MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 115 SFC 984 259 30.7 20.9 56 9.8 23.6 19 12 305.3 308.2 297.3 353.1 15.98 2 950 571 26.7 19.8 66 6.9 21.8 25 14 304.3 307.2 296.7 350.5 15.51 3 900 1046 22.4 18.7 80 3.7 19.8 35 11 304.6 307.4 296.7 350.1 15.27 4 850 1542 18.8 16.7 88 2.1 17.4 56 7 305.8 308.5 296.3 348.5 14.23 5 800 2061 15.5 14.3 93 1.2 14.7 73 4 307.6 310.0 295.8 346.5 12.88 6 750 2608 12.7 10.8 88 2.0 11.5 125 2 310.4 312.5 295.2 343.8 10.91 7 700 3186 9.9 7.1 83 2.8 8.2 216 2 313.5 315.2 294.7 341.6 9.08 8 650 3799 6.6 3.8 82 2.8 5.0 261 6 316.5 318.0 294.6 341.0 7.78 9 600 4453 2.8 1.9 94 0.9 2.3 281 9 319.4 320.8 295.0 342.8 7.35 10 550 5154 -1.2 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 298 11 322.7 323.9 295.0 343.0 6.27 11 500 5910 -4.6 -6.5 87 1.9 -5.5 297 13 327.4 328.4 295.1 343.1 4.71 12 450 6733 -9.3 -13.0 74 3.7 -10.8 293 17 331.5 332.1 294.8 342.2 3.12 13 400 7635 -15.0 -16.7 87 1.6 -15.6 302 13 335.5 336.0 295.4 344.6 2.60 14 350 8632 -21.4 -21.6 98 0.2 -21.5 294 9 339.9 340.3 296.0 346.9 1.94 15 300 9751 -29.5 -29.5 100 0.0 -29.5 287 3 343.8 344.1 296.2 348.0 1.11 16 250 11024 -39.9 -40.2 97 0.3 -39.9 357 2 346.7 346.8 296.3 348.5 0.46 17 200 12504 -52.9 -53.5 93 0.6 -52.9 291 9 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.5 0.13 18 150 14299 -66.7 -70.9 55 4.2 -66.7 240 17 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 19 100 16671 -75.7 -79.8 52 4.1 -75.7 67 1 381.4 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.28 m Freezing level: 564.79 mb = 4946.36 m = 16228.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 568.28 mb = 4890.42 m = 16044.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.84 C = 89.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.67 mb = 1504.27 m = 4935.22 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 12.11 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1712.53 m = 5618.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 643.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.18 mb = 1488.96 m = 4884.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.18 mb = 1952.55 m = 6405.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.18 mb = 13155.05 m = 43159.09 ft B at Equ Level: 634.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.18 mb = 16104.00 m = 52833.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.0 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 352.0 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 38.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 34.09 Bulk Shear: 18.86 m/s