MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 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 102 SFC 984 251 33.1 15.7 35 17.3 21.2 156 6 307.7 309.8 294.9 342.4 11.49 2 950 559 28.6 14.5 42 14.1 19.1 155 8 306.2 308.2 294.1 339.1 10.97 3 900 1035 23.8 13.5 52 10.3 17.0 155 8 306.1 308.1 294.0 338.8 10.88 4 850 1531 19.1 12.6 66 6.5 14.8 153 9 306.2 308.2 294.0 338.7 10.82 5 800 2049 14.2 11.5 83 2.8 12.4 155 8 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.4 10.69 6 750 2591 11.8 3.3 56 8.5 7.0 173 6 309.4 310.6 291.5 329.4 6.48 7 700 3167 10.0 -3.9 37 13.9 3.1 171 4 313.6 314.4 290.7 326.6 4.09 8 650 3779 6.6 -6.7 38 13.3 0.3 91 4 316.5 317.1 291.2 328.0 3.57 9 600 4432 3.4 -18.1 19 21.6 -4.5 53 7 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.3 1.53 10 550 5132 -0.5 -26.2 12 25.8 -8.2 67 9 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.5 0.82 11 500 5887 -5.1 -36.0 7 30.8 -12.2 75 11 326.8 326.8 291.2 328.1 0.35 12 450 6705 -10.5 -47.6 3 37.1 -16.4 54 19 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.12 13 400 7599 -17.2 -46.8 6 29.7 -21.4 51 20 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 14 350 8586 -24.4 -47.9 9 23.5 -27.1 35 25 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.14 15 300 9690 -32.8 -54.7 9 21.9 -34.4 34 28 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.08 16 250 10946 -42.6 -60.0 13 17.4 -43.3 38 24 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 17 200 12417 -52.6 -68.6 13 15.9 -52.9 31 26 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14223 -64.2 -73.7 26 9.5 -64.3 33 25 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16645 -70.6 -82.1 17 11.4 -70.7 111 7 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.72 m Freezing level: 555.84 mb = 5050.11 m = 16568.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.75 mb = 3820.20 m = 12533.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.37 mb = 2420.62 m = 7941.58 ft T: 12.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 15.81 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.27 mb = 3199.64 m = 10497.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.09 C = 102.37 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 22.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3706.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.11 mb = 2346.99 m = 7700.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.1 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 143.1 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.80 Bulk Shear: 3.79 m/s