MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 31.38,-107.45 Latitude: 31.38 Longitude: -107.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 563 2 900 1036 SFC 880 1239 29.8 11.3 32 18.6 17.5 266 8 314.3 316.1 295.3 344.1 9.57 4 850 1543 26.5 9.9 35 16.6 15.7 277 10 313.9 315.7 294.8 342.1 9.05 5 800 2075 24.2 6.2 31 18.1 13.0 311 13 317.0 318.4 294.4 340.5 7.44 6 750 2636 20.3 4.6 36 15.7 10.7 298 12 318.6 320.0 294.6 341.3 7.11 7 700 3226 15.0 3.5 46 11.5 8.2 308 7 319.1 320.5 294.7 341.6 7.05 8 650 3847 9.0 2.7 64 6.3 5.3 333 6 319.2 320.6 294.8 342.0 7.16 9 600 4504 3.3 -1.8 69 5.1 0.6 46 3 320.0 321.1 293.9 338.1 5.61 10 550 5204 -1.7 -7.1 67 5.3 -4.2 96 7 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.5 4.09 11 500 5956 -5.5 -22.3 25 16.8 -10.8 329 5 326.3 326.6 291.9 330.8 1.28 12 450 6776 -10.0 -41.6 6 31.6 -15.9 1 15 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.5 0.22 13 400 7673 -15.8 -45.0 6 29.2 -20.3 350 22 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.17 14 350 8665 -23.4 -49.6 7 26.3 -26.4 347 17 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.12 15 300 9771 -32.9 -50.7 15 17.8 -34.4 359 18 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.12 16 250 11026 -42.4 -55.4 23 13.0 -43.1 14 16 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.08 17 200 12496 -53.2 -66.7 18 13.5 -53.5 20 16 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14292 -65.3 -74.4 27 9.0 -65.4 72 7 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16689 -72.4 -82.2 21 9.8 -72.4 49 11 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.39 m Freezing level: 567.02 mb = 4965.50 m = 16290.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.73 mb = 4588.27 m = 15053.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.34 % Est. max temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.88 mb = 3582.09 m = 11752.12 ft T: 11.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 3.61 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.81 mb = 4451.94 m = 14605.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.26 C = 95.47 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.05 C Cross Totals Index: 15.43 C K Index: 30.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3066.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.08 mb = 3960.49 m = 12993.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.2 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 4.2 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -13.6 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 9.82 m/s