MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 29.44,-98.50 Latitude: 29.44 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 989 239 27.5 17.1 53 10.4 20.4 184 8 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.4 12.50 2 950 594 23.4 16.2 64 7.3 18.5 183 12 300.9 303.2 293.6 337.0 12.25 3 900 1063 19.0 15.2 79 3.8 16.5 182 14 301.1 303.3 293.6 336.9 12.17 4 850 1552 15.2 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 181 17 302.1 304.2 293.3 335.8 11.42 5 800 2065 12.8 9.8 82 3.0 10.9 177 21 304.7 306.5 292.6 333.3 9.53 6 750 2605 9.7 7.1 84 2.6 8.1 164 24 307.1 308.7 292.4 332.7 8.46 7 700 3176 6.6 3.5 80 3.2 4.8 147 23 309.8 311.2 292.1 331.5 7.03 8 650 3781 3.0 0.5 84 2.5 1.7 141 21 312.4 313.5 292.1 331.5 6.13 9 600 4428 0.3 -0.4 95 0.7 -0.0 163 13 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.3 6.23 10 550 5123 -2.7 -3.5 95 0.7 -3.1 192 7 320.9 321.9 293.9 338.3 5.39 11 500 5875 -6.7 -7.5 94 0.8 -7.1 280 13 324.9 325.8 294.1 339.3 4.35 12 450 6690 -11.6 -12.3 95 0.7 -11.9 293 11 328.6 329.3 294.3 339.9 3.31 13 400 7585 -16.8 -17.0 98 0.2 -16.9 262 13 333.2 333.7 294.8 342.0 2.53 14 350 8576 -22.8 -22.8 100 0.0 -22.8 263 20 338.0 338.3 295.3 344.3 1.74 15 300 9688 -30.7 -30.9 99 0.2 -30.8 278 32 342.0 342.2 295.7 345.7 0.97 16 250 10953 -41.3 -41.6 97 0.3 -41.3 283 43 344.6 344.7 295.8 346.2 0.40 17 200 12426 -54.6 -54.9 97 0.3 -54.6 294 41 346.2 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.11 18 150 14204 -67.0 -71.5 53 4.5 -67.1 316 44 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16607 -71.6 -82.2 19 10.6 -71.7 333 21 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.41 m Freezing level: 594.63 mb = 4502.33 m = 14771.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.14 mb = 4412.32 m = 14475.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.31 mb = 1548.95 m = 5081.80 ft T: 15.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 6.93 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.61 mb = 1808.62 m = 5933.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 32.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.00 mb = 1532.00 m = 5026.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.00 mb = 2862.75 m = 9392.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 597.00 mb = 4467.73 m = 14657.73 ft B at Equ Level: 20.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 527.00 mb = 5459.86 m = 17912.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.0 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 202.0 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -44.1 tot: -32.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.41 Bulk Shear: 4.75 m/s