MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 29.53,-98.47 Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 981 260 36.0 16.2 31 19.8 22.2 156 8 310.9 313.1 296.0 347.2 11.87 2 950 544 32.9 15.3 35 17.6 20.8 156 11 310.6 312.7 295.7 346.0 11.58 3 900 1028 28.2 14.5 43 13.7 18.8 154 11 310.6 312.7 295.7 346.0 11.59 4 850 1532 23.3 13.6 54 9.7 16.8 152 10 310.6 312.8 295.7 346.1 11.60 5 800 2057 18.3 12.7 70 5.6 14.6 148 9 310.6 312.8 295.8 346.2 11.62 6 750 2607 13.0 11.6 91 1.4 12.1 145 7 310.7 312.9 295.7 346.0 11.53 7 700 3184 10.5 4.2 65 6.3 6.8 164 1 314.1 315.5 293.6 337.2 7.39 8 650 3800 8.3 -3.8 42 12.0 2.1 312 5 318.3 319.2 292.4 332.7 4.45 9 600 4456 4.3 -9.9 35 14.3 -2.1 323 8 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.0 2.99 10 550 5159 0.4 -14.3 32 14.7 -5.5 324 8 324.6 325.0 292.4 332.4 2.30 11 500 5917 -3.9 -21.7 24 17.8 -9.8 316 6 328.3 328.5 292.5 333.0 1.35 12 450 6741 -8.7 -25.7 24 17.1 -13.6 18 4 332.3 332.5 293.3 336.1 1.04 13 400 7643 -14.5 -30.8 24 16.3 -18.4 28 3 336.1 336.2 294.0 338.8 0.73 14 350 8638 -22.4 -39.5 19 17.2 -25.1 50 11 338.6 338.7 294.3 340.0 0.35 15 300 9751 -30.9 -44.7 24 13.8 -32.4 40 16 341.9 341.9 295.0 342.8 0.24 16 250 11017 -40.9 -51.7 30 10.9 -41.6 41 14 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.8 0.13 17 200 12496 -52.5 -59.7 42 7.2 -52.7 9 18 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.06 18 150 14299 -65.5 -74.5 28 9.0 -65.5 20 28 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16690 -74.6 -81.5 33 6.9 -74.6 336 8 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.12 m Freezing level: 545.27 mb = 5230.40 m = 17159.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.59 mb = 4126.73 m = 13538.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.86 % Est. max temperature: 35.73 C = 96.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.60 mb = 2746.12 m = 9009.46 ft T: 12.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.42 mb = 3095.85 m = 10156.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.66 C = 101.59 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.99 mb = 2753.08 m = 9032.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 381.99 mb = 7986.23 m = 26201.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.99 mb = 10431.69 m = 34224.28 ft B at Equ Level: 35.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.99 mb = 11804.76 m = 38729.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.3 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 218.3 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -16.2 tot: -12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.74 Bulk Shear: 4.58 m/s