MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 29.39,-98.39 Latitude: 29.39 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 94 SFC 987 214 35.5 11.8 24 23.6 19.9 23 9 309.8 311.5 293.6 336.9 8.86 2 950 553 30.3 10.8 30 19.5 17.8 18 12 308.0 309.6 292.8 334.1 8.59 3 900 1032 25.6 9.9 37 15.7 15.6 13 13 307.9 309.5 292.7 333.8 8.53 4 850 1531 20.8 8.9 46 11.9 13.4 8 13 307.9 309.5 292.7 333.7 8.46 5 800 2050 15.9 7.9 59 8.0 11.0 5 13 308.1 309.7 292.7 333.6 8.39 6 750 2594 10.8 6.6 75 4.2 8.3 3 15 308.3 309.8 292.6 333.1 8.15 7 700 3166 7.1 -0.5 59 7.6 3.1 359 24 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.8 5.28 8 650 3773 5.3 -13.2 25 18.5 -2.1 352 21 315.0 315.4 289.3 322.0 2.13 9 600 4423 2.3 -20.4 17 22.7 -5.5 330 19 318.7 319.0 289.7 323.0 1.26 10 550 5119 -1.8 -27.2 12 25.3 -9.1 308 21 321.9 322.0 290.2 324.6 0.75 11 500 5870 -6.7 -34.2 9 27.6 -13.0 313 22 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.5 0.42 12 450 6686 -10.4 -38.8 8 28.4 -16.0 311 18 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.3 0.30 13 400 7582 -16.7 -34.4 20 17.7 -20.3 292 21 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.3 0.52 14 350 8569 -24.5 -34.6 39 10.1 -26.2 281 24 335.8 335.9 293.8 338.0 0.58 15 300 9674 -31.8 -46.2 23 14.4 -33.3 283 38 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.4 0.20 16 250 10936 -41.0 -41.1 99 0.1 -41.0 278 53 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.8 0.42 17 200 12410 -53.6 -56.2 73 2.6 -53.7 293 60 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.3 0.09 18 150 14205 -66.4 -70.2 59 3.7 -66.5 289 42 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16603 -71.5 -81.6 21 10.1 -71.5 272 19 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.51 m Freezing level: 572.51 mb = 4805.69 m = 15766.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.37 mb = 3520.12 m = 11548.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.92 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.43 mb = 3148.72 m = 10330.33 ft T: 7.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 14.94 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.24 mb = 3794.96 m = 12450.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.77 C = 105.38 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 2.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: 2.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: 28.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4803.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.13 mb = 3023.39 m = 9919.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.0 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 13.0 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -1.4 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 16.32 m/s