MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.03,-95.68 Latitude: 30.03 Longitude: -95.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 34.0 20.7 46 13.3 24.3 274 2 306.7 309.6 297.3 353.3 15.48 1 1000 97 32.9 20.1 47 12.7 23.7 277 3 306.0 308.8 296.8 351.0 15.00 2 950 557 28.3 19.1 58 9.2 21.8 260 2 305.9 308.7 296.7 350.4 14.83 3 900 1034 23.8 18.1 70 5.7 19.8 222 1 306.0 308.8 296.6 350.0 14.67 4 850 1532 19.9 15.9 78 3.9 17.2 183 0 307.0 309.5 296.1 347.7 13.52 5 800 2053 16.1 14.3 89 1.8 14.9 35 1 308.3 310.7 296.1 347.4 12.91 6 750 2600 13.0 11.6 91 1.5 12.1 354 3 310.7 312.9 295.7 346.0 11.51 7 700 3178 9.9 7.7 86 2.3 8.5 337 4 313.5 315.3 295.0 342.7 9.44 8 650 3792 6.5 2.6 76 4.0 4.3 326 7 316.4 317.7 294.0 338.8 7.11 9 600 4445 2.4 0.0 85 2.3 1.1 323 14 318.8 320.1 294.1 339.3 6.41 10 550 5144 -1.2 -5.0 75 3.8 -3.1 323 15 322.7 323.6 293.9 338.3 4.78 11 500 5900 -4.9 -10.3 66 5.4 -7.3 309 13 327.0 327.7 294.0 338.8 3.49 12 450 6721 -9.5 -19.1 46 9.6 -12.8 305 13 331.3 331.7 293.8 337.9 1.88 13 400 7622 -14.6 -25.5 39 10.9 -17.7 289 14 336.0 336.2 294.4 340.4 1.20 14 350 8619 -22.1 -28.1 58 6.0 -23.5 297 19 338.9 339.2 295.0 342.9 1.08 15 300 9735 -29.7 -31.6 83 2.0 -30.0 335 19 343.6 343.8 296.0 347.0 0.90 16 250 11006 -40.7 -42.3 85 1.6 -40.9 358 12 345.6 345.6 296.0 347.0 0.37 17 200 12482 -52.6 -59.4 43 6.8 -52.8 300 5 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.06 18 150 14287 -65.7 -72.2 40 6.5 -65.8 346 18 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16656 -74.6 -81.2 35 6.6 -74.6 320 5 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.85 m Freezing level: 566.87 mb = 4908.17 m = 16102.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.09 mb = 4619.66 m = 15156.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.87 % Est. max temperature: 34.16 C = 93.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.07 mb = 1735.79 m = 5694.77 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.35 mb = 1984.69 m = 6511.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.40 C = 95.73 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 38.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 680.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.18 mb = 1724.33 m = 5657.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.18 mb = 2418.88 m = 7935.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.18 mb = 12603.47 m = 41349.46 ft B at Equ Level: 680.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.18 mb = 15779.83 m = 51770.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.6 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 350.6 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -6.0 tot: -4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 179.39 Bulk Shear: 3.79 m/s