MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 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 85 SFC 981 260 34.6 17.7 37 16.9 22.6 90 9 309.4 311.9 296.5 349.3 13.11 2 950 544 31.5 16.9 42 14.6 21.3 94 14 309.1 311.5 296.3 348.2 12.86 3 900 1026 26.9 16.0 51 10.9 19.4 100 13 309.2 311.7 296.3 348.3 12.84 4 850 1528 22.3 14.9 63 7.5 17.2 113 11 309.5 311.9 296.2 348.0 12.62 5 800 2053 17.7 13.7 77 4.0 15.0 134 10 310.0 312.3 296.1 347.8 12.41 6 750 2601 12.9 12.4 97 0.5 12.6 162 9 310.6 312.9 296.1 347.7 12.16 7 700 3179 9.4 8.4 93 1.0 8.8 182 8 312.9 314.8 295.1 343.5 9.91 8 650 3793 7.3 -2.8 49 10.0 2.1 27 2 317.2 318.1 292.4 332.6 4.80 9 600 4447 3.5 -10.1 36 13.6 -2.5 314 5 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.0 2.96 10 550 5147 -0.3 -15.5 31 15.2 -6.2 297 7 323.7 324.1 291.9 330.8 2.08 11 500 5905 -3.3 -24.8 17 21.5 -9.9 273 8 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.7 1.02 12 450 6731 -8.3 -29.3 17 21.0 -13.9 285 11 332.8 332.9 293.2 335.6 0.75 13 400 7633 -14.7 -35.2 16 20.5 -19.0 316 9 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.7 0.48 14 350 8629 -21.7 -34.0 32 12.3 -24.1 337 9 339.5 339.6 294.8 341.9 0.62 15 300 9746 -29.8 -37.1 49 7.3 -30.9 242 2 343.4 343.5 295.6 345.4 0.53 16 250 11018 -40.3 -44.6 64 4.3 -40.7 217 4 346.1 346.1 296.0 347.2 0.29 17 200 12501 -51.2 -62.3 25 11.1 -51.5 58 3 351.7 351.8 297.1 351.9 0.04 18 150 14309 -66.1 -70.6 53 4.5 -66.1 46 10 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16682 -75.5 -81.4 40 5.8 -75.6 349 5 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.18 m Freezing level: 554.21 mb = 5088.36 m = 16693.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.35 mb = 4082.52 m = 13393.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.42 % Est. max temperature: 34.86 C = 94.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.29 mb = 2385.40 m = 7826.01 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 18.30 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.88 mb = 2546.18 m = 8353.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.64 C = 96.15 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 18.18 C K Index: 39.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 168.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.63 mb = 2392.75 m = 7850.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.63 mb = 2786.25 m = 9141.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.63 mb = 5847.58 m = 19184.75 ft B at Equ Level: 52.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.63 mb = 13389.55 m = 43928.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 167.6 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 16.71 Bulk Shear: 10.08 m/s