MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 5.53,-99.76 Latitude: 5.53 Longitude: -99.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 25.8 22.7 83 3.2 23.6 192 15 297.8 301.0 296.3 348.2 17.36 1 1000 120 24.5 21.5 83 3.0 22.3 192 16 297.7 300.6 295.5 345.0 16.32 2 950 568 20.5 20.2 98 0.3 20.4 194 16 298.0 300.9 295.3 344.2 15.92 3 900 1035 18.4 17.6 95 0.8 17.9 207 13 300.5 303.1 294.8 342.1 14.20 4 850 1525 16.3 15.6 95 0.8 15.8 229 9 303.3 305.7 294.9 342.4 13.19 5 800 2040 14.2 13.0 92 1.2 13.4 245 6 306.3 308.5 294.8 341.9 11.85 6 750 2584 11.5 10.0 90 1.5 10.6 217 4 309.1 311.0 294.4 340.5 10.33 7 700 3160 10.0 -0.8 47 10.8 4.3 137 10 313.6 314.6 291.7 329.9 5.16 8 650 3772 6.4 -8.1 35 14.5 -0.3 149 17 316.2 316.8 290.7 326.5 3.19 9 600 4424 2.7 -7.6 46 10.3 -2.1 165 20 319.2 319.9 292.0 330.9 3.58 10 550 5122 -2.5 -10.0 56 7.5 -5.7 174 16 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.9 3.26 11 500 5872 -6.6 -8.3 88 1.7 -7.4 161 7 325.0 325.9 294.0 338.7 4.10 12 450 6690 -10.4 -11.2 94 0.8 -10.7 119 11 330.2 330.9 294.9 342.5 3.62 13 400 7589 -15.8 -16.1 97 0.3 -15.9 119 15 334.5 335.0 295.3 344.0 2.72 14 350 8583 -22.7 -23.3 95 0.6 -22.9 102 15 338.1 338.5 295.3 344.2 1.67 15 300 9693 -31.7 -32.1 97 0.3 -31.8 81 19 340.7 340.8 295.3 343.9 0.87 16 250 10955 -41.7 -43.6 82 1.9 -41.9 52 32 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.3 0.32 17 200 12429 -53.6 -59.8 47 6.2 -53.8 49 48 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.06 18 150 14217 -67.4 -71.6 55 4.2 -67.4 80 27 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16588 -75.8 -81.9 37 6.1 -75.8 100 25 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.40 m Freezing level: 574.19 mb = 4784.18 m = 15695.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.99 mb = 3734.36 m = 12251.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.51 mb = 399.10 m = 1309.37 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 15.90 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.28 mb = 674.83 m = 2213.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.87 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 27.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.51 mb = 626.85 m = 2056.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.51 mb = 953.32 m = 3127.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 828.51 mb = 1742.40 m = 5716.46 ft B at Equ Level: 8.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 698.51 mb = 3177.71 m = 10425.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 207.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 38.42 Bulk Shear: 3.55 m/s