MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 19.46,-108.16 Latitude: 19.46 Longitude: -108.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 28.5 24.1 77 4.4 25.3 118 22 300.6 304.1 298.0 356.6 19.04 1 1000 106 27.2 22.4 75 4.8 23.8 118 25 300.4 303.5 296.9 351.1 17.30 2 950 559 23.0 21.3 90 1.7 21.8 119 25 300.5 303.7 296.8 350.7 17.07 3 900 1029 19.4 18.8 96 0.7 19.0 123 26 301.5 304.4 295.9 346.7 15.32 4 850 1522 18.6 14.7 78 3.9 16.0 125 25 305.6 308.0 295.0 343.1 12.49 5 800 2041 16.1 12.0 77 4.1 13.4 117 22 308.4 310.5 294.8 342.1 11.12 6 750 2589 13.4 8.9 74 4.5 10.6 110 22 311.1 312.9 294.5 340.6 9.60 7 700 3167 10.3 5.2 70 5.1 7.3 107 24 313.9 315.4 294.0 338.7 7.94 8 650 3781 6.4 3.6 82 2.8 4.7 98 27 316.2 317.6 294.4 340.2 7.64 9 600 4433 2.1 0.7 91 1.3 1.3 98 30 318.5 319.8 294.3 340.0 6.74 10 550 5132 -1.6 -3.0 90 1.4 -2.3 100 25 322.2 323.3 294.4 340.4 5.58 11 500 5887 -5.1 -8.8 75 3.7 -6.8 97 22 326.8 327.5 294.3 339.9 3.93 12 450 6709 -9.5 -16.7 56 7.2 -12.1 86 17 331.3 331.8 294.1 339.4 2.31 13 400 7610 -14.8 -17.9 77 3.1 -15.9 94 11 335.7 336.2 295.3 344.0 2.33 14 350 8607 -21.7 -21.9 98 0.3 -21.7 111 13 339.6 340.0 295.8 346.4 1.89 15 300 9725 -30.0 -31.6 85 1.7 -30.3 111 14 343.2 343.3 295.8 346.6 0.90 16 250 10994 -41.2 -43.8 76 2.6 -41.4 72 14 344.9 344.9 295.8 346.1 0.32 17 200 12468 -53.5 -54.5 89 1.0 -53.5 34 22 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.5 0.12 18 150 14256 -68.3 -69.7 82 1.4 -68.3 17 18 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 19 100 16611 -73.1 -82.2 24 9.1 -73.1 72 27 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.86 m Freezing level: 571.73 mb = 4828.57 m = 15841.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.99 mb = 4678.22 m = 15348.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.34 mb = 555.52 m = 1822.54 ft T: 23.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 17.92 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.77 mb = 858.74 m = 2817.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.32 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 33.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 786.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.38 mb = 786.97 m = 2581.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.38 mb = 929.05 m = 3048.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.38 mb = 1317.54 m = 4322.58 ft B at Equ Level: 4.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 840.38 mb = 1619.49 m = 5313.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.2 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 138.2 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -12.4 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 314.59 Bulk Shear: 2.50 m/s