MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 29.52,-98.86 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 976 321 35.5 13.6 27 21.9 20.7 29 9 310.8 312.8 294.7 341.7 10.05 2 950 557 31.4 12.5 32 18.9 18.9 27 12 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.5 9.65 3 900 1038 26.6 11.6 39 15.0 16.8 23 13 308.9 310.7 293.9 338.1 9.57 4 850 1539 21.8 10.5 49 11.3 14.6 19 14 309.0 310.8 293.7 337.7 9.41 5 800 2060 16.9 9.3 61 7.6 12.1 16 13 309.2 310.9 293.7 337.4 9.24 6 750 2606 11.8 8.0 77 3.8 9.5 12 13 309.4 311.1 293.6 336.9 9.00 7 700 3179 6.6 5.5 93 1.1 6.0 6 14 309.8 311.3 293.0 334.7 8.13 8 650 3783 3.3 -3.5 61 6.8 -0.0 344 14 312.7 313.6 290.9 327.1 4.55 9 600 4434 3.1 -18.7 18 21.8 -4.8 333 18 319.7 319.9 290.2 324.6 1.45 10 550 5134 -0.5 -30.0 9 29.5 -8.6 329 17 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.57 11 500 5888 -5.2 -22.6 24 17.5 -10.7 309 17 326.8 327.0 292.0 331.1 1.24 12 450 6707 -10.6 -16.5 62 6.0 -12.8 302 18 329.9 330.4 293.9 338.0 2.34 13 400 7605 -15.9 -18.1 83 2.2 -16.6 293 22 334.4 334.8 294.9 342.5 2.30 14 350 8598 -22.6 -25.2 79 2.6 -23.3 290 21 338.2 338.5 295.1 343.4 1.41 15 300 9711 -30.5 -34.6 68 4.0 -31.2 281 25 342.4 342.5 295.5 345.0 0.68 16 250 10979 -41.0 -48.3 45 7.3 -41.6 289 34 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.8 0.19 17 200 12455 -52.7 -60.5 38 7.8 -52.9 261 27 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.06 18 150 14249 -66.8 -70.1 62 3.4 -66.8 272 26 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16631 -76.0 -80.8 46 4.8 -76.0 321 13 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.43 m Freezing level: 557.04 mb = 5035.08 m = 16519.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.32 mb = 3779.43 m = 12399.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.76 C = 92.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.94 mb = 3050.69 m = 10008.72 ft T: 7.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.06 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.92 mb = 2992.72 m = 9818.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.35 C = 93.83 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 2.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 15.65 C K Index: 36.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.67 mb = 2937.76 m = 9638.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.67 mb = 3112.47 m = 10211.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 625.67 mb = 4093.56 m = 13430.16 ft B at Equ Level: 27.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 585.67 mb = 4628.42 m = 15184.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.2 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 19.2 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -5.6 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.85 Bulk Shear: 10.69 m/s