MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 34.58,-107.68 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -107.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 579 2 900 1048 3 850 1549 SFC 801 2079 33.1 -0.1 12 33.2 13.5 102 5 326.4 327.3 294.8 342.1 4.75 5 800 2088 31.5 -0.7 13 32.2 12.8 102 5 324.7 325.6 294.3 339.8 4.55 6 750 2660 25.8 -2.0 16 27.8 10.2 103 3 324.6 325.4 294.1 339.2 4.41 7 700 3259 19.9 -3.0 21 22.9 7.3 105 1 324.5 325.4 294.1 339.0 4.38 8 650 3890 13.8 -4.1 29 17.9 4.3 279 0 324.6 325.4 294.0 338.9 4.34 9 600 4556 7.4 -5.3 40 12.7 0.9 284 2 324.7 325.5 294.0 338.9 4.29 10 550 5264 0.6 -6.8 57 7.4 -3.0 284 3 324.8 325.6 294.0 338.7 4.17 11 500 6019 -6.4 -9.1 82 2.6 -7.6 277 4 325.2 326.0 293.9 338.0 3.85 12 450 6833 -12.3 -19.6 54 7.3 -14.6 279 2 327.8 328.2 292.8 334.1 1.80 13 400 7724 -17.9 -39.8 13 21.9 -21.6 328 3 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.30 14 350 8707 -25.6 -46.6 12 21.1 -28.0 305 6 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.17 15 300 9804 -34.0 -49.7 19 15.7 -35.3 223 6 337.4 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.14 16 250 11056 -43.6 -47.2 67 3.6 -43.9 173 8 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.22 17 200 12518 -54.6 -58.8 60 4.1 -54.8 23 3 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14315 -64.9 -73.5 30 8.5 -65.0 277 4 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16732 -70.1 -81.8 16 11.8 -70.2 231 12 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5879.13 m Freezing level: 545.58 mb = 5330.36 m = 17487.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.38 mb = 4715.00 m = 15468.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 492.89 mb = 6129.81 m = 20110.67 ft T: -7.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.54 C/km ThetaE index: 9.32 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 490.14 mb = 6173.05 m = 20252.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 497.07 mb = 6064.57 m = 19896.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 452.07 mb = 6797.73 m = 22302.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 422.07 mb = 7317.92 m = 24008.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 392.07 mb = 7871.57 m = 25825.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 2.4 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 1.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 5.46 m/s