MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 29.39,-98.53 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 142 SFC 990 233 29.9 19.4 53 10.5 22.4 148 8 303.9 306.6 295.9 346.9 14.46 2 950 599 28.0 18.1 55 9.9 21.1 149 19 305.6 308.2 296.0 347.2 13.91 3 900 1076 24.3 16.7 62 7.6 19.0 137 15 306.6 309.1 295.9 346.8 13.38 4 850 1574 20.5 15.0 71 5.5 16.8 124 10 307.6 310.0 295.8 346.1 12.74 5 800 2096 17.0 11.6 70 5.4 13.5 126 4 309.3 311.4 294.8 342.3 10.82 6 750 2644 13.7 7.4 66 6.2 9.8 155 4 311.4 313.1 293.9 338.1 8.66 7 700 3224 10.7 4.6 66 6.0 7.1 167 7 314.3 315.8 293.9 338.2 7.65 8 650 3838 7.3 0.5 62 6.9 3.5 178 3 317.2 318.4 293.5 336.7 6.10 9 600 4493 3.9 -4.1 56 7.9 -0.2 185 0 320.6 321.5 293.3 335.9 4.72 10 550 5195 -0.3 -8.2 55 7.9 -4.0 189 2 323.7 324.4 293.3 336.1 3.73 11 500 5951 -5.3 -14.9 47 9.5 -9.1 176 4 326.5 327.0 293.0 334.7 2.41 12 450 6769 -11.0 -19.2 50 8.3 -13.7 152 6 329.5 329.8 293.3 335.9 1.85 13 400 7664 -16.5 -28.6 35 12.0 -19.4 130 5 333.5 333.7 293.5 336.8 0.91 14 350 8655 -23.2 -31.6 46 8.4 -24.9 86 6 337.5 337.6 294.4 340.4 0.77 15 300 9764 -31.3 -39.5 44 8.2 -32.4 161 4 341.2 341.3 295.0 342.8 0.41 16 250 11029 -40.9 -46.8 53 6.0 -41.3 203 9 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.2 0.23 17 200 12506 -53.2 -59.4 47 6.1 -53.4 328 3 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.06 18 150 14305 -65.4 -73.0 34 7.6 -65.5 6 18 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16718 -72.7 -81.9 24 9.1 -72.8 66 9 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.00 m Freezing level: 554.10 mb = 5137.66 m = 16855.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.11 mb = 4464.42 m = 14646.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.93 % Est. max temperature: 33.93 C = 93.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.59 mb = 1568.42 m = 5145.66 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.48 mb = 2493.04 m = 8179.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.79 C = 98.22 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 34.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 348.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.63 mb = 1866.69 m = 6124.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.63 mb = 4675.06 m = 15337.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.63 mb = 11119.28 m = 36480.14 ft B at Equ Level: 348.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.63 mb = 14440.45 m = 47376.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.1 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 179.1 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -31.6 tot: -23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 31.80 Bulk Shear: 10.96 m/s