MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 29.57,-98.50 Latitude: 29.57 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 985 278 30.7 19.7 52 11.0 22.9 90 8 305.2 307.9 296.5 349.5 14.82 2 950 604 27.5 17.6 55 9.9 20.6 89 14 305.1 307.6 295.6 345.3 13.44 3 900 1080 23.0 16.4 66 6.6 18.4 85 12 305.2 307.7 295.4 344.4 13.12 4 850 1575 18.6 15.1 80 3.5 16.2 76 10 305.6 308.0 295.3 343.9 12.79 5 800 2093 14.6 12.9 89 1.8 13.5 67 10 306.8 309.0 294.8 342.2 11.76 6 750 2637 11.6 11.5 99 0.2 11.6 67 10 309.2 311.4 295.3 344.0 11.44 7 700 3212 9.0 1.6 60 7.4 4.9 74 10 312.4 313.6 292.2 331.6 6.14 8 650 3822 5.6 -0.8 63 6.4 2.2 65 10 315.3 316.4 292.5 332.9 5.55 9 600 4473 2.0 -5.2 59 7.2 -1.5 62 12 318.4 319.2 292.4 332.4 4.33 10 550 5170 -2.3 -10.2 55 7.9 -5.7 54 11 321.3 322.0 292.2 331.9 3.19 11 500 5920 -7.3 -13.9 59 6.6 -9.8 44 12 324.2 324.7 292.5 333.0 2.61 12 450 6733 -11.9 -18.0 60 6.1 -14.0 29 12 328.3 328.7 293.2 335.4 2.06 13 400 7624 -18.1 -22.5 68 4.4 -19.4 42 12 331.5 331.8 293.6 337.0 1.57 14 350 8608 -24.8 -29.6 64 4.8 -25.8 45 11 335.3 335.5 294.0 338.7 0.94 15 300 9712 -32.2 -40.5 43 8.3 -33.3 20 15 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.4 0.37 16 250 10973 -42.4 -53.2 30 10.8 -43.0 41 23 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.11 17 200 12440 -54.4 -60.7 45 6.3 -54.5 30 18 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 18 150 14235 -64.0 -73.3 27 9.2 -64.1 12 35 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16664 -72.5 -81.8 23 9.2 -72.6 8 18 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.05 m Freezing level: 577.01 mb = 4793.15 m = 15725.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.37 mb = 4201.36 m = 13783.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.01 mb = 1676.15 m = 5499.12 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 12.42 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 2028.69 m = 6655.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.19 C = 89.95 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 600.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.03 mb = 1850.64 m = 6071.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.03 mb = 2327.79 m = 7637.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.03 mb = 11872.50 m = 38951.29 ft B at Equ Level: 597.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.03 mb = 14733.29 m = 48336.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.3 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 96.3 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -5.8 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 210.65 Bulk Shear: 2.85 m/s