MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 27.56,-102.56 Latitude: 27.56 Longitude: -102.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 1 950 613 2 900 1083 SFC 862 1459 27.7 11.3 36 16.4 16.9 112 6 313.9 315.8 295.4 344.4 9.83 4 850 1585 25.3 10.6 40 14.7 15.7 111 6 312.7 314.5 294.8 342.1 9.51 5 800 2113 19.9 9.4 51 10.5 13.2 108 7 312.4 314.2 294.6 341.1 9.29 6 750 2664 14.7 7.9 64 6.8 10.4 104 8 312.5 314.2 294.4 340.3 8.97 7 700 3243 9.8 4.5 69 5.3 6.7 102 8 313.3 314.8 293.6 336.9 7.57 8 650 3855 6.7 -8.5 33 15.2 -0.2 75 9 316.5 317.1 290.7 326.6 3.09 9 600 4507 2.3 -14.8 27 17.1 -4.4 67 11 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.6 2.02 10 550 5204 -2.1 -17.0 31 14.9 -7.5 65 11 321.6 322.0 291.1 327.8 1.84 11 500 5955 -6.0 -21.0 29 15.0 -10.9 60 12 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.7 1.43 12 450 6771 -11.5 -21.6 43 10.0 -14.6 61 13 328.7 329.1 292.8 334.1 1.52 13 400 7663 -17.2 -24.3 54 7.1 -19.1 79 12 332.7 332.9 293.7 337.5 1.34 14 350 8652 -23.9 -25.3 88 1.4 -24.2 59 10 336.5 336.8 294.7 341.6 1.39 15 300 9757 -32.7 -36.4 69 3.7 -33.3 51 20 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.4 0.56 16 250 11015 -42.6 -50.6 41 8.0 -43.1 50 25 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.15 17 200 12482 -54.1 -62.0 37 7.9 -54.3 62 20 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.05 18 150 14284 -63.7 -73.8 24 10.1 -63.7 82 16 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16702 -71.3 -82.6 17 11.3 -71.4 108 21 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.94 m Freezing level: 573.68 mb = 4873.66 m = 15989.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.76 mb = 3833.20 m = 12575.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.39 mb = 3502.31 m = 11490.38 ft T: 8.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 18.86 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.90 mb = 3907.01 m = 12818.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.32 C Cross Totals Index: 16.64 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.03 mb = 3445.95 m = 11305.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.03 mb = 5087.45 m = 16690.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.03 mb = 5675.59 m = 18620.48 ft B at Equ Level: 5.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.03 mb = 9338.78 m = 30638.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.9 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 104.9 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -1.2 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.79 Bulk Shear: 4.84 m/s