MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 22.78,-105.34 Latitude: 22.78 Longitude: -105.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 1 950 589 SFC 943 650 25.6 19.3 68 6.3 21.2 149 1 303.8 306.6 296.4 348.8 15.14 3 900 1060 21.9 17.4 76 4.5 18.8 141 1 304.1 306.7 295.7 345.9 14.05 4 850 1555 19.8 14.4 71 5.5 16.1 93 3 306.9 309.2 295.2 343.6 12.19 5 800 2077 18.8 9.0 53 9.8 12.6 84 6 311.2 312.9 294.1 339.0 9.02 6 750 2629 16.0 5.0 48 10.9 9.4 82 9 313.9 315.3 293.5 336.8 7.32 7 700 3211 11.6 2.8 55 8.8 6.5 85 13 315.3 316.6 293.4 336.5 6.72 8 650 3825 6.6 0.6 66 6.0 3.4 78 16 316.5 317.7 293.3 336.1 6.18 9 600 4477 1.5 -2.8 73 4.3 -0.7 77 17 317.8 318.8 292.9 334.4 5.18 10 550 5172 -3.1 -7.2 74 4.0 -5.0 85 13 320.3 321.1 292.7 333.6 4.05 11 500 5921 -7.4 -11.8 70 4.5 -9.2 90 9 324.1 324.7 292.9 334.4 3.10 12 450 6735 -11.5 -19.7 51 8.2 -14.2 107 8 328.8 329.2 293.1 335.1 1.79 13 400 7629 -16.9 -24.9 50 7.9 -19.1 99 8 333.0 333.2 293.7 337.6 1.27 14 350 8617 -24.3 -27.9 72 3.6 -25.1 100 7 336.0 336.2 294.3 340.1 1.10 15 300 9722 -32.4 -35.5 74 3.1 -32.9 85 5 339.7 339.8 294.8 342.0 0.62 16 250 10980 -42.4 -46.4 65 4.0 -42.7 153 0 343.0 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.24 17 200 12449 -53.8 -58.2 59 4.3 -54.0 53 5 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14242 -64.9 -71.1 42 6.3 -64.9 63 11 358.3 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16669 -72.3 -83.3 18 11.0 -72.4 69 29 387.9 387.9 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.67 m Freezing level: 584.03 mb = 4698.94 m = 15416.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.04 mb = 4355.18 m = 14288.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.15 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.48 mb = 1448.53 m = 4752.34 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.17 mb = 2947.85 m = 9671.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.35 C = 97.43 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 564.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 230.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.07 mb = 1790.45 m = 5874.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.07 mb = 3925.43 m = 12878.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.07 mb = 11759.92 m = 38581.95 ft B at Equ Level: 560.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.07 mb = 14567.81 m = 47794.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 84.4 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 114.4 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 47.27 Bulk Shear: 11.95 m/s