MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 29.49,-98.50 Latitude: 29.49 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 134 SFC 987 250 30.3 17.9 48 12.4 21.6 108 10 304.6 307.0 295.3 344.0 13.22 2 950 589 26.9 16.5 53 10.4 19.8 112 14 304.5 306.8 294.8 341.8 12.53 3 900 1064 22.4 15.6 65 6.8 17.8 119 12 304.6 306.9 294.7 341.7 12.46 4 850 1558 17.7 14.6 82 3.1 15.7 127 9 304.7 307.0 294.7 341.8 12.42 5 800 2074 13.7 12.8 95 0.8 13.1 142 7 305.7 307.9 294.6 340.9 11.73 6 750 2617 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.7 129 6 308.2 310.3 294.6 341.0 10.79 7 700 3191 8.8 2.5 64 6.4 5.2 94 6 312.3 313.5 292.4 332.6 6.54 8 650 3801 6.1 -5.6 43 11.7 0.5 77 7 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.3 3.88 9 600 4453 2.7 -14.8 26 17.5 -4.2 66 9 319.2 319.6 290.6 326.0 2.01 10 550 5151 -1.5 -18.3 27 16.7 -7.5 59 10 322.3 322.6 291.1 327.9 1.65 11 500 5902 -6.4 -26.2 19 19.8 -12.0 64 9 325.3 325.4 291.3 328.5 0.90 12 450 6717 -11.1 -38.8 8 27.7 -16.5 64 15 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.30 13 400 7612 -16.9 -45.2 7 28.3 -21.1 63 18 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.17 14 350 8597 -25.0 -50.1 8 25.2 -27.6 37 23 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 15 300 9698 -33.4 -47.9 22 14.5 -34.7 37 30 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.0 0.17 16 250 10955 -41.8 -60.5 11 18.7 -42.6 29 34 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 17 200 12431 -52.7 -68.4 13 15.7 -53.0 24 39 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14237 -64.4 -75.6 20 11.1 -64.6 20 49 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16653 -72.5 -81.7 24 9.2 -72.6 34 15 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.59 m Freezing level: 568.14 mb = 4897.50 m = 16067.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.79 mb = 3866.86 m = 12686.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.06 mb = 1811.59 m = 5943.45 ft T: 15.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 15.01 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.39 mb = 2027.52 m = 6651.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 32.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.31 mb = 1891.95 m = 6207.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.31 mb = 2370.28 m = 7776.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.31 mb = 2929.61 m = 9611.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 702.31 mb = 3163.18 m = 10377.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.8 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 122.8 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 29.42 Bulk Shear: 3.39 m/s