MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 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 118 SFC 984 258 27.5 21.6 70 5.9 23.3 9 5 302.1 305.1 297.0 351.5 16.76 2 950 571 24.9 20.3 76 4.6 21.6 8 9 302.4 305.4 296.5 349.6 15.96 3 900 1044 22.0 17.6 76 4.4 18.9 356 11 304.1 306.8 295.8 346.5 14.22 4 850 1540 18.9 15.5 80 3.5 16.6 337 10 306.0 308.4 295.6 345.3 13.11 5 800 2059 15.7 13.5 87 2.2 14.3 314 10 307.9 310.2 295.5 345.0 12.28 6 750 2606 12.4 11.4 94 0.9 11.7 306 10 310.0 312.1 295.4 344.8 11.39 7 700 3183 9.3 8.9 98 0.4 9.0 309 11 312.8 314.7 295.4 344.6 10.30 8 650 3796 6.2 6.1 99 0.2 6.2 315 12 316.0 317.8 295.4 344.6 9.13 9 600 4450 2.9 2.9 100 0.1 2.9 317 12 319.5 321.1 295.4 344.6 7.88 10 550 5151 -0.9 -1.0 99 0.1 -1.0 317 14 323.0 324.3 295.3 344.0 6.47 11 500 5907 -5.1 -5.5 98 0.3 -5.3 311 16 326.8 327.8 295.2 343.7 5.10 12 450 6729 -9.4 -11.2 86 1.8 -10.2 297 15 331.4 332.2 295.2 343.8 3.61 13 400 7630 -15.1 -17.0 85 1.9 -15.7 288 15 335.4 335.9 295.4 344.3 2.53 14 350 8626 -21.9 -23.5 86 1.7 -22.4 279 15 339.3 339.6 295.6 345.2 1.64 15 300 9742 -30.2 -30.6 96 0.4 -30.2 287 18 342.9 343.1 295.9 346.6 1.00 16 250 11013 -40.5 -40.5 100 0.0 -40.5 312 19 345.8 345.9 296.1 347.6 0.44 17 200 12491 -53.2 -55.1 80 1.8 -53.3 288 17 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.9 0.11 18 150 14285 -66.3 -72.1 44 5.8 -66.4 296 25 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16665 -75.3 -80.4 45 5.1 -75.3 333 8 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.24 m Freezing level: 561.99 mb = 4982.51 m = 16346.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 562.62 mb = 4967.79 m = 16298.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.45 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.52 mb = 1010.19 m = 3314.24 ft T: 22.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 6.94 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1779.36 m = 5837.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.61 C K Index: 39.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 407.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.98 mb = 1318.50 m = 4325.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.98 mb = 2416.11 m = 7926.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.98 mb = 12263.53 m = 40234.19 ft B at Equ Level: 406.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.98 mb = 14818.14 m = 48615.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.4 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 350.4 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -9.7 tot: -7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 43.14 Bulk Shear: 9.45 m/s