MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 24.12,-103.67 Latitude: 24.12 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 567 2 900 1027 3 850 1514 4 800 2031 SFC 792 2113 14.7 9.3 70 5.4 11.3 158 3 307.7 309.4 293.3 335.9 9.33 6 750 2580 15.9 6.7 54 9.2 10.2 187 8 313.9 315.4 294.2 339.5 8.22 7 700 3164 12.3 3.9 56 8.5 7.3 182 4 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.9 7.23 8 650 3780 7.1 2.3 71 4.8 4.4 30 8 317.0 318.4 294.1 339.1 6.96 9 600 4432 1.3 -1.0 85 2.3 0.0 11 14 317.6 318.7 293.4 336.5 5.93 10 550 5126 -3.5 -13.8 45 10.3 -7.5 31 15 320.0 320.4 291.1 328.0 2.39 11 500 5876 -6.2 -33.4 10 27.1 -12.6 53 18 325.5 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.46 12 450 6692 -10.6 -40.2 7 29.6 -16.2 54 26 330.0 330.0 292.0 330.9 0.26 13 400 7588 -16.7 -40.0 11 23.4 -20.7 53 31 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.29 14 350 8576 -23.9 -44.2 14 20.2 -26.6 50 31 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.22 15 300 9680 -33.0 -52.3 13 19.3 -34.5 40 27 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.10 16 250 10937 -42.2 -58.6 15 16.4 -43.0 36 32 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.6 0.06 17 200 12409 -53.3 -65.7 21 12.5 -53.6 32 38 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14204 -66.3 -70.6 55 4.3 -66.3 358 34 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16620 -70.3 -83.1 14 12.8 -70.4 91 23 391.9 391.9 304.0 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.94 m Freezing level: 586.57 mb = 4618.57 m = 15152.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.67 mb = 4436.59 m = 14555.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.32 % Est. max temperature: 23.54 C = 74.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.70 mb = 2800.76 m = 9188.72 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 0.55 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.70 mb = 4155.80 m = 13634.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.77 C = 74.79 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.23 mb = 3713.33 m = 12182.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.23 mb = 4838.13 m = 15872.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.23 mb = 5414.06 m = 17762.46 ft B at Equ Level: 42.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 460.23 mb = 6518.25 m = 21385.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 48.6 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 78.6 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.7 neg: -15.4 tot: 30.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 57.27 m/s