MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 29.85,-95.29 Latitude: 29.85 Longitude: -95.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1010 28 30.6 22.5 62 8.1 24.7 246 7 302.9 306.1 297.5 354.0 17.22 1 1000 114 28.7 21.9 67 6.8 23.8 245 9 301.9 305.0 297.0 351.5 16.82 2 950 568 24.3 20.8 81 3.4 21.8 243 10 301.8 304.9 296.7 350.5 16.52 3 900 1040 20.3 18.7 90 1.7 19.2 243 10 302.4 305.2 296.1 347.4 15.21 4 850 1534 20.6 10.4 52 10.2 14.1 263 7 307.7 309.5 293.3 336.0 9.33 5 800 2056 16.8 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 313 6 309.0 311.2 295.3 344.0 11.49 6 750 2603 12.8 11.5 91 1.4 11.9 346 10 310.5 312.6 295.6 345.4 11.41 7 700 3181 9.3 7.6 89 1.7 8.3 1 12 312.8 314.6 294.8 341.9 9.42 8 650 3793 5.9 3.0 82 2.9 4.2 360 10 315.7 317.1 294.0 338.8 7.34 9 600 4445 2.4 -0.1 83 2.6 1.0 351 12 318.9 320.1 294.1 339.1 6.32 10 550 5145 -1.1 -4.4 78 3.3 -2.8 344 16 322.7 323.7 294.1 339.1 5.02 11 500 5900 -5.1 -9.7 70 4.6 -7.1 336 18 326.9 327.6 294.1 339.2 3.67 12 450 6722 -9.3 -15.8 59 6.5 -11.8 334 17 331.5 332.0 294.3 340.1 2.47 13 400 7623 -15.1 -19.1 72 4.0 -16.4 336 18 335.3 335.8 295.0 342.8 2.11 14 350 8619 -22.3 -22.9 95 0.6 -22.4 341 19 338.7 339.1 295.5 345.0 1.74 15 300 9732 -30.9 -31.7 93 0.8 -31.0 339 22 341.8 342.0 295.6 345.2 0.90 16 250 10998 -41.1 -46.8 54 5.7 -41.5 336 19 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.9 0.23 17 200 12472 -53.3 -56.5 68 3.2 -53.4 355 21 348.3 348.4 296.4 348.7 0.09 18 150 14267 -66.3 -70.2 57 4.0 -66.3 23 28 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16662 -73.8 -81.9 28 8.1 -73.8 37 12 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.56 m Freezing level: 566.14 mb = 4919.09 m = 16138.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.66 mb = 4626.02 m = 15177.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.19 % Est. max temperature: 34.37 C = 93.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.85 mb = 1060.29 m = 3478.59 ft T: 20.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1836.17 m = 6024.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.19 C = 97.15 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 15.43 C K Index: 34.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 831.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.29 mb = 1036.83 m = 3401.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.29 mb = 2543.88 m = 8345.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.29 mb = 12948.92 m = 42482.83 ft B at Equ Level: 828.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.29 mb = 15821.73 m = 51907.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.4 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 359.4 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 31.13 Bulk Shear: 26.71 m/s