MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z WED 3 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 88 SFC 981 260 34.7 11.5 25 23.2 19.5 42 7 309.6 311.2 293.4 336.3 8.73 2 950 548 32.2 10.2 26 22.0 18.1 48 11 309.9 311.4 293.1 335.2 8.24 3 900 1030 27.6 9.3 32 18.3 16.0 53 11 309.9 311.5 293.1 335.1 8.21 4 850 1531 22.8 8.5 40 14.3 13.8 58 10 310.0 311.5 293.1 335.1 8.19 5 800 2054 17.7 7.6 51 10.2 11.5 64 9 310.0 311.6 293.1 335.2 8.19 6 750 2601 12.5 6.6 67 5.9 8.9 71 9 310.1 311.6 293.1 335.2 8.16 7 700 3175 7.0 5.5 90 1.5 6.1 80 9 310.2 311.7 293.1 335.1 8.12 8 650 3780 2.3 1.8 97 0.4 2.0 48 6 311.5 312.8 292.4 332.4 6.74 9 600 4428 3.6 -16.9 21 20.5 -4.1 326 13 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.0 1.70 10 550 5129 -1.1 -6.0 69 5.0 -3.4 317 20 322.8 323.7 293.7 337.4 4.44 11 500 5883 -5.9 -7.8 86 1.9 -6.8 307 25 325.9 326.7 294.3 340.0 4.26 12 450 6702 -10.2 -14.1 73 3.8 -11.8 305 24 330.4 331.0 294.4 340.2 2.86 13 400 7601 -15.2 -22.4 54 7.1 -17.4 298 26 335.2 335.5 294.6 340.9 1.59 14 350 8597 -22.1 -28.1 58 6.0 -23.5 288 28 338.9 339.1 295.0 342.9 1.08 15 300 9710 -30.8 -34.6 69 3.8 -31.4 290 30 341.9 342.1 295.4 344.5 0.67 16 250 10978 -40.8 -44.4 68 3.6 -41.2 287 49 345.4 345.4 295.8 346.5 0.29 17 200 12453 -53.2 -57.7 58 4.5 -53.3 313 50 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.08 18 150 14254 -66.1 -72.1 43 6.0 -66.1 288 35 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16642 -74.3 -81.2 34 6.8 -74.4 311 15 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.19 m Freezing level: 561.34 mb = 4970.22 m = 16306.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.65 mb = 3986.70 m = 13079.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.47 % Est. max temperature: 35.18 C = 95.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.41 mb = 3158.68 m = 10363.01 ft T: 7.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.15 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.59 mb = 3369.07 m = 11053.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.79 C = 96.42 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: 2.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 2.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.65 C Cross Totals Index: 14.35 C K Index: 35.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.91 mb = 3282.13 m = 10768.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.91 mb = 3582.99 m = 11755.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 635.91 mb = 3957.82 m = 12984.83 ft B at Equ Level: 4.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 625.91 mb = 4086.15 m = 13405.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.8 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 27.8 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -26.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -3.2 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 13.18 m/s