MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 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 78 SFC 980 260 36.3 15.8 30 20.5 22.1 156 7 311.2 313.4 295.9 346.7 11.57 2 950 539 33.3 14.9 33 18.5 20.6 156 10 311.0 313.2 295.6 345.5 11.27 3 900 1024 28.6 14.1 41 14.5 18.8 157 8 311.0 313.2 295.7 345.7 11.31 4 850 1528 23.8 13.2 52 10.5 16.7 158 7 311.1 313.2 295.7 345.8 11.33 5 800 2054 18.7 12.3 66 6.4 14.5 161 6 311.1 313.2 295.7 345.8 11.32 6 750 2604 13.4 11.3 87 2.1 12.0 162 4 311.2 313.3 295.7 345.7 11.28 7 700 3182 10.2 5.6 73 4.6 7.5 349 2 313.8 315.3 294.1 339.3 8.18 8 650 3798 8.4 0.4 57 8.0 3.9 13 7 318.4 319.6 293.8 337.9 6.07 9 600 4455 4.6 -4.8 51 9.3 -0.1 347 7 321.4 322.3 293.3 336.0 4.48 10 550 5159 0.7 -9.9 45 10.6 -4.1 341 11 324.9 325.5 293.3 335.8 3.27 11 500 5918 -3.6 -11.5 54 7.9 -7.0 356 11 328.7 329.3 294.2 339.5 3.19 12 450 6743 -8.1 -22.7 30 14.6 -12.8 356 7 333.0 333.3 293.8 337.9 1.37 13 400 7648 -14.3 -23.9 44 9.6 -17.1 6 5 336.4 336.7 294.7 341.4 1.39 14 350 8644 -22.5 -24.8 82 2.3 -23.1 12 9 338.4 338.7 295.2 343.7 1.46 15 300 9757 -30.9 -35.0 67 4.1 -31.6 20 12 341.8 341.9 295.3 344.3 0.65 16 250 11022 -41.0 -50.1 37 9.2 -41.6 50 12 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.8 0.16 17 200 12500 -52.7 -58.9 47 6.2 -52.9 24 25 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.07 18 150 14300 -66.0 -71.1 49 5.1 -66.1 18 23 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16690 -73.9 -81.3 31 7.4 -74.0 6 13 384.9 384.9 303.0 384.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.33 m Freezing level: 542.22 mb = 5276.75 m = 17311.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.20 mb = 4438.35 m = 14561.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.04 % Est. max temperature: 36.14 C = 97.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.70 mb = 2833.71 m = 9296.85 ft T: 12.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 9.96 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.54 mb = 3151.45 m = 10339.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.69 C = 101.64 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.35 C Cross Totals Index: 16.82 C K Index: 36.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.20 mb = 2850.96 m = 9353.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 363.20 mb = 8367.85 m = 27453.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.20 mb = 10406.27 m = 34140.89 ft B at Equ Level: 24.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.20 mb = 11483.01 m = 37673.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.9 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 44.9 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.7 neg: -5.9 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 30.68 m/s