MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 30.37,-96.34 Latitude: 30.37 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31.7 22.4 58 9.3 24.9 338 7 304.5 307.7 297.8 355.8 17.20 1 1000 129 30.0 21.6 61 8.4 23.9 337 8 303.2 306.2 297.1 352.1 16.50 2 950 585 25.3 20.6 75 4.7 21.9 332 8 302.9 305.9 296.9 351.1 16.29 3 900 1058 21.0 19.5 91 1.4 19.9 326 8 303.1 306.1 296.8 350.8 16.07 4 850 1552 17.8 16.8 94 1.0 17.1 314 8 304.8 307.4 296.1 347.6 14.34 5 800 2071 15.6 13.6 88 2.0 14.3 305 7 307.8 310.1 295.5 345.0 12.30 6 750 2617 12.4 10.7 89 1.7 11.3 304 6 310.1 312.1 295.1 343.2 10.85 7 700 3193 9.0 7.7 91 1.4 8.2 297 5 312.5 314.3 294.7 341.7 9.44 8 650 3805 5.7 3.1 84 2.6 4.2 293 5 315.4 316.8 294.0 338.7 7.41 9 600 4456 2.1 -2.0 74 4.1 -0.0 266 5 318.5 319.6 293.4 336.2 5.51 10 550 5155 -1.5 -5.0 77 3.5 -3.3 255 7 322.3 323.2 293.8 337.9 4.78 11 500 5909 -5.2 -8.5 78 3.3 -6.7 254 9 326.7 327.5 294.4 340.2 4.03 12 450 6730 -9.8 -12.3 82 2.5 -10.9 258 11 330.9 331.6 294.8 342.2 3.30 13 400 7630 -15.3 -16.8 89 1.4 -15.9 244 12 335.1 335.6 295.3 344.1 2.57 14 350 8626 -21.9 -24.8 78 2.9 -22.7 256 11 339.2 339.5 295.4 344.6 1.46 15 300 9742 -30.0 -32.1 82 2.1 -30.4 286 13 343.1 343.2 295.8 346.3 0.86 16 250 11013 -40.0 -42.7 76 2.6 -40.3 308 13 346.5 346.6 296.2 348.0 0.36 17 200 12494 -52.7 -55.2 74 2.6 -52.8 294 17 349.4 349.4 296.6 349.8 0.11 18 150 14289 -66.5 -68.2 80 1.7 -66.5 304 20 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.03 19 100 16670 -75.7 -80.1 50 4.4 -75.7 263 10 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.79 m Freezing level: 571.23 mb = 4858.00 m = 15938.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.45 mb = 4450.13 m = 14599.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.05 mb = 1271.59 m = 4171.82 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 19.61 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1317.05 m = 4320.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 38.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 934.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.54 mb = 1198.28 m = 3931.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.54 mb = 1445.49 m = 4742.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.54 mb = 13132.74 m = 43085.90 ft B at Equ Level: 929.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.7 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 323.7 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -133.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -4.4 tot: -4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 257.88 Bulk Shear: 3.63 m/s