MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 18.72,-102.64 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -102.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 1 950 585 SFC 907 986 19.2 17.1 88 2.1 17.8 307 1 300.7 303.2 294.6 340.9 13.70 3 900 1052 21.0 17.0 78 4.0 18.3 304 3 303.2 305.7 295.2 343.8 13.69 4 850 1546 19.9 13.7 67 6.2 15.8 338 1 307.0 309.2 294.8 342.2 11.69 5 800 2066 16.8 11.2 69 5.7 13.1 154 2 309.1 311.1 294.6 341.0 10.47 6 750 2614 13.2 8.4 72 4.9 10.2 162 3 310.9 312.7 294.1 339.3 9.24 7 700 3192 9.7 4.6 71 5.0 6.7 169 6 313.2 314.7 293.6 337.0 7.64 8 650 3804 6.0 1.1 71 4.9 3.3 163 8 315.8 317.0 293.3 336.0 6.39 9 600 4455 2.1 -2.3 73 4.4 -0.2 158 11 318.6 319.6 293.3 335.9 5.40 10 550 5154 -1.7 -5.1 78 3.3 -3.4 153 12 322.0 323.0 293.7 337.6 4.77 11 500 5907 -6.0 -8.9 80 2.9 -7.3 150 12 325.8 326.5 294.0 338.8 3.91 12 450 6725 -10.8 -14.3 75 3.5 -12.2 153 13 329.6 330.2 294.1 339.2 2.80 13 400 7621 -16.6 -19.0 82 2.4 -17.4 166 13 333.4 333.9 294.6 340.9 2.14 14 350 8612 -23.1 -24.7 87 1.5 -23.5 149 7 337.6 337.9 295.0 342.9 1.48 15 300 9721 -31.7 -33.5 83 1.9 -32.0 135 8 340.8 340.9 295.2 343.6 0.75 16 250 10982 -42.1 -44.8 75 2.7 -42.3 98 5 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.6 0.28 17 200 12450 -55.0 -55.8 91 0.8 -55.0 318 7 345.7 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.10 18 150 14225 -67.8 -70.7 67 2.9 -67.8 117 7 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.02 19 100 16632 -72.5 -83.3 18 10.9 -72.5 100 17 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.42 m Freezing level: 572.41 mb = 4840.75 m = 15881.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.26 mb = 4424.90 m = 14517.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.51 mb = 1250.65 m = 4103.12 ft T: 20.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 7.81 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.25 mb = 2825.99 m = 9271.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.87 mb = 2163.83 m = 7099.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.87 mb = 4510.88 m = 14799.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 405.87 mb = 7509.85 m = 24638.31 ft B at Equ Level: 40.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 305.87 mb = 9581.79 m = 31435.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.4 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 186.4 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -2.0 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.20 Bulk Shear: 12.80 m/s