MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 29.46,-98.44 Latitude: 29.46 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 987 235 32.1 20.7 51 11.4 23.8 84 5 306.3 309.3 297.4 353.5 15.71 2 950 580 29.1 18.0 51 11.1 21.3 89 8 306.7 309.3 296.3 348.3 13.83 3 900 1058 24.4 17.1 64 7.4 19.3 93 8 306.7 309.3 296.2 348.0 13.74 4 850 1556 19.7 16.1 80 3.6 17.2 98 7 306.8 309.4 296.1 347.9 13.66 5 800 2076 15.5 14.4 93 1.1 14.8 103 7 307.7 310.2 296.0 347.0 13.02 6 750 2622 12.5 12.2 98 0.3 12.3 107 6 310.2 312.4 295.9 346.8 11.99 7 700 3200 9.7 5.5 75 4.2 7.2 74 4 313.2 314.8 293.9 338.4 8.12 8 650 3812 6.2 -0.2 63 6.4 2.8 46 5 316.0 317.1 292.9 334.5 5.81 9 600 4464 2.3 -5.8 55 8.1 -1.6 23 5 318.8 319.6 292.3 332.2 4.13 10 550 5162 -1.8 -12.5 44 10.7 -6.2 357 7 322.0 322.5 292.0 330.9 2.67 11 500 5914 -5.8 -16.7 42 10.9 -9.8 6 8 325.9 326.3 292.5 333.0 2.06 12 450 6732 -10.4 -26.4 26 15.9 -14.8 32 4 330.2 330.3 292.7 333.7 0.99 13 400 7629 -15.9 -31.0 26 15.2 -19.3 19 4 334.4 334.5 293.6 337.1 0.72 14 350 8621 -23.2 -28.9 60 5.7 -24.5 350 10 337.5 337.7 294.6 341.2 1.00 15 300 9731 -30.9 -37.5 52 6.6 -31.9 347 9 341.8 341.9 295.2 343.7 0.51 16 250 10996 -41.8 -49.3 44 7.5 -42.3 344 17 343.9 344.0 295.4 344.6 0.17 17 200 12468 -53.3 -66.7 18 13.4 -53.5 350 31 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14265 -66.1 -73.8 33 7.7 -66.2 358 28 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16668 -73.4 -81.0 30 7.6 -73.5 338 4 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.90 m Freezing level: 571.79 mb = 4857.57 m = 15936.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.44 mb = 4217.30 m = 13836.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.53 mb = 1683.19 m = 5522.22 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 22.62 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.05 mb = 2054.38 m = 6740.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.42 C = 92.15 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 37.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 764.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.18 mb = 1925.70 m = 6317.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.18 mb = 2299.52 m = 7544.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.18 mb = 12493.84 m = 40989.80 ft B at Equ Level: 764.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.18 mb = 15628.33 m = 51273.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 57.7 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 87.7 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 475.25 Bulk Shear: 1.61 m/s