MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 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 93 SFC 982 259 33.2 12.5 28 20.7 19.5 39 8 308.0 309.8 293.4 336.3 9.32 2 950 550 30.3 11.1 31 19.2 17.9 34 13 308.0 309.6 293.0 334.7 8.77 3 900 1029 25.8 10.2 38 15.6 15.8 24 12 308.1 309.7 292.9 334.6 8.72 4 850 1528 21.0 9.3 47 11.7 13.7 11 11 308.2 309.8 292.9 334.6 8.68 5 800 2049 16.1 8.3 60 7.7 11.3 357 11 308.3 309.9 292.9 334.6 8.64 6 750 2593 10.9 7.1 77 3.8 8.6 348 12 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.2 8.47 7 700 3164 7.3 -0.5 58 7.8 3.2 353 21 310.6 311.6 290.9 327.0 5.27 8 650 3772 5.7 -12.3 26 18.0 -1.7 351 21 315.4 315.9 289.6 322.9 2.29 9 600 4423 2.5 -16.8 22 19.3 -4.7 335 21 319.0 319.3 290.2 324.8 1.70 10 550 5120 -1.8 -24.3 16 22.5 -8.7 331 23 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.4 0.97 11 500 5871 -6.5 -31.2 12 24.6 -12.6 332 21 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.57 12 450 6686 -10.9 -31.3 17 20.4 -15.7 312 17 329.5 329.7 292.2 331.8 0.62 13 400 7580 -17.1 -34.5 20 17.5 -20.5 293 21 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.7 0.51 14 350 8567 -24.2 -36.5 31 12.3 -26.3 284 27 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.9 0.48 15 300 9674 -31.6 -32.9 88 1.3 -31.9 278 37 340.8 341.0 295.2 343.8 0.80 16 250 10939 -41.5 -41.5 100 0.0 -41.5 271 56 344.4 344.5 295.7 346.0 0.40 17 200 12411 -54.3 -54.5 98 0.2 -54.4 288 54 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.2 0.12 18 150 14201 -64.6 -72.5 33 7.9 -64.7 281 38 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16603 -72.0 -81.6 22 9.6 -72.1 298 24 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.72 m Freezing level: 570.86 mb = 4829.18 m = 15843.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.55 mb = 3553.66 m = 11658.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.99 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.12 mb = 2849.43 m = 9348.42 ft T: 9.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 13.38 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.66 mb = 3801.52 m = 12472.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.76 C = 105.37 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: 2.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 15.84 C K Index: 29.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4318.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.44 mb = 2948.98 m = 9675.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.5 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 17.5 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -4.9 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 20.44 m/s