MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 29.49,-98.47 Latitude: 29.49 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 139 SFC 988 245 28.2 17.3 52 10.9 20.7 167 9 302.4 304.7 294.3 339.8 12.65 2 950 590 23.9 16.4 63 7.4 18.8 153 13 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.1 12.47 3 900 1060 19.5 15.5 77 4.0 16.8 137 14 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.2 12.40 4 850 1550 15.4 14.2 93 1.2 14.7 121 16 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.0 12.10 5 800 2062 12.2 11.4 95 0.8 11.7 118 19 304.1 306.1 293.3 335.8 10.63 6 750 2603 10.6 8.3 85 2.4 9.2 122 17 308.1 309.8 293.3 336.0 9.17 7 700 3176 8.3 5.6 83 2.7 6.7 120 9 311.7 313.2 293.6 336.9 8.19 8 650 3786 5.0 3.0 87 1.9 3.9 143 4 314.6 316.0 293.7 337.6 7.35 9 600 4436 1.0 -0.5 90 1.5 0.2 341 2 317.2 318.4 293.5 336.8 6.16 10 550 5133 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.1 301 4 321.7 322.8 294.5 340.8 5.89 11 500 5887 -5.7 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 275 8 326.1 327.0 294.7 341.7 4.73 12 450 6707 -9.8 -17.0 55 7.2 -12.4 279 6 330.9 331.4 294.0 338.7 2.24 13 400 7606 -15.6 -28.9 31 13.3 -18.8 294 14 334.8 334.9 293.8 338.0 0.88 14 350 8601 -22.6 -48.2 8 25.7 -25.7 301 11 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.14 15 300 9709 -32.3 -47.2 21 14.9 -33.7 295 9 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.18 16 250 10971 -41.2 -56.1 19 14.8 -42.0 329 28 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 17 200 12448 -53.0 -58.9 49 5.9 -53.2 321 51 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.07 18 150 14236 -67.5 -71.8 54 4.3 -67.6 329 49 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16636 -72.7 -81.7 24 9.1 -72.8 323 17 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.49 m Freezing level: 583.96 mb = 4659.62 m = 15287.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.41 mb = 4484.04 m = 14711.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.82 mb = 1621.30 m = 5319.15 ft T: 14.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 2.35 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1702.47 m = 5585.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.70 mb = 1562.48 m = 5126.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.70 mb = 1918.49 m = 6294.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 783.70 mb = 2234.49 m = 7330.91 ft B at Equ Level: 3.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 753.70 mb = 2561.48 m = 8403.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.7 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 162.7 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -28.7 tot: -26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 3.11 m/s