MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 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 120 SFC 984 258 26.2 21.2 74 5.1 22.6 25 11 300.7 303.7 296.3 348.4 16.26 2 950 571 24.3 19.1 73 5.2 20.6 31 22 301.8 304.6 295.6 345.5 14.80 3 900 1045 23.1 17.0 68 6.1 18.8 43 12 305.3 307.8 295.7 346.1 13.63 4 850 1542 20.2 14.7 70 5.5 16.5 39 5 307.3 309.7 295.5 344.9 12.46 5 800 2063 16.5 12.9 79 3.6 14.1 355 2 308.7 310.9 295.4 344.4 11.74 6 750 2610 12.7 10.8 88 1.9 11.4 329 2 310.3 312.4 295.2 343.7 10.91 7 700 3188 9.3 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 333 4 312.8 314.6 295.0 342.9 9.74 8 650 3800 6.0 5.7 98 0.4 5.8 323 8 315.8 317.5 295.1 343.5 8.86 9 600 4453 2.9 1.8 92 1.1 2.2 317 10 319.4 320.9 295.0 342.6 7.26 10 550 5155 -0.7 -2.7 86 2.0 -1.8 308 12 323.2 324.4 294.7 341.8 5.70 11 500 5912 -4.6 -7.3 81 2.8 -5.9 308 15 327.5 328.4 294.8 342.2 4.41 12 450 6734 -9.5 -11.4 86 1.9 -10.3 297 17 331.3 332.0 295.1 343.4 3.56 13 400 7635 -15.1 -16.3 90 1.3 -15.6 299 19 335.4 335.9 295.4 344.8 2.67 14 350 8633 -21.3 -21.4 99 0.1 -21.4 300 15 340.0 340.4 296.0 347.2 1.97 15 300 9752 -29.4 -29.5 100 0.0 -29.5 280 6 343.9 344.1 296.2 348.1 1.11 16 250 11025 -40.2 -40.2 99 0.1 -40.2 260 5 346.3 346.4 296.2 348.2 0.46 17 200 12503 -52.6 -55.4 72 2.8 -52.7 243 7 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.9 0.10 18 150 14300 -65.9 -72.5 39 6.6 -66.0 274 7 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16674 -74.7 -80.4 41 5.7 -74.7 359 8 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.31 m Freezing level: 559.94 mb = 5015.17 m = 16453.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 572.22 mb = 4835.45 m = 15864.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.24 C = 91.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.64 mb = 903.33 m = 2963.65 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.77 mb = 2140.01 m = 7020.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.25 C K Index: 38.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.86 mb = 1431.55 m = 4696.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.86 mb = 3000.07 m = 9842.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 375.86 mb = 8100.55 m = 26576.28 ft B at Equ Level: 91.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 245.86 mb = 11135.66 m = 36533.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.9 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 8.9 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: -2.5 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.56 Bulk Shear: 25.80 m/s