MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 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 123 SFC 986 245 29.0 18.7 54 10.3 21.8 98 11 303.3 305.9 295.4 344.5 13.89 2 950 577 25.3 17.9 64 7.3 20.2 99 17 302.8 305.3 295.1 343.4 13.72 3 900 1049 20.7 17.1 79 3.7 18.2 100 16 302.9 305.4 295.1 343.5 13.72 4 850 1541 16.3 16.0 98 0.3 16.1 103 14 303.2 305.7 295.2 343.6 13.60 5 800 2056 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 116 14 305.6 307.9 294.8 342.2 12.21 6 750 2600 11.2 10.9 98 0.3 11.0 134 11 308.7 310.8 294.8 342.0 10.96 7 700 3175 8.9 6.7 86 2.2 7.6 146 7 312.4 314.1 294.3 339.7 8.85 8 650 3788 6.4 2.1 74 4.3 4.0 100 2 316.3 317.6 293.8 338.0 6.87 9 600 4441 2.5 -1.1 77 3.6 0.5 328 1 319.0 320.1 293.8 337.9 5.88 10 550 5140 -1.2 -6.4 68 5.2 -3.7 295 2 322.7 323.5 293.6 336.9 4.32 11 500 5894 -5.5 -12.9 56 7.4 -8.5 253 2 326.4 326.9 293.3 336.0 2.84 12 450 6712 -11.2 -19.3 51 8.1 -13.9 265 5 329.2 329.6 293.2 335.7 1.85 13 400 7607 -17.1 -23.6 57 6.5 -18.9 247 9 332.8 333.1 293.8 337.9 1.42 14 350 8595 -23.4 -25.2 85 1.8 -23.8 250 11 337.2 337.5 294.9 342.4 1.41 15 300 9705 -31.2 -35.3 67 4.1 -31.8 275 17 341.5 341.6 295.3 343.9 0.63 16 250 10970 -41.3 -43.2 82 1.9 -41.5 305 34 344.7 344.7 295.7 346.0 0.34 17 200 12445 -53.7 -53.7 100 0.0 -53.7 313 41 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.3 0.13 18 150 14233 -65.9 -74.6 29 8.7 -66.0 310 31 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16642 -70.0 -82.6 14 12.5 -70.1 348 16 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.99 m Freezing level: 566.21 mb = 4913.09 m = 16118.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.52 mb = 4527.89 m = 14855.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.78 mb = 1543.20 m = 5062.94 ft T: 16.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 7.90 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1572.31 m = 5158.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.52 mb = 1515.55 m = 4972.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.52 mb = 1768.71 m = 5802.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.52 mb = 3086.13 m = 10124.97 ft B at Equ Level: 11.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 627.52 mb = 4074.71 m = 13368.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.6 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 143.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.83 Bulk Shear: 7.71 m/s