MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 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 68 SFC 979 260 35.1 12.7 26 22.5 20.2 229 3 310.2 312.0 294.1 339.1 9.45 2 950 527 32.5 11.6 28 20.9 18.8 213 3 310.1 311.8 293.8 337.9 9.04 3 900 1010 27.9 10.7 34 17.2 16.8 184 3 310.2 311.9 293.8 337.9 9.02 4 850 1512 23.1 9.8 43 13.4 14.6 143 3 310.4 312.1 293.8 337.9 8.96 5 800 2036 18.1 8.8 55 9.3 12.3 106 4 310.4 312.1 293.8 337.9 8.93 6 750 2584 12.9 7.7 71 5.2 9.7 86 6 310.6 312.2 293.7 337.7 8.85 7 700 3160 7.6 6.0 90 1.6 6.6 77 10 310.9 312.5 293.5 336.8 8.42 8 650 3766 3.6 -0.7 74 4.2 1.4 62 10 313.0 314.1 291.9 330.6 5.61 9 600 4415 2.8 -14.1 28 16.9 -4.0 2 7 319.3 319.8 290.7 326.5 2.15 10 550 5114 -1.5 -6.9 67 5.4 -4.0 319 7 322.3 323.1 293.3 335.9 4.15 11 500 5867 -6.1 -12.0 63 5.9 -8.5 305 9 325.6 326.2 293.3 335.9 3.05 12 450 6685 -10.3 -30.5 17 20.2 -15.3 289 15 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.8 0.67 13 400 7582 -16.1 -35.7 17 19.7 -20.0 284 15 334.1 334.2 293.3 335.8 0.45 14 350 8574 -22.7 -46.7 9 24.0 -25.8 280 21 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.16 15 300 9685 -30.7 -37.7 50 7.0 -31.7 285 38 342.1 342.2 295.3 344.0 0.49 16 250 10954 -40.9 -41.9 90 1.0 -40.9 283 53 345.3 345.4 295.9 346.8 0.39 17 200 12430 -53.2 -57.8 57 4.6 -53.4 292 53 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14224 -66.1 -72.6 40 6.4 -66.2 296 45 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16624 -73.7 -81.3 30 7.7 -73.7 307 19 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.18 m Freezing level: 567.61 mb = 4868.06 m = 15971.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.18 mb = 3927.97 m = 12886.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.98 % Est. max temperature: 35.37 C = 95.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.83 mb = 3066.91 m = 10061.91 ft T: 8.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.02 mb = 3265.40 m = 10713.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.23 C = 97.22 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 15.83 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.49 mb = 3141.86 m = 10307.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.49 mb = 3561.29 m = 11683.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 636.49 mb = 3936.69 m = 12915.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 626.49 mb = 4065.05 m = 13336.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 27.4 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 57.4 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -14.6 tot: -14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 12.37 m/s