MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 23.93,-96.14 Latitude: 23.93 Longitude: -96.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 29.8 24.6 74 5.1 25.9 149 8 301.9 305.5 298.7 360.0 19.65 1 1000 103 28.7 23.4 73 5.3 24.8 150 9 301.8 305.2 298.0 356.2 18.43 2 950 558 24.3 22.5 89 1.8 23.0 150 9 301.9 305.2 297.9 356.1 18.34 3 900 1031 21.8 18.1 80 3.7 19.2 150 8 304.0 306.7 296.1 347.7 14.70 4 850 1527 19.7 14.4 72 5.3 16.1 146 6 306.8 309.1 295.2 343.7 12.24 5 800 2048 17.5 9.7 60 7.8 12.6 138 5 309.8 311.6 294.0 338.8 9.49 6 750 2597 14.7 3.9 48 10.8 8.4 118 5 312.6 313.9 292.7 333.6 6.76 7 700 3177 11.8 -3.4 34 15.2 4.0 106 5 315.5 316.4 291.5 329.1 4.24 8 650 3793 8.0 -6.6 35 14.7 1.0 118 5 318.1 318.7 291.6 329.7 3.57 9 600 4448 3.6 -6.7 47 10.4 -1.3 127 4 320.3 321.1 292.5 332.9 3.85 10 550 5149 -0.6 -11.4 44 10.8 -5.3 141 4 323.3 323.9 292.6 333.1 2.90 11 500 5904 -4.8 -15.2 44 10.4 -8.8 117 6 327.2 327.7 293.2 335.3 2.35 12 450 6726 -9.6 -15.3 63 5.7 -11.8 103 11 331.2 331.7 294.4 340.2 2.59 13 400 7627 -14.9 -20.6 61 5.8 -16.7 106 13 335.7 336.0 294.8 342.3 1.85 14 350 8624 -21.4 -33.1 34 11.7 -23.8 109 13 339.9 340.0 294.9 342.5 0.67 15 300 9743 -29.7 -43.2 26 13.5 -31.3 105 13 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.7 0.28 16 250 11012 -40.6 -49.6 37 9.0 -41.2 95 23 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.16 17 200 12492 -52.6 -56.8 60 4.2 -52.7 80 33 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.9 0.09 18 150 14284 -67.6 -67.9 96 0.3 -67.7 83 21 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.03 19 100 16651 -73.5 -81.9 27 8.4 -73.6 100 22 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.07 m Freezing level: 557.28 mb = 5046.75 m = 16557.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.33 mb = 4070.35 m = 13353.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.14 % Est. max temperature: 33.99 C = 93.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.57 mb = 654.67 m = 2147.84 ft T: 23.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 30.95 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1279.24 m = 4196.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.25 C = 91.84 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.17 C K Index: 23.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1412.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.95 mb = 877.37 m = 2878.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.95 mb = 3046.71 m = 9995.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.95 mb = 14647.49 m = 48055.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1374.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.8 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 163.8 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -2.9 tot: -2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 721.89 Bulk Shear: 1.96 m/s