MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 29.52,-98.23 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 216 30.8 20.5 54 10.3 23.3 181 5 305.0 307.9 297.0 351.5 15.56 2 950 557 26.3 19.0 64 7.3 21.2 169 5 303.9 306.6 296.1 347.7 14.73 3 900 1032 22.6 17.2 71 5.5 18.8 155 4 304.8 307.4 295.7 346.1 13.80 4 850 1528 19.4 15.2 77 4.2 16.5 155 5 306.5 308.9 295.6 345.2 12.88 5 800 2049 16.7 12.2 75 4.5 13.7 154 5 308.9 311.0 295.0 343.0 11.22 6 750 2596 13.2 10.2 82 2.9 11.3 133 4 310.9 312.9 295.0 343.1 10.50 7 700 3175 10.2 7.5 83 2.7 8.5 94 5 313.7 315.5 295.0 342.7 9.31 8 650 3789 6.9 2.1 72 4.8 4.2 54 4 316.7 318.1 293.9 338.5 6.87 9 600 4442 2.6 -2.2 70 4.9 0.1 33 5 319.2 320.2 293.5 336.6 5.43 10 550 5142 -1.3 -8.3 59 7.0 -4.5 38 9 322.5 323.2 293.0 334.8 3.72 11 500 5896 -4.9 -14.5 47 9.6 -8.7 18 10 327.1 327.6 293.2 335.6 2.49 12 450 6718 -9.0 -22.6 32 13.6 -13.3 11 12 331.9 332.2 293.6 336.9 1.38 13 400 7618 -15.9 -27.5 36 11.6 -18.8 354 15 334.4 334.6 293.8 338.0 1.00 14 350 8611 -22.3 -26.8 67 4.5 -23.4 302 16 338.7 338.9 295.1 343.2 1.22 15 300 9725 -30.6 -38.2 47 7.6 -31.7 279 17 342.2 342.3 295.3 344.0 0.47 16 250 10994 -40.4 -48.8 40 8.4 -41.1 285 20 346.0 346.0 295.9 346.7 0.18 17 200 12473 -53.0 -56.0 70 3.0 -53.1 294 21 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.10 18 150 14268 -65.7 -73.6 32 7.9 -65.8 318 28 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16665 -76.3 -80.9 48 4.6 -76.3 327 11 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.70 m Freezing level: 566.82 mb = 4906.42 m = 16096.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.83 mb = 4458.07 m = 14626.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.16 mb = 1516.24 m = 4974.49 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.50 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.70 mb = 2180.18 m = 7152.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.12 C = 95.21 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 304.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.14 mb = 1587.45 m = 5208.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.14 mb = 3548.39 m = 11641.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.14 mb = 11287.99 m = 37033.62 ft B at Equ Level: 302.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.14 mb = 14302.00 m = 46922.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.4 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 100.4 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -2.1 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 32.77 Bulk Shear: 9.29 m/s