MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 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 113 SFC 984 259 32.0 12.2 30 19.9 19.1 100 6 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.1 9.08 2 950 570 29.4 10.8 32 18.6 17.5 95 9 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.1 8.61 3 900 1048 24.8 10.1 39 14.7 15.5 89 8 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.3 8.65 4 850 1545 20.1 9.4 50 10.7 13.4 80 6 307.2 308.8 292.7 333.6 8.71 5 800 2063 15.2 8.5 65 6.6 11.1 55 5 307.3 309.0 292.7 333.9 8.76 6 750 2606 11.1 6.0 71 5.0 8.1 353 6 308.6 310.1 292.4 332.6 7.87 7 700 3181 8.8 0.1 54 8.7 4.2 4 10 312.3 313.3 291.6 329.5 5.52 8 650 3789 4.3 -2.9 59 7.3 0.7 13 9 313.9 314.8 291.4 328.9 4.75 9 600 4436 0.2 -8.4 53 8.6 -3.6 345 9 316.3 316.9 290.9 327.2 3.38 10 550 5129 -3.4 -18.8 29 15.4 -8.7 328 14 320.1 320.4 290.4 325.4 1.57 11 500 5877 -6.6 -29.8 14 23.1 -12.6 340 17 324.9 325.1 290.9 327.3 0.65 12 450 6691 -12.1 -24.7 34 12.6 -15.6 313 15 328.0 328.2 292.3 332.1 1.15 13 400 7581 -18.3 -27.1 46 8.8 -20.4 303 17 331.3 331.5 293.0 335.0 1.04 14 350 8566 -24.1 -24.6 96 0.5 -24.2 292 32 336.3 336.6 294.7 341.7 1.49 15 300 9675 -31.3 -31.3 100 0.0 -31.3 275 39 341.3 341.5 295.5 344.8 0.93 16 250 10938 -41.9 -41.9 100 -0.0 -41.9 271 44 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.2 0.38 17 200 12407 -54.9 -55.0 99 0.0 -54.9 275 65 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.3 0.11 18 150 14185 -67.5 -70.3 67 2.8 -67.5 300 66 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16597 -71.4 -81.8 20 10.4 -71.4 289 29 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.68 m Freezing level: 597.83 mb = 4465.90 m = 14651.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.23 mb = 3886.50 m = 12750.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.64 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.95 mb = 2752.50 m = 9030.40 ft T: 10.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 8.48 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.33 mb = 3597.91 m = 11804.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.77 C = 101.78 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: 3.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 2.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 16.00 C K Index: 27.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4464.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.62 mb = 2870.01 m = 9415.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 2.8 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 32.8 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -6.4 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 22.57 m/s