MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 20.88,-107.45 Latitude: 20.88 Longitude: -107.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 28.7 24.1 76 4.6 25.3 2 5 300.5 304.0 298.0 356.3 18.97 1 1000 138 27.3 23.3 79 4.0 24.3 4 5 300.4 303.7 297.5 354.0 18.26 2 950 591 23.2 21.9 92 1.3 22.3 26 5 300.7 304.0 297.2 352.7 17.68 3 900 1063 22.3 17.1 72 5.2 18.7 74 6 304.5 307.1 295.6 345.6 13.78 4 850 1560 20.9 12.8 60 8.2 15.5 100 6 308.1 310.1 294.6 341.3 10.97 5 800 2083 18.4 8.9 54 9.5 12.4 121 7 310.7 312.4 293.9 338.3 8.97 6 750 2633 14.4 7.6 63 6.9 10.2 114 8 312.2 313.9 294.1 339.2 8.74 7 700 3212 10.1 6.3 78 3.7 7.8 93 10 313.6 315.3 294.4 340.4 8.60 8 650 3825 5.8 3.0 82 2.8 4.2 83 12 315.6 317.0 294.0 338.6 7.34 9 600 4476 1.1 -1.1 85 2.3 -0.1 81 17 317.4 318.6 293.4 336.2 5.88 10 550 5171 -2.6 -6.7 74 4.1 -4.6 85 15 321.0 321.8 293.0 334.8 4.22 11 500 5923 -6.5 -11.2 69 4.8 -8.5 79 10 325.2 325.8 293.3 336.0 3.24 12 450 6739 -11.1 -17.7 58 6.6 -13.4 87 9 329.3 329.7 293.5 336.6 2.12 13 400 7635 -16.5 -22.1 62 5.6 -18.2 82 1 333.5 333.9 294.1 339.3 1.63 14 350 8625 -23.2 -32.4 43 9.2 -25.0 31 4 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.2 0.72 15 300 9735 -31.4 -42.2 34 10.8 -32.7 353 5 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.31 16 250 10998 -41.9 -46.8 59 4.9 -42.3 313 10 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.6 0.23 17 200 12468 -53.8 -54.0 97 0.3 -53.8 311 8 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.1 0.12 18 150 14254 -67.0 -69.3 72 2.3 -67.1 25 7 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16673 -72.9 -84.0 17 11.1 -73.0 77 24 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.38 m Freezing level: 584.97 mb = 4684.80 m = 15369.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.12 mb = 4460.52 m = 14634.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.66 % Est. max temperature: 35.14 C = 95.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.66 mb = 584.60 m = 1917.95 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 18.00 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.16 mb = 1889.52 m = 6199.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.97 C = 100.35 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 19.22 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1551.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.91 mb = 815.25 m = 2674.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.91 mb = 2849.53 m = 9348.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.91 mb = 13817.74 m = 45333.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1544.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.5 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 115.5 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -0.8 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 118.19 Bulk Shear: 13.13 m/s