MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.37,-95.34 Latitude: 30.37 Longitude: -95.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 72 34.9 20.5 43 14.4 24.5 306 4 307.9 310.8 297.5 354.3 15.36 1 1000 88 33.7 20.1 45 13.6 23.9 309 4 306.8 309.6 297.1 351.9 14.99 2 950 549 28.9 19.1 56 9.8 21.9 314 5 306.5 309.2 296.8 350.9 14.78 3 900 1027 24.3 18.1 68 6.2 19.9 317 5 306.5 309.3 296.8 350.7 14.69 4 850 1525 19.8 16.9 84 2.9 17.8 315 5 306.8 309.5 296.7 350.1 14.38 5 800 2046 16.1 14.2 88 1.9 14.8 298 6 308.4 310.8 296.0 347.4 12.87 6 750 2593 13.0 11.1 88 1.9 11.8 305 9 310.7 312.8 295.4 344.8 11.14 7 700 3171 9.4 7.8 90 1.6 8.5 301 9 312.9 314.7 294.9 342.5 9.56 8 650 3785 6.6 2.0 72 4.6 4.0 298 10 316.5 317.8 293.8 338.0 6.81 9 600 4438 2.7 -1.6 74 4.2 0.4 303 13 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.5 5.70 10 550 5138 -0.9 -5.9 69 5.0 -3.3 292 16 323.0 323.9 293.7 337.8 4.48 11 500 5894 -4.7 -11.0 62 6.3 -7.4 281 21 327.3 327.9 293.9 338.5 3.31 12 450 6716 -9.4 -17.4 52 8.0 -12.3 284 22 331.5 331.9 294.1 339.1 2.17 13 400 7616 -15.4 -24.0 48 8.6 -17.9 275 20 334.9 335.2 294.3 339.9 1.37 14 350 8612 -21.6 -23.2 87 1.6 -22.1 280 16 339.6 339.9 295.7 345.7 1.68 15 300 9730 -29.8 -31.1 89 1.3 -30.1 300 19 343.3 343.5 296.0 346.9 0.95 16 250 11000 -40.7 -41.3 94 0.6 -40.8 308 24 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.2 0.41 17 200 12476 -52.7 -57.1 59 4.4 -52.8 344 15 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.08 18 150 14277 -66.5 -68.6 75 2.1 -66.5 352 5 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16657 -76.3 -81.7 42 5.4 -76.3 315 8 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.90 m Freezing level: 562.47 mb = 4963.12 m = 16283.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.27 mb = 4515.03 m = 14812.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.32 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.77 mb = 1888.90 m = 6197.10 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 16.79 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 1995.79 m = 6547.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.22 C = 95.40 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 39.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 790.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.53 mb = 1797.02 m = 5895.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.53 mb = 2276.64 m = 7469.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.53 mb = 13186.91 m = 43263.60 ft B at Equ Level: 780.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.53 mb = 16176.39 m = 53071.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 163.48 Bulk Shear: 4.84 m/s