MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-110.36 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -110.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 27.3 21.5 71 5.7 23.2 50 3 299.3 302.3 295.8 346.5 16.16 1 1000 113 26.2 20.9 73 5.3 22.4 53 3 299.3 302.2 295.6 345.2 15.71 2 950 563 21.9 20.0 89 1.9 20.5 64 4 299.4 302.2 295.6 345.1 15.67 3 900 1033 21.9 12.1 54 9.7 15.6 97 7 304.1 305.9 292.7 333.7 9.93 4 850 1528 20.8 8.7 46 12.1 13.3 98 10 307.9 309.5 292.6 333.3 8.34 5 800 2050 18.5 7.9 50 10.5 11.9 94 12 310.8 312.4 293.5 336.7 8.39 6 750 2601 15.2 5.6 53 9.6 9.5 91 13 313.1 314.6 293.5 336.8 7.63 7 700 3182 11.5 2.0 52 9.5 6.1 93 15 315.2 316.4 293.1 335.2 6.33 8 650 3797 6.9 -0.8 58 7.6 2.8 93 17 316.7 317.8 292.9 334.5 5.58 9 600 4449 2.5 -5.0 57 7.6 -1.2 94 18 319.1 319.9 292.6 333.3 4.39 10 550 5148 -1.6 -7.5 64 6.0 -4.3 100 20 322.2 323.0 293.1 335.3 3.95 11 500 5902 -5.4 -13.3 54 7.9 -8.6 107 23 326.4 327.0 293.3 335.7 2.74 12 450 6722 -10.0 -21.0 40 10.9 -13.6 112 23 330.6 330.9 293.4 336.3 1.60 13 400 7620 -15.6 -32.0 23 16.5 -19.3 112 19 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.2 0.65 14 350 8613 -22.9 -34.4 34 11.5 -25.1 120 15 337.8 338.0 294.3 340.1 0.59 15 300 9725 -30.7 -42.4 31 11.7 -32.1 174 26 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.3 0.30 16 250 10991 -41.1 -45.3 63 4.3 -41.4 162 34 345.0 345.1 295.7 346.1 0.27 17 200 12469 -53.1 -53.1 100 0.0 -53.1 131 49 348.7 348.8 296.5 349.3 0.14 18 150 14254 -67.3 -71.2 57 3.9 -67.4 138 36 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16660 -73.7 -83.8 20 10.1 -73.7 91 34 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.22 m Freezing level: 569.00 mb = 4882.61 m = 16018.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.67 mb = 4252.44 m = 13951.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.39 % Est. max temperature: 34.87 C = 94.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.82 mb = 730.88 m = 2397.88 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 13.17 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.49 mb = 2550.06 m = 8366.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.88 C = 105.59 F Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.15 C K Index: 25.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 370.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.07 mb = 983.89 m = 3227.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.07 mb = 4583.51 m = 15037.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.07 mb = 6058.06 m = 19875.27 ft B at Equ Level: 24.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 370.07 mb = 8198.32 m = 26897.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.7 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 125.7 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 17.69 m/s