MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z WED 3 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 96 SFC 982 259 33.3 15.2 34 18.1 20.9 25 9 308.0 310.1 294.7 341.6 11.09 2 950 554 30.5 13.9 36 16.6 19.3 23 14 308.1 310.1 294.3 340.1 10.53 3 900 1034 26.2 12.7 43 13.5 17.3 22 12 308.5 310.5 294.3 339.9 10.32 4 850 1534 21.6 11.6 53 10.0 15.1 15 11 308.8 310.7 294.2 339.5 10.12 5 800 2056 16.8 10.1 65 6.7 12.5 360 12 309.0 310.9 294.0 338.8 9.76 6 750 2602 12.0 8.1 77 3.9 9.6 343 15 309.6 311.3 293.7 337.4 9.08 7 700 3176 7.1 5.3 88 1.8 6.1 341 18 310.4 311.9 293.0 334.9 7.99 8 650 3783 4.4 2.0 84 2.4 3.1 3 21 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.3 6.83 9 600 4434 3.6 -19.0 17 22.6 -4.6 348 23 320.3 320.5 290.3 325.1 1.41 10 550 5135 -0.2 -26.4 12 26.3 -8.0 340 17 323.9 324.0 290.8 326.7 0.80 11 500 5889 -5.4 -30.6 12 25.2 -11.9 322 18 326.4 326.6 291.3 328.6 0.60 12 450 6706 -11.4 -18.0 58 6.6 -13.7 309 19 328.9 329.3 293.3 336.0 2.06 13 400 7601 -16.4 -18.1 87 1.7 -17.0 288 23 333.7 334.1 294.7 341.8 2.31 14 350 8594 -22.7 -24.5 85 1.8 -23.2 284 24 338.2 338.5 295.2 343.6 1.50 15 300 9706 -31.0 -31.7 94 0.7 -31.2 278 27 341.6 341.8 295.5 345.0 0.90 16 250 10972 -40.8 -42.6 83 1.7 -41.0 281 39 345.4 345.5 295.9 346.8 0.36 17 200 12451 -53.0 -61.2 36 8.3 -53.2 284 32 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14240 -67.4 -68.7 83 1.3 -67.4 286 37 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16628 -72.4 -81.2 25 8.8 -72.4 294 18 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.29 m Freezing level: 552.18 mb = 5104.06 m = 16745.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.87 mb = 4038.63 m = 13249.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.10 C = 93.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.54 mb = 2539.68 m = 8332.18 ft T: 12.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 6.69 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.76 mb = 2863.83 m = 9395.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.21 C = 95.38 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 16.97 C K Index: 36.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.11 mb = 2667.61 m = 8751.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.11 mb = 3068.29 m = 10066.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 639.11 mb = 3920.25 m = 12861.55 ft B at Equ Level: 13.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 609.11 mb = 4311.12 m = 14143.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.3 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 20.3 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.28 Bulk Shear: 11.13 m/s