MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 19.93,-97.76 Latitude: 19.93 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 588 2 900 1052 3 850 1542 SFC 836 1687 19.0 16.7 87 2.2 17.4 59 5 307.5 310.2 296.9 351.2 14.50 5 800 2060 16.7 14.6 87 2.1 15.3 71 6 309.0 311.4 296.4 349.0 13.19 6 750 2608 13.3 11.0 86 2.3 11.8 74 7 311.0 313.1 295.5 344.8 11.04 7 700 3187 10.6 5.3 70 5.3 7.5 84 11 314.3 315.8 294.1 339.3 8.02 8 650 3801 7.5 -0.2 58 7.7 3.3 97 12 317.5 318.6 293.3 336.0 5.81 9 600 4456 3.3 -5.3 53 8.6 -0.9 104 12 320.0 320.8 292.8 334.0 4.31 10 550 5155 -1.5 -10.1 52 8.6 -5.3 101 14 322.3 323.0 292.6 333.1 3.23 11 500 5907 -6.5 -14.5 53 8.0 -9.6 89 14 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.5 2.49 12 450 6722 -11.5 -18.8 55 7.3 -14.0 78 14 328.7 329.1 293.2 335.4 1.92 13 400 7615 -17.0 -21.4 69 4.4 -18.3 73 15 332.9 333.3 294.1 339.1 1.73 14 350 8603 -23.9 -27.6 72 3.7 -24.7 79 19 336.5 336.8 294.5 340.7 1.14 15 300 9709 -32.3 -34.3 82 2.0 -32.6 64 22 339.8 340.0 294.9 342.5 0.70 16 250 10967 -42.4 -44.2 82 1.9 -42.5 80 20 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.3 0.30 17 200 12437 -53.8 -56.2 75 2.4 -53.9 55 12 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.0 0.10 18 150 14225 -67.3 -70.1 67 2.9 -67.3 56 15 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16625 -74.3 -84.0 21 9.7 -74.3 82 31 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.40 m Freezing level: 565.33 mb = 4940.63 m = 16209.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.88 mb = 4308.83 m = 14136.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.96 mb = 1965.36 m = 6447.97 ft T: 17.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 18.17 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.98 mb = 2788.88 m = 9149.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.28 C = 73.90 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 694.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.16 mb = 2504.84 m = 8217.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.16 mb = 4132.93 m = 13559.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.16 mb = 12301.67 m = 40359.31 ft B at Equ Level: 692.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.16 mb = 15344.00 m = 50340.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.4 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 117.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 106.75 Bulk Shear: 6.50 m/s