MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 30.60,-96.37 Latitude: 30.60 Longitude: -96.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 94 33.5 15.7 34 17.8 21.3 137 7 306.3 308.4 294.3 340.1 11.22 1 1000 130 31.5 15.2 37 16.3 20.5 135 7 304.6 306.7 293.6 337.2 10.91 2 950 587 26.6 14.2 46 12.4 18.4 128 7 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.3 10.77 3 900 1060 22.0 13.1 57 8.9 16.1 119 7 304.2 306.1 293.2 335.7 10.57 4 850 1553 17.4 11.8 70 5.6 13.8 111 7 304.4 306.3 293.1 335.1 10.29 5 800 2068 13.7 7.7 67 5.9 10.1 96 9 305.7 307.3 291.9 330.8 8.29 6 750 2610 11.7 2.9 55 8.8 6.8 82 11 309.3 310.5 291.3 328.8 6.32 7 700 3184 8.3 -4.0 41 12.3 2.2 89 6 311.7 312.4 290.1 324.5 4.05 8 650 3792 4.1 -7.1 44 11.1 -1.0 132 1 313.6 314.2 290.2 324.6 3.46 9 600 4437 -0.6 -4.5 75 3.9 -2.5 173 3 315.4 316.3 291.7 330.0 4.57 10 550 5128 -3.3 -8.8 66 5.5 -5.8 333 4 320.1 320.8 292.2 331.8 3.57 11 500 5880 -5.9 -22.5 26 16.6 -11.1 357 8 325.9 326.1 291.8 330.3 1.26 12 450 6696 -11.3 -32.4 16 21.1 -16.2 289 6 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.1 0.56 13 400 7588 -17.9 -39.8 13 21.9 -21.5 320 7 331.7 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.30 14 350 8573 -24.3 -51.3 6 27.1 -27.1 355 13 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.10 15 300 9675 -33.8 -55.1 10 21.3 -35.3 5 11 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.07 16 250 10925 -43.8 -58.5 18 14.7 -44.4 39 16 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.06 17 200 12380 -56.4 -59.5 68 3.1 -56.5 345 14 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.06 18 150 14154 -66.8 -70.2 62 3.5 -66.8 260 11 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16595 -68.6 -82.6 12 14.0 -68.7 340 9 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.54 m Freezing level: 606.69 mb = 4350.65 m = 14273.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.77 mb = 3595.08 m = 11794.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.87 mb = 2325.33 m = 7628.95 ft T: 12.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.17 mb = 2878.95 m = 9445.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.62 C = 99.72 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: 2.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: 2.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.28 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: 22.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.75 mb = 2165.59 m = 7104.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.75 mb = 4098.15 m = 13445.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 565.75 mb = 4904.05 m = 16089.20 ft B at Equ Level: 13.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 525.75 mb = 5483.89 m = 17991.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 91.7 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 121.7 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -8.8 tot: -8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.05 Bulk Shear: 2.67 m/s