MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 129 SFC 986 259 31.9 20.3 50 11.6 23.5 40 9 306.3 309.2 297.2 352.6 15.40 2 950 584 26.4 19.3 65 7.1 21.4 40 11 304.0 306.8 296.3 348.7 15.01 3 900 1059 21.9 18.2 79 3.8 19.3 40 9 304.1 306.8 296.2 348.0 14.75 4 850 1553 17.7 16.6 93 1.2 17.0 40 7 304.7 307.4 295.9 346.8 14.11 5 800 2071 16.2 11.5 74 4.6 13.1 52 4 308.4 310.4 294.6 341.0 10.74 6 750 2619 12.9 10.6 86 2.3 11.4 78 3 310.6 312.6 295.2 343.6 10.78 7 700 3196 9.5 7.4 87 2.1 8.2 116 2 313.0 314.8 294.7 341.7 9.27 8 650 3809 6.2 3.8 85 2.4 4.8 227 3 316.0 317.5 294.4 340.4 7.78 9 600 4462 2.9 1.4 90 1.4 2.1 240 8 319.4 320.8 294.8 342.1 7.10 10 550 5163 -1.0 -3.8 82 2.8 -2.4 273 9 322.9 323.9 294.3 340.1 5.27 11 500 5919 -5.4 -8.1 82 2.6 -6.7 284 11 326.4 327.3 294.4 340.3 4.17 12 450 6739 -9.8 -15.7 62 5.8 -12.0 277 11 330.9 331.4 294.2 339.6 2.51 13 400 7639 -15.0 -20.0 66 5.0 -16.7 276 9 335.5 335.9 294.9 342.4 1.95 14 350 8636 -21.7 -25.5 71 3.8 -22.7 317 8 339.6 339.9 295.4 344.6 1.38 15 300 9754 -29.6 -32.6 75 3.0 -30.1 334 6 343.7 343.9 295.9 346.9 0.82 16 250 11026 -40.3 -41.8 86 1.5 -40.4 18 7 346.2 346.3 296.1 347.8 0.39 17 200 12507 -52.5 -54.2 81 1.8 -52.5 1 4 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.2 0.12 18 150 14300 -67.7 -70.3 69 2.7 -67.7 225 9 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16676 -76.5 -79.7 60 3.2 -76.6 59 8 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.45 m Freezing level: 563.21 mb = 4977.79 m = 16331.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.05 mb = 4776.24 m = 15669.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.88 mb = 1716.91 m = 5632.84 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 11.61 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.86 mb = 1747.92 m = 5734.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 37.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 433.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.58 mb = 1547.36 m = 5076.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.58 mb = 2668.14 m = 8753.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.58 mb = 12009.06 m = 39399.33 ft B at Equ Level: 429.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.58 mb = 15341.15 m = 50331.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.7 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 343.7 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 24.29 Bulk Shear: 17.83 m/s