MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 29.18,-98.39 Latitude: 29.18 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 993 172 29.4 21.0 61 8.3 23.3 40 10 303.1 306.0 296.7 350.4 15.97 2 950 569 25.7 19.3 68 6.4 21.2 36 13 303.3 306.0 296.1 347.7 14.97 3 900 1044 23.4 17.0 67 6.4 18.9 8 5 305.7 308.2 295.8 346.5 13.65 4 850 1541 20.0 15.4 75 4.7 16.9 294 3 307.1 309.6 295.8 346.5 13.05 5 800 2062 16.1 13.7 86 2.4 14.5 287 5 308.3 310.7 295.7 346.0 12.43 6 750 2609 12.7 11.3 91 1.4 11.8 312 7 310.3 312.5 295.5 344.8 11.29 7 700 3186 9.2 8.0 92 1.2 8.4 326 10 312.7 314.5 294.9 342.5 9.64 8 650 3799 5.8 5.3 96 0.6 5.5 321 10 315.6 317.2 294.9 342.5 8.60 9 600 4451 2.6 1.6 94 0.9 2.0 305 11 319.1 320.5 294.8 342.0 7.19 10 550 5152 -1.0 -2.7 88 1.7 -1.9 298 13 322.9 324.0 294.7 341.5 5.71 11 500 5908 -5.1 -7.1 86 2.0 -6.1 306 15 326.8 327.7 294.7 341.8 4.48 12 450 6730 -9.5 -13.7 71 4.2 -11.2 297 14 331.3 331.9 294.7 341.5 2.94 13 400 7630 -14.9 -19.4 68 4.5 -16.4 293 12 335.6 336.0 295.0 342.9 2.05 14 350 8628 -21.6 -26.2 67 4.6 -22.8 292 14 339.6 339.9 295.4 344.4 1.29 15 300 9744 -30.0 -37.2 49 7.2 -31.1 285 17 343.1 343.2 295.6 345.2 0.52 16 250 11014 -40.5 -44.6 64 4.2 -40.8 288 18 345.9 346.0 296.0 347.1 0.29 17 200 12492 -53.1 -56.3 68 3.2 -53.2 282 16 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.09 18 150 14287 -66.1 -73.2 36 7.1 -66.2 306 15 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16667 -76.1 -80.2 52 4.1 -76.2 338 7 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.52 m Freezing level: 564.09 mb = 4954.33 m = 16254.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.38 mb = 4802.74 m = 15756.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.76 % Est. max temperature: 33.58 C = 92.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.39 mb = 1235.62 m = 4053.84 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 2024.41 m = 6641.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 39.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 295.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.43 mb = 1506.26 m = 4941.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.43 mb = 2738.98 m = 8986.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.43 mb = 11328.15 m = 37165.40 ft B at Equ Level: 294.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.43 mb = 14348.71 m = 47075.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.1 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 348.1 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -158.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.8 neg: -5.1 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 12.09 Bulk Shear: 24.44 m/s