MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 30.19,-96.31 Latitude: 30.19 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 89 23.6 22.4 93 1.2 22.7 326 3 296.4 299.5 295.7 346.0 17.19 1 1000 120 23.9 22.2 90 1.7 22.7 323 4 297.0 300.1 295.8 346.4 17.08 2 950 570 23.7 20.7 84 2.9 21.6 257 9 301.2 304.2 296.5 349.5 16.41 3 900 1043 21.5 18.0 81 3.5 19.0 236 9 303.6 306.3 295.9 346.8 14.55 4 850 1538 19.0 16.0 83 2.9 17.0 232 6 306.0 308.5 295.9 346.8 13.60 5 800 2058 16.0 13.2 83 2.9 14.1 255 3 308.2 310.5 295.4 344.6 11.99 6 750 2605 12.9 10.4 85 2.5 11.3 272 3 310.6 312.6 295.1 343.2 10.66 7 700 3182 9.5 7.2 86 2.3 8.1 307 3 313.0 314.8 294.7 341.4 9.18 8 650 3795 6.3 3.0 79 3.3 4.4 348 5 316.1 317.5 294.1 339.2 7.32 9 600 4448 2.6 -2.6 69 5.2 -0.1 4 5 319.1 320.2 293.3 336.1 5.28 10 550 5147 -1.4 -5.7 73 4.3 -3.4 354 5 322.5 323.4 293.7 337.4 4.56 11 500 5902 -5.2 -8.2 80 3.0 -6.6 336 5 326.7 327.5 294.4 340.5 4.12 12 450 6723 -9.6 -12.6 79 3.0 -10.8 330 5 331.2 331.8 294.8 342.3 3.23 13 400 7624 -15.0 -18.3 76 3.3 -16.2 318 4 335.4 335.9 295.1 343.4 2.26 14 350 8621 -21.8 -23.0 90 1.2 -22.1 302 7 339.4 339.7 295.7 345.6 1.72 15 300 9738 -29.7 -32.6 76 2.8 -30.2 304 17 343.5 343.7 295.9 346.7 0.83 16 250 11009 -40.2 -42.5 79 2.3 -40.4 298 18 346.3 346.4 296.1 347.8 0.36 17 200 12489 -53.0 -55.6 73 2.6 -53.1 308 20 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.10 18 150 14281 -66.9 -68.7 78 1.7 -67.0 324 14 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16661 -74.7 -80.2 42 5.5 -74.7 99 3 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.75 m Freezing level: 567.22 mb = 4906.05 m = 16095.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.09 mb = 4432.98 m = 14543.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.91 % Est. max temperature: 33.00 C = 91.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.40 mb = 240.17 m = 787.96 ft T: 23.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 13.38 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1601.13 m = 5253.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.45 C = 92.20 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 37.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 320.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.96 mb = 889.28 m = 2917.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.96 mb = 2819.91 m = 9251.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.96 mb = 10982.76 m = 36032.25 ft B at Equ Level: 320.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.96 mb = 14645.86 m = 48050.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.9 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 331.9 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -16.2 tot: -15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 323.39 Bulk Shear: 0.99 m/s