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: 29.52,-98.44 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 250 28.3 17.2 51 11.1 20.7 165 9 302.5 304.9 294.3 339.9 12.62 2 950 590 24.0 16.4 63 7.6 18.8 152 13 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.1 12.43 3 900 1060 19.6 15.4 77 4.2 16.8 138 14 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.2 12.36 4 850 1550 15.4 14.2 92 1.2 14.6 123 16 302.3 304.5 293.8 338.0 12.07 5 800 2062 12.2 11.3 94 0.9 11.6 120 19 304.2 306.1 293.3 335.7 10.58 6 750 2603 10.6 8.2 85 2.3 9.2 123 18 308.1 309.8 293.3 335.9 9.17 7 700 3177 8.2 5.7 84 2.5 6.7 121 10 311.6 313.1 293.6 337.0 8.24 8 650 3786 4.9 3.1 88 1.9 3.8 142 4 314.5 315.9 293.7 337.6 7.36 9 600 4436 1.0 -0.6 89 1.5 0.1 339 2 317.2 318.4 293.5 336.8 6.13 10 550 5133 -2.0 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.2 299 4 321.7 322.9 294.4 340.6 5.82 11 500 5887 -5.7 -6.7 93 1.0 -6.2 276 7 326.0 327.0 294.7 341.4 4.63 12 450 6707 -9.8 -17.1 55 7.3 -12.5 279 6 330.9 331.3 294.0 338.6 2.22 13 400 7606 -15.6 -29.5 29 13.9 -19.0 294 14 334.7 334.9 293.8 337.8 0.83 14 350 8600 -22.6 -48.7 7 26.1 -25.8 302 11 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 15 300 9709 -32.3 -47.1 22 14.8 -33.7 295 9 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.18 16 250 10970 -41.2 -56.0 19 14.8 -42.1 328 28 344.7 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.08 17 200 12447 -53.0 -58.4 52 5.4 -53.2 320 52 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.07 18 150 14235 -67.5 -71.9 54 4.4 -67.5 329 50 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16636 -72.7 -81.7 24 9.1 -72.7 323 17 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.36 m Freezing level: 583.59 mb = 4664.81 m = 15304.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.11 mb = 4474.55 m = 14680.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.53 mb = 1644.66 m = 5395.79 ft T: 14.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 2.41 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1722.60 m = 5651.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 32.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.93 mb = 1580.47 m = 5185.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.93 mb = 1937.26 m = 6355.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 781.93 mb = 2253.79 m = 7394.23 ft B at Equ Level: 3.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 751.93 mb = 2581.52 m = 8469.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 163.4 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -26.9 tot: -24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 2.73 m/s