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: 31.59,-97.18 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -97.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 992 182 31.3 16.5 41 14.8 21.1 21 10 305.1 307.3 294.5 340.9 11.96 2 950 570 26.7 15.3 49 11.4 19.0 20 13 304.3 306.4 294.0 338.8 11.56 3 900 1044 22.2 14.4 61 7.8 17.0 17 13 304.3 306.5 294.0 338.7 11.51 4 850 1538 17.5 13.3 76 4.2 14.7 15 13 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.4 11.36 5 800 2055 16.7 3.5 41 13.2 9.2 356 13 309.0 310.1 291.2 328.0 6.17 6 750 2603 14.3 0.1 38 14.3 6.6 347 11 312.2 313.1 291.2 328.3 5.14 7 700 3181 9.9 2.1 58 7.8 5.5 321 8 313.5 314.7 292.6 333.4 6.37 8 650 3792 5.5 -0.6 65 6.1 2.3 279 8 315.2 316.3 292.6 333.1 5.66 9 600 4442 1.3 -4.4 66 5.7 -1.5 249 9 317.6 318.5 292.4 332.5 4.61 10 550 5141 -0.6 -10.9 45 10.3 -5.0 233 9 323.4 324.0 292.7 333.5 3.03 11 500 5897 -4.9 -13.8 50 8.8 -8.5 260 5 327.0 327.6 293.3 336.0 2.64 12 450 6718 -9.9 -12.4 82 2.5 -10.9 285 13 330.8 331.5 294.8 342.1 3.28 13 400 7619 -14.7 -15.2 96 0.5 -14.9 291 20 335.8 336.4 295.8 346.1 2.93 14 350 8618 -21.0 -21.1 100 0.1 -21.0 289 20 340.4 340.8 296.1 347.8 2.03 15 300 9738 -29.4 -29.4 100 -0.0 -29.4 277 19 343.9 344.2 296.2 348.1 1.12 16 250 11011 -39.9 -40.4 95 0.5 -39.9 266 20 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.6 0.45 17 200 12491 -53.4 -53.5 100 0.0 -53.4 270 23 348.2 348.2 296.4 348.7 0.13 18 150 14280 -65.9 -71.5 46 5.6 -66.0 321 28 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16667 -75.3 -80.7 42 5.4 -75.3 292 9 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.21 m Freezing level: 564.89 mb = 4932.51 m = 16182.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.74 mb = 4179.11 m = 13710.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.76 mb = 2046.81 m = 6715.19 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 12.88 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.13 mb = 3048.45 m = 10001.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.35 C = 102.83 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.52 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 27.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3902.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.88 mb = 2024.26 m = 6641.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.8 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 356.8 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -166.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -18.3 tot: -18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 12.48 m/s