MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 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 97 SFC 982 260 35.8 14.8 29 21.0 21.5 84 3 310.6 312.6 295.3 343.8 10.87 2 950 558 32.6 13.9 32 18.6 19.9 84 4 310.2 312.2 295.0 342.6 10.59 3 900 1041 27.9 13.1 40 14.9 17.9 85 4 310.3 312.3 295.0 342.6 10.56 4 850 1544 23.1 12.0 50 11.1 15.8 88 4 310.4 312.3 294.8 342.3 10.43 5 800 2069 18.1 11.0 63 7.1 13.5 91 4 310.5 312.4 294.8 342.2 10.35 6 750 2618 13.3 8.9 75 4.4 10.5 93 3 311.0 312.8 294.4 340.4 9.57 7 700 3194 8.5 6.1 85 2.4 7.1 82 3 311.9 313.5 293.8 338.0 8.46 8 650 3804 5.4 -1.1 63 6.5 2.0 21 4 315.1 316.1 292.3 332.3 5.43 9 600 4456 2.8 -8.9 42 11.7 -2.5 313 10 319.4 320.0 291.7 330.0 3.24 10 550 5155 -0.3 -14.4 34 14.1 -5.9 308 14 323.7 324.2 292.1 331.5 2.28 11 500 5914 -3.0 -24.3 18 21.3 -9.7 294 14 329.4 329.6 292.6 333.3 1.07 12 450 6740 -7.7 -31.3 13 23.6 -13.7 292 17 333.6 333.7 293.3 335.9 0.62 13 400 7644 -14.6 -33.5 18 18.9 -18.8 296 16 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.2 0.57 14 350 8640 -22.0 -36.0 27 14.0 -24.6 254 8 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.0 0.50 15 300 9755 -30.1 -50.6 12 20.5 -32.1 254 14 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.12 16 250 11025 -40.5 -55.0 20 14.5 -41.3 271 14 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.09 17 200 12504 -52.7 -60.0 41 7.3 -52.9 230 10 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.06 18 150 14306 -65.4 -72.8 35 7.4 -65.4 4 9 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16678 -75.6 -81.0 43 5.4 -75.6 310 5 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.20 m Freezing level: 554.71 mb = 5089.29 m = 16696.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.88 mb = 4085.66 m = 13404.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.72 % Est. max temperature: 35.68 C = 96.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.17 mb = 2887.57 m = 9473.55 ft T: 11.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.21 C/km ThetaE index: 13.82 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.33 mb = 3060.15 m = 10039.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.93 C = 98.48 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: 2.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 2.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 14.98 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.06 mb = 2900.35 m = 9515.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.06 mb = 3311.91 m = 10865.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 630.06 mb = 4057.47 m = 13311.76 ft B at Equ Level: 3.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 600.06 mb = 4454.68 m = 14614.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.0 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 360.0 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.5 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 11.98 m/s