MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 982 260 35.7 16.7 32 19.0 22.3 168 7 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.8 12.23 2 950 559 32.6 15.6 36 17.0 20.9 171 10 310.3 312.5 295.8 346.4 11.84 3 900 1043 27.9 14.8 45 13.1 18.9 176 10 310.3 312.5 295.8 346.5 11.85 4 850 1546 23.1 13.9 56 9.1 16.9 181 10 310.3 312.6 295.8 346.5 11.85 5 800 2071 18.0 13.0 73 5.0 14.7 186 9 310.3 312.6 295.8 346.5 11.85 6 750 2620 12.7 12.0 95 0.8 12.2 190 9 310.4 312.6 295.8 346.5 11.81 7 700 3197 10.8 4.3 64 6.5 6.9 245 4 314.4 315.8 293.7 337.7 7.45 8 650 3813 8.1 0.9 60 7.2 4.1 292 5 318.1 319.3 293.9 338.2 6.29 9 600 4470 4.6 -5.7 47 10.3 -0.4 290 6 321.4 322.3 293.1 335.1 4.18 10 550 5174 0.6 -12.7 36 13.3 -5.0 291 8 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.6 2.62 11 500 5932 -4.4 -14.6 45 10.2 -8.4 286 8 327.7 328.2 293.3 336.1 2.46 12 450 6754 -9.3 -20.9 38 11.6 -13.2 319 7 331.5 331.8 293.6 337.2 1.60 13 400 7655 -15.2 -25.2 42 9.9 -18.0 348 12 335.2 335.5 294.3 339.7 1.24 14 350 8648 -22.9 -40.6 18 17.7 -25.6 1 12 337.8 337.9 294.1 339.1 0.32 15 300 9760 -30.8 -51.4 11 20.7 -32.6 34 15 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.4 0.11 16 250 11026 -40.6 -58.8 12 18.2 -41.5 44 20 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.06 17 200 12507 -52.3 -64.0 23 11.7 -52.7 37 22 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 14307 -65.7 -73.8 32 8.1 -65.8 35 17 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16700 -74.1 -82.0 29 7.9 -74.1 34 12 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.01 m Freezing level: 544.20 mb = 5262.11 m = 17263.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.98 mb = 4402.57 m = 14443.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.45 % Est. max temperature: 35.60 C = 96.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.14 mb = 2651.86 m = 8700.24 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 8.81 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.84 mb = 3021.78 m = 9913.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.43 C = 101.18 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 18.32 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.95 mb = 2687.66 m = 8817.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 508.95 mb = 5790.92 m = 18998.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.95 mb = 10781.90 m = 35373.27 ft B at Equ Level: 120.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.95 mb = 12862.37 m = 42198.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.77 Bulk Shear: 8.34 m/s