MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 31.82,-95.56 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 1000 132 22.9 21.9 94 1.1 22.2 99 4 296.1 299.1 295.3 344.3 16.73 2 950 576 21.2 18.8 86 2.4 19.6 81 6 298.7 301.4 294.6 341.1 14.57 3 900 1044 19.8 16.2 80 3.6 17.4 48 9 301.9 304.3 294.4 340.2 12.97 4 850 1537 17.9 13.3 74 4.6 14.8 12 9 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.8 11.34 5 800 2054 15.0 11.0 77 4.0 12.4 337 8 307.1 309.0 293.9 338.3 10.33 6 750 2599 11.9 9.0 82 2.9 10.1 309 11 309.5 311.4 294.1 339.1 9.68 7 700 3174 8.6 6.8 88 1.9 7.5 313 15 312.1 313.8 294.2 339.5 8.88 8 650 3785 5.5 4.6 94 1.0 4.9 309 18 315.2 316.8 294.6 340.9 8.20 9 600 4436 1.6 1.4 98 0.2 1.5 310 21 318.0 319.4 294.4 340.5 7.08 10 550 5135 -1.3 -2.2 94 0.8 -1.8 311 26 322.5 323.7 294.7 341.8 5.95 11 500 5890 -5.2 -5.8 96 0.6 -5.5 309 27 326.7 327.6 295.1 343.2 4.97 12 450 6712 -9.5 -10.1 95 0.6 -9.8 301 25 331.3 332.1 295.4 344.7 3.93 13 400 7614 -14.6 -15.9 90 1.2 -15.1 307 24 336.0 336.6 295.7 345.8 2.78 14 350 8613 -21.4 -22.3 92 1.0 -21.7 305 23 340.0 340.3 295.8 346.6 1.82 15 300 9732 -29.5 -32.7 74 3.2 -30.1 274 24 343.8 343.9 296.0 346.9 0.82 16 250 11004 -40.1 -44.5 63 4.3 -40.5 265 23 346.4 346.5 296.1 347.6 0.29 17 200 12484 -53.1 -54.9 81 1.8 -53.2 274 25 348.6 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.11 18 150 14278 -66.5 -70.2 60 3.7 -66.5 301 33 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16666 -73.7 -81.2 31 7.5 -73.7 297 16 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.78 m Freezing level: 572.47 mb = 4820.98 m = 15816.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.38 mb = 4744.87 m = 15566.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.70 mb = 262.96 m = 862.72 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 5.98 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1718.85 m = 5639.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.49 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.80 mb = 883.99 m = 2900.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.80 mb = 4145.75 m = 13601.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 571.80 mb = 4822.77 m = 15822.55 ft B at Equ Level: 24.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 491.80 mb = 6019.19 m = 19747.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.4 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 348.4 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.2 neg: -23.9 tot: -5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 47.78 m/s