MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 29.54,-96.76 Latitude: 29.54 Longitude: -96.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 85 24.7 23.5 93 1.2 23.9 168 4 297.3 300.6 296.8 350.6 18.39 1 1000 144 25.2 23.3 90 1.8 23.8 173 7 298.3 301.6 297.0 351.6 18.31 2 950 596 23.8 20.7 83 3.1 21.6 183 16 301.4 304.4 296.5 349.7 16.44 3 900 1068 21.6 15.0 66 6.6 17.2 178 13 303.8 306.0 294.2 339.4 12.00 4 850 1563 18.5 15.4 82 3.1 16.4 169 9 305.6 308.0 295.4 344.8 13.09 5 800 2081 16.0 11.4 74 4.6 13.0 182 6 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.4 10.64 6 750 2628 13.1 8.5 73 4.6 10.3 196 3 310.8 312.6 294.2 339.5 9.34 7 700 3206 10.0 5.8 75 4.3 7.5 181 3 313.6 315.2 294.1 339.3 8.27 8 650 3819 6.8 0.7 65 6.1 3.4 157 1 316.6 317.8 293.4 336.3 6.20 9 600 4473 3.2 -5.3 54 8.5 -1.0 359 3 319.8 320.6 292.7 333.8 4.30 10 550 5173 -0.5 -14.4 34 13.8 -6.0 357 6 323.5 323.9 292.0 331.2 2.29 11 500 5928 -5.2 -21.0 28 15.8 -10.5 15 6 326.7 326.9 292.2 331.7 1.43 12 450 6746 -11.0 -23.1 36 12.1 -14.6 53 4 329.4 329.7 292.8 334.1 1.32 13 400 7641 -16.1 -29.2 32 13.0 -19.3 82 4 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.2 0.86 14 350 8634 -22.4 -36.3 27 13.9 -24.9 158 1 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.5 0.49 15 300 9747 -30.7 -40.5 38 9.8 -32.0 307 9 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.6 0.37 16 250 11013 -41.2 -46.7 55 5.6 -41.6 316 17 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.8 0.23 17 200 12488 -52.9 -57.9 55 5.0 -53.0 336 10 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14288 -65.1 -76.5 19 11.4 -65.2 21 21 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16688 -74.9 -82.4 30 7.5 -75.0 357 9 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.21 m Freezing level: 557.10 mb = 5073.92 m = 16646.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4323.19 m = 14183.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.77 C = 90.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.22 mb = 239.54 m = 785.88 ft T: 24.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.58 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1526.83 m = 5009.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 495.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.90 mb = 953.57 m = 3128.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.90 mb = 3123.97 m = 10249.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.90 mb = 11951.76 m = 39211.35 ft B at Equ Level: 493.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.90 mb = 14829.12 m = 48651.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.9 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 205.9 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -11.2 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 213.19 Bulk Shear: 2.32 m/s