MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F117.gfs Searching the city database file for: KDLF ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: KDLF Latitude: 29.37 Longitude: -100.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 374 26.5 21.2 73 5.3 22.7 157 6 302.1 305.1 296.8 350.9 16.52 2 950 574 25.9 19.6 68 6.3 21.5 140 9 303.5 306.3 296.4 349.0 15.33 3 900 1050 24.0 17.3 66 6.6 19.4 109 11 306.2 308.8 296.2 348.1 13.96 4 850 1549 20.7 15.3 71 5.5 17.0 85 11 307.9 310.3 296.0 347.0 12.94 5 800 2071 16.7 13.5 81 3.2 14.6 65 10 309.0 311.3 295.8 346.3 12.27 6 750 2619 12.8 11.6 93 1.1 12.0 41 7 310.4 312.6 295.7 345.8 11.56 7 700 3196 9.5 8.6 95 0.8 8.9 350 6 313.0 314.9 295.3 344.2 10.10 8 650 3810 6.5 4.4 86 2.2 5.2 319 10 316.4 317.9 294.7 341.8 8.08 9 600 4463 3.1 -0.8 76 3.8 1.0 321 13 319.7 320.8 294.1 339.0 6.03 10 550 5165 -0.3 -8.4 54 8.1 -4.1 319 12 323.7 324.4 293.3 335.9 3.68 11 500 5921 -4.7 -14.5 46 9.9 -8.5 301 11 327.4 327.9 293.3 335.9 2.48 12 450 6743 -9.7 -17.8 52 8.1 -12.6 294 13 331.0 331.4 293.9 338.3 2.09 13 400 7641 -15.7 -20.9 64 5.2 -17.4 282 15 334.5 334.9 294.6 341.0 1.80 14 350 8636 -22.1 -24.0 84 1.9 -22.6 268 15 339.0 339.3 295.4 344.7 1.57 15 300 9751 -30.4 -31.0 94 0.6 -30.5 276 14 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.2 0.96 16 250 11021 -40.4 -40.4 99 0.1 -40.4 264 12 346.1 346.2 296.1 347.8 0.45 17 200 12501 -52.8 -52.9 98 0.1 -52.8 247 14 349.2 349.2 296.6 349.8 0.14 18 150 14297 -66.3 -67.8 82 1.4 -66.4 289 17 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.03 19 100 16674 -75.4 -80.7 43 5.3 -75.4 310 5 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.24 m Freezing level: 555.11 mb = 5093.08 m = 16709.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.50 mb = 4592.05 m = 15065.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.48 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.71 mb = 1053.29 m = 3455.63 ft T: 23.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 15.03 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.82 mb = 2168.80 m = 7115.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.59 C = 92.46 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 39.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 413.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.47 mb = 1645.93 m = 5399.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.47 mb = 2669.21 m = 8757.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.47 mb = 11705.82 m = 38404.47 ft B at Equ Level: 413.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.47 mb = 14894.16 m = 48864.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.2 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 19.2 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -49.2 tot: -45.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.40 Bulk Shear: 44.04 m/s