MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 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 76 SFC 980 260 35.1 17.7 36 17.3 22.8 132 7 310.0 312.5 296.7 350.1 13.14 2 950 536 32.3 16.9 40 15.4 21.5 132 10 310.0 312.4 296.4 349.2 12.86 3 900 1019 27.7 16.1 49 11.6 19.6 132 9 310.0 312.5 296.5 349.3 12.87 4 850 1522 22.8 15.2 62 7.6 17.6 132 8 310.1 312.5 296.5 349.3 12.89 5 800 2047 17.8 14.2 80 3.5 15.4 132 7 310.1 312.5 296.5 349.4 12.87 6 750 2596 13.4 11.8 90 1.5 12.4 103 4 311.1 313.3 296.0 347.0 11.72 7 700 3176 10.8 7.2 78 3.7 8.6 55 4 314.5 316.2 295.0 342.9 9.12 8 650 3792 7.7 2.4 69 5.2 4.6 8 5 317.6 319.0 294.3 340.0 7.03 9 600 4448 4.1 -2.4 63 6.4 0.7 4 8 320.8 321.9 293.9 338.2 5.36 10 550 5152 1.0 -7.3 54 8.3 -3.0 334 8 325.3 326.1 294.0 338.7 4.02 11 500 5912 -3.5 -13.5 46 10.0 -7.6 323 9 328.8 329.4 293.9 338.1 2.71 12 450 6737 -8.8 -19.9 40 11.2 -12.6 345 11 332.2 332.6 293.9 338.4 1.75 13 400 7640 -14.2 -25.5 38 11.3 -17.4 344 17 336.5 336.8 294.6 340.9 1.20 14 350 8638 -22.0 -28.1 58 6.1 -23.4 315 15 339.1 339.3 295.1 343.1 1.08 15 300 9752 -30.4 -31.8 87 1.4 -30.6 303 8 342.6 342.8 295.7 346.0 0.89 16 250 11024 -40.4 -40.6 98 0.2 -40.4 24 13 346.0 346.1 296.1 347.8 0.44 17 200 12501 -53.1 -54.1 88 1.0 -53.1 201 12 348.7 348.8 296.5 349.3 0.12 18 150 14305 -66.0 -69.4 62 3.4 -66.1 15 16 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.02 19 100 16687 -73.9 -80.5 35 6.7 -73.9 357 9 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.52 m Freezing level: 538.44 mb = 5327.62 m = 17478.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.86 mb = 4571.87 m = 14999.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.81 % Est. max temperature: 35.12 C = 95.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.44 mb = 2444.95 m = 8021.38 ft T: 14.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.27 mb = 2626.79 m = 8617.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.31 C = 97.35 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 18.65 C K Index: 37.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 287.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.62 mb = 2476.51 m = 8124.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.62 mb = 3974.94 m = 13040.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 555.62 mb = 5069.48 m = 16631.97 ft B at Equ Level: 6.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.62 mb = 14897.32 m = 48875.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.2 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 76.2 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -4.0 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.58 Bulk Shear: 17.34 m/s