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: 30.40,-96.49 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 22.9 21.9 94 1.0 22.2 359 4 295.8 298.8 295.3 343.9 16.71 1 1000 120 23.1 21.7 92 1.4 22.2 358 4 296.3 299.3 295.3 344.1 16.60 2 950 570 23.4 20.4 83 3.0 21.3 260 9 300.9 303.9 296.2 348.1 16.07 3 900 1042 21.4 18.1 82 3.3 19.1 241 9 303.5 306.2 296.0 347.0 14.66 4 850 1538 19.3 15.8 80 3.6 16.9 242 6 306.4 308.9 295.8 346.6 13.36 5 800 2058 16.1 13.1 83 3.0 14.1 257 4 308.3 310.6 295.4 344.6 11.96 6 750 2605 12.7 10.7 88 2.0 11.4 278 3 310.3 312.4 295.1 343.5 10.84 7 700 3182 9.6 7.2 85 2.3 8.1 317 4 313.1 314.8 294.7 341.5 9.17 8 650 3795 6.6 1.9 72 4.7 4.0 346 6 316.5 317.8 293.8 338.0 6.79 9 600 4448 2.5 -2.4 70 4.9 -0.0 7 6 319.0 320.1 293.4 336.3 5.35 10 550 5147 -1.3 -5.0 76 3.6 -3.1 351 6 322.5 323.5 293.9 338.3 4.82 11 500 5902 -5.4 -7.8 83 2.5 -6.5 330 6 326.5 327.3 294.5 340.7 4.25 12 450 6723 -9.7 -12.5 80 2.8 -10.9 328 5 331.0 331.6 294.8 342.1 3.25 13 400 7624 -15.1 -18.8 73 3.7 -16.4 305 5 335.4 335.8 295.0 343.0 2.16 14 350 8620 -21.9 -22.7 94 0.8 -22.2 289 9 339.2 339.5 295.6 345.6 1.76 15 300 9737 -29.9 -33.1 73 3.3 -30.4 296 18 343.3 343.5 295.8 346.3 0.78 16 250 11008 -40.1 -43.4 70 3.3 -40.4 302 20 346.5 346.5 296.1 347.8 0.33 17 200 12488 -52.9 -56.2 67 3.4 -52.9 307 23 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.09 18 150 14281 -66.7 -69.5 68 2.8 -66.7 318 16 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16661 -74.6 -80.2 42 5.6 -74.7 102 6 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.71 m Freezing level: 567.23 mb = 4906.37 m = 16096.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.48 mb = 4441.66 m = 14572.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.99 % Est. max temperature: 33.36 C = 92.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.69 mb = 220.18 m = 722.35 ft T: 23.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 11.87 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.08 mb = 1741.04 m = 5712.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.33 C = 93.79 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 38.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.08 mb = 878.04 m = 2880.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.08 mb = 3038.73 m = 9969.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.08 mb = 9450.52 m = 31005.28 ft B at Equ Level: 199.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.08 mb = 13425.53 m = 44046.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.5 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 337.5 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -19.3 tot: -18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 333.57 Bulk Shear: 0.60 m/s