2182.82 m = 7161.40 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 13.64 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.74 mb = 2234.10 m = 7329.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 763.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.77 mb = 2158.05 m = 7080.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.77 mb = 2321.01 m = 7614.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.77 mb = 13012.74 m = 42692.20 ft B at Equ Level: 759.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.77 mb = 15903.35 m = 52175.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 23.76 Bulk Shear: 32.15 m/s