MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 34.72,-106.50 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -106.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 563 2 900 1032 3 850 1535 SFC 822 1830 29.0 1.3 17 27.8 12.8 190 4 319.6 320.6 293.3 336.1 5.10 5 800 2076 30.6 -0.9 13 31.5 12.5 211 5 323.8 324.7 294.0 338.6 4.48 6 750 2647 25.5 -2.3 16 27.8 9.9 223 4 324.3 325.1 294.0 338.5 4.30 7 700 3246 19.8 -3.6 20 23.4 7.2 261 2 324.5 325.3 293.9 338.4 4.20 8 650 3876 13.9 -4.9 27 18.8 4.1 309 3 324.6 325.4 293.9 338.2 4.07 9 600 4543 7.5 -6.4 37 13.9 0.5 320 5 324.8 325.5 293.8 337.9 3.94 10 550 5250 0.8 -9.4 47 10.2 -3.8 313 5 325.0 325.7 293.4 336.5 3.42 11 500 6007 -5.6 -15.4 46 9.8 -9.4 319 10 326.2 326.7 292.8 334.1 2.30 12 450 6824 -11.1 -38.4 9 27.3 -16.4 327 7 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.31 13 400 7718 -16.9 -42.7 9 25.7 -21.1 334 11 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.22 14 350 8704 -24.7 -47.2 10 22.6 -27.3 330 7 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.15 15 300 9805 -33.8 -46.0 28 12.2 -35.0 265 3 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.5 0.21 16 250 11057 -42.9 -51.7 38 8.7 -43.5 235 3 342.2 342.3 295.0 342.8 0.13 17 200 12521 -54.4 -56.8 75 2.4 -54.5 315 9 346.5 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.09 18 150 14308 -66.9 -70.9 57 3.9 -67.0 281 11 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16725 -69.3 -82.0 14 12.7 -69.4 299 6 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5883.53 m Freezing level: 543.86 mb = 5343.29 m = 17530.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.78 mb = 4627.63 m = 15182.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.88 % Est. max temperature: 33.76 C = 92.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 546.43 mb = 5302.12 m = 17395.19 ft T: 0.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.22 C/km ThetaE index: 8.06 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 479.00 mb = 6339.29 m = 20797.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.52 C = 97.74 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3365.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 503.44 mb = 5952.24 m = 19528.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.3 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 342.3 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 9.88 m/s