MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 35.53,-103.46 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 523 2 900 1003 SFC 874 1265 38.9 2.3 10 36.6 16.5 220 11 324.2 325.2 294.6 341.1 5.15 4 850 1522 36.1 -0.0 10 36.2 14.8 221 13 324.0 324.9 294.0 338.8 4.49 5 800 2068 30.8 -0.9 13 31.7 12.6 224 12 324.0 324.9 294.0 338.8 4.48 6 750 2638 25.3 -1.7 17 27.0 10.1 228 11 324.1 324.9 294.0 338.9 4.51 7 700 3237 19.5 -2.6 22 22.2 7.3 235 9 324.1 325.0 294.0 338.9 4.50 8 650 3867 13.5 -3.7 30 17.2 4.4 261 6 324.2 325.1 294.1 339.0 4.48 9 600 4533 7.2 -5.1 41 12.3 1.0 321 6 324.5 325.3 294.0 338.9 4.37 10 550 5240 0.5 -6.8 58 7.4 -3.0 348 10 324.7 325.5 294.0 338.5 4.17 11 500 5996 -5.8 -12.4 60 6.6 -8.5 358 11 325.9 326.5 293.3 335.9 2.95 12 450 6812 -11.8 -28.6 24 16.7 -16.0 294 6 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.3 0.81 13 400 7704 -17.0 -33.5 22 16.5 -20.4 344 17 332.9 333.0 293.1 335.0 0.57 14 350 8692 -24.5 -33.2 44 8.7 -26.1 319 29 335.7 335.9 293.9 338.2 0.66 15 300 9795 -33.2 -44.4 32 11.2 -34.4 323 30 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.25 16 250 11049 -42.7 -46.5 66 3.8 -43.0 319 21 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.23 17 200 12519 -53.4 -60.8 40 7.4 -53.6 317 26 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.05 18 150 14313 -66.9 -70.5 61 3.6 -67.0 296 14 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16720 -70.0 -81.8 16 11.8 -70.1 260 11 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5914.78 m Freezing level: 545.81 mb = 5303.38 m = 17399.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.99 mb = 4697.09 m = 15410.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.16 % Est. max temperature: 38.74 C = 101.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 515.22 mb = 5758.08 m = 18891.11 ft T: -3.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.18 C/km ThetaE index: 2.35 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 487.70 mb = 6188.93 m = 20304.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.08 C = 105.95 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 41.94 C Cross Totals Index: 5.79 C K Index: 19.75 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 37.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3125.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 503.64 mb = 5938.44 m = 19482.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.4 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 312.4 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 17.18 m/s