MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 29.52,-98.55 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 984 268 33.7 14.0 31 19.7 20.4 136 6 308.3 310.2 294.1 339.4 10.26 2 950 581 29.0 13.2 38 15.8 18.5 143 7 306.6 308.5 293.6 337.0 10.08 3 900 1058 24.2 12.4 47 11.9 16.5 149 8 306.5 308.3 293.5 336.8 10.07 4 850 1554 19.4 11.4 60 8.0 14.3 156 8 306.5 308.4 293.5 336.7 10.03 5 800 2072 14.5 10.4 76 4.1 11.9 159 8 306.6 308.5 293.5 336.8 9.98 6 750 2614 9.7 8.9 94 0.9 9.2 168 7 307.1 308.9 293.3 336.1 9.56 7 700 3185 7.0 3.4 78 3.5 4.9 181 2 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.8 7.01 8 650 3791 2.7 2.5 99 0.2 2.6 120 4 312.0 313.3 292.8 333.9 7.06 9 600 4435 -0.9 -4.0 80 3.1 -2.4 164 4 315.1 316.0 291.8 330.2 4.76 10 550 5126 -3.2 -14.5 41 11.3 -7.5 190 2 320.2 320.7 291.1 327.8 2.26 11 500 5875 -7.0 -20.9 32 13.9 -11.5 346 5 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.5 1.45 12 450 6689 -11.8 -23.3 38 11.5 -15.2 319 8 328.4 328.6 292.5 333.0 1.30 13 400 7581 -17.5 -23.8 58 6.3 -19.3 281 14 332.3 332.6 293.6 337.3 1.40 14 350 8568 -24.4 -29.8 61 5.4 -25.5 294 20 335.9 336.1 294.1 339.3 0.93 15 300 9672 -32.7 -38.7 55 6.1 -33.4 281 26 339.3 339.4 294.6 341.1 0.45 16 250 10929 -42.3 -49.2 47 6.8 -42.8 293 32 343.1 343.2 295.3 343.8 0.17 17 200 12401 -52.3 -53.9 83 1.5 -52.4 303 83 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.5 0.13 18 150 14199 -67.7 -68.0 96 0.3 -67.7 291 88 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.7 0.03 19 100 16593 -70.7 -82.2 17 11.5 -70.7 300 15 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.28 m Freezing level: 612.36 mb = 4275.45 m = 14026.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.06 mb = 4118.40 m = 13511.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.10 mb = 2724.19 m = 8937.53 ft T: 9.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 4.92 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.66 mb = 2640.06 m = 8661.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.72 C = 90.90 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.41 C K Index: 34.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.86 mb = 2582.22 m = 8471.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.86 mb = 3328.22 m = 10919.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 547.86 mb = 5156.77 m = 16918.34 ft B at Equ Level: 61.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 427.86 mb = 7071.29 m = 23199.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.7 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 184.7 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 99.60 Bulk Shear: 0.63 m/s