MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 25.54,-110.52 Latitude: 25.54 Longitude: -110.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -167 SFC 981 3 27.0 24.9 88 2.1 25.4 237 14 301.8 305.6 299.2 362.9 20.63 2 950 287 24.0 22.3 90 1.7 22.8 243 15 301.6 304.9 297.7 354.9 18.08 3 900 759 21.0 19.9 93 1.1 20.2 244 14 303.1 306.2 297.0 351.8 16.42 4 850 1254 18.7 17.3 91 1.4 17.7 233 14 305.7 308.5 296.6 349.9 14.75 5 800 1774 16.4 14.9 91 1.5 15.4 214 10 308.7 311.2 296.5 349.4 13.45 6 750 2322 13.7 12.5 92 1.2 12.9 212 12 311.5 313.8 296.4 349.1 12.25 7 700 2903 11.3 9.8 91 1.5 10.3 227 14 315.0 317.1 296.4 349.0 10.95 8 650 3520 8.6 7.0 90 1.6 7.6 228 12 318.7 320.6 296.5 349.5 9.74 9 600 4180 5.8 3.9 88 1.8 4.6 231 13 322.8 324.5 296.7 350.2 8.50 10 550 4889 2.2 0.9 91 1.3 1.4 244 12 326.7 328.1 296.8 351.0 7.43 11 500 5655 -1.5 -2.6 92 1.1 -2.1 256 14 331.2 332.4 297.1 352.4 6.33 12 450 6492 -3.6 -8.2 70 4.6 -5.9 271 13 338.7 339.7 297.6 354.7 4.58 13 400 7417 -7.6 -15.0 55 7.4 -10.7 264 8 345.2 345.8 297.9 356.0 2.99 14 350 8444 -14.4 -22.2 51 7.8 -17.0 236 6 349.4 349.8 298.0 356.3 1.84 15 300 9592 -23.3 -30.1 53 6.8 -24.9 239 6 352.6 352.8 298.0 356.6 1.04 16 250 10898 -33.8 -42.0 43 8.2 -34.9 214 2 355.8 355.9 298.2 357.3 0.38 17 200 12416 -47.5 -53.4 51 5.9 -47.8 145 4 357.5 357.6 298.3 358.1 0.13 18 150 14248 -63.1 -67.3 57 4.2 -63.1 101 14 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.03 19 100 16660 -71.9 -83.0 18 11.0 -72.0 81 24 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.75 m Freezing level: 520.68 mb = 5338.44 m = 17514.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 530.05 mb = 5186.21 m = 17014.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.23 mb = 266.31 m = 873.72 ft T: 24.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 13.82 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 748.02 m = 2454.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.81 C K Index: 36.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.54 mb = 657.67 m = 2157.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.54 mb = 1097.16 m = 3599.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 495.54 mb = 5726.31 m = 18786.87 ft B at Equ Level: 68.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 425.54 mb = 6931.19 m = 22739.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -16.5 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 118.45 Bulk Shear: 0.58 m/s