MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 29.52,-98.50 Latitude: 29.52 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 124 SFC 985 259 24.3 21.1 82 3.2 22.0 135 6 298.7 301.7 295.7 345.7 16.15 2 950 571 21.3 20.0 92 1.3 20.4 126 12 298.8 301.7 295.4 344.6 15.71 3 900 1040 19.6 17.3 86 2.4 18.0 114 17 301.7 304.3 295.0 342.7 13.89 4 850 1532 17.3 14.7 85 2.6 15.5 119 17 304.2 306.5 294.6 341.2 12.43 5 800 2049 15.3 11.3 77 4.0 12.7 128 17 307.5 309.5 294.2 339.5 10.58 6 750 2595 12.9 7.8 71 5.1 9.7 130 17 310.5 312.2 293.8 337.8 8.89 7 700 3172 9.7 5.8 77 3.9 7.3 126 15 313.2 314.8 294.0 338.9 8.28 8 650 3785 6.0 3.0 82 2.9 4.3 104 14 315.7 317.1 294.0 338.8 7.35 9 600 4436 1.5 1.3 99 0.2 1.4 89 10 317.9 319.3 294.4 340.3 7.04 10 550 5134 -1.8 -2.4 96 0.5 -2.1 8 4 321.9 323.1 294.6 340.9 5.86 11 500 5887 -6.5 -10.9 71 4.4 -8.4 335 4 325.1 325.7 293.4 336.2 3.33 12 450 6703 -11.2 -17.2 61 6.0 -13.3 241 4 329.2 329.6 293.5 336.8 2.21 13 400 7598 -16.1 -26.8 40 10.6 -18.9 271 6 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.9 1.07 14 350 8592 -22.3 -32.4 39 10.1 -24.4 294 8 338.7 338.9 294.7 341.4 0.72 15 300 9704 -31.2 -37.9 52 6.7 -32.2 286 17 341.4 341.5 295.1 343.2 0.48 16 250 10969 -41.1 -48.1 47 7.0 -41.6 287 18 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.8 0.20 17 200 12445 -52.8 -65.3 21 12.4 -53.1 320 20 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14250 -64.8 -75.4 22 10.6 -64.9 332 21 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16656 -71.9 -82.2 20 10.4 -71.9 28 17 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.88 m Freezing level: 577.21 mb = 4754.26 m = 15597.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.72 mb = 4712.00 m = 15459.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.91 mb = 663.95 m = 2178.30 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 7.92 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1431.77 m = 4697.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.34 mb = 979.45 m = 3213.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.34 mb = 3893.91 m = 12775.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.34 mb = 7953.59 m = 26094.13 ft B at Equ Level: 145.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.34 mb = 11774.32 m = 38629.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.2 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 143.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -5.0 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 134.93 Bulk Shear: 1.08 m/s