MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.46,-94.54 Latitude: 30.46 Longitude: -94.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 45 29.9 22.3 64 7.6 24.4 162 6 302.6 305.8 297.3 353.3 17.12 1 1000 93 30.0 22.0 62 8.0 24.2 164 11 303.1 306.2 297.3 353.1 16.86 2 950 549 25.9 20.7 73 5.2 22.2 165 22 303.5 306.5 297.1 352.2 16.39 3 900 1025 23.5 18.6 74 4.9 20.1 173 14 305.8 308.6 296.9 351.2 15.18 4 850 1524 20.4 16.6 79 3.8 17.8 227 8 307.5 310.2 296.7 350.1 14.11 5 800 2045 16.5 14.9 90 1.7 15.4 271 12 308.7 311.3 296.5 349.4 13.40 6 750 2593 12.9 12.0 94 0.9 12.3 298 15 310.5 312.8 295.9 346.7 11.82 7 700 3172 10.1 6.1 76 4.1 7.7 309 16 313.7 315.3 294.3 340.0 8.44 8 650 3786 6.6 2.4 74 4.2 4.2 299 15 316.4 317.8 294.0 338.5 7.00 9 600 4439 2.1 -0.0 86 2.1 1.0 307 18 318.6 319.8 294.1 339.0 6.39 10 550 5140 -1.0 -3.4 84 2.3 -2.2 317 25 322.9 323.9 294.4 340.6 5.43 11 500 5895 -5.3 -7.9 82 2.6 -6.5 311 30 326.5 327.4 294.5 340.6 4.22 12 450 6716 -10.1 -13.4 77 3.3 -11.5 301 28 330.5 331.1 294.6 340.9 3.02 13 400 7615 -15.5 -18.7 77 3.2 -16.6 303 29 334.8 335.3 294.9 342.5 2.19 14 350 8610 -22.5 -24.3 86 1.7 -23.0 301 30 338.4 338.7 295.3 344.0 1.53 15 300 9723 -30.8 -31.8 91 1.0 -31.0 305 26 342.0 342.2 295.6 345.3 0.89 16 250 10990 -40.6 -41.1 94 0.6 -40.6 336 17 345.8 345.9 296.1 347.4 0.42 17 200 12470 -52.6 -52.8 98 0.2 -52.6 17 22 349.5 349.5 296.7 350.1 0.14 18 150 14266 -67.0 -67.3 95 0.4 -67.0 17 42 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.9 0.03 19 100 16670 -72.7 -80.8 28 8.1 -72.8 309 15 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.70 m Freezing level: 566.29 mb = 4911.34 m = 16113.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.01 mb = 4642.59 m = 15231.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.66 % Est. max temperature: 34.67 C = 94.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.83 mb = 1017.05 m = 3336.73 ft T: 23.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 14.74 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1805.00 m = 5921.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.94 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1136.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.30 mb = 1267.81 m = 4159.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.30 mb = 2257.06 m = 7404.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.30 mb = 13473.73 m = 44204.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1131.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.1 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 322.1 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 9.74 Bulk Shear: 116.69 m/s