MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-107.13 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -107.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 29.5 24.1 73 5.4 25.5 298 6 301.7 305.2 298.3 357.9 19.02 1 1000 95 28.5 23.2 73 5.3 24.6 299 6 301.7 305.0 297.8 355.4 18.22 2 950 549 24.1 22.2 89 1.9 22.8 301 6 301.7 305.0 297.7 355.0 18.07 3 900 1022 21.3 18.2 82 3.1 19.2 301 5 303.5 306.2 296.0 347.4 14.77 4 850 1517 19.4 14.1 72 5.2 15.8 281 3 306.4 308.7 294.9 342.5 12.02 5 800 2037 17.2 9.3 60 7.9 12.3 236 2 309.5 311.3 293.8 337.8 9.25 6 750 2586 14.5 4.4 51 10.1 8.6 196 3 312.3 313.6 292.8 334.1 7.02 7 700 3166 11.1 1.1 50 10.0 5.5 166 3 314.8 315.9 292.7 333.5 5.94 8 650 3780 7.2 -1.7 53 8.8 2.5 152 5 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.8 5.22 9 600 4434 3.0 -4.9 56 7.9 -0.9 134 6 319.6 320.5 292.8 334.0 4.44 10 550 5133 -1.5 -8.8 58 7.2 -4.8 123 6 322.2 323.0 292.8 334.1 3.58 11 500 5886 -6.1 -13.6 55 7.5 -9.1 113 4 325.5 326.1 292.9 334.6 2.67 12 450 6703 -11.0 -15.2 71 4.3 -12.6 114 3 329.4 329.9 293.9 338.4 2.60 13 400 7599 -16.4 -20.1 73 3.7 -17.6 117 6 333.7 334.1 294.4 340.5 1.94 14 350 8589 -23.7 -26.0 82 2.2 -24.3 115 9 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.5 1.31 15 300 9698 -31.4 -32.0 94 0.6 -31.4 155 9 341.2 341.4 295.4 344.5 0.87 16 250 10960 -42.1 -43.3 88 1.2 -42.2 132 11 343.5 343.6 295.5 344.8 0.33 17 200 12430 -53.9 -60.2 46 6.3 -54.1 100 20 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14214 -68.7 -69.9 84 1.2 -68.7 78 16 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 19 100 16600 -72.8 -83.4 19 10.5 -72.9 105 24 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.74 m Freezing level: 566.95 mb = 4896.08 m = 16063.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.64 mb = 4263.58 m = 13987.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.92 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.35 mb = 685.12 m = 2247.76 ft T: 23.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 24.40 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1181.04 m = 3874.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 29.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1825.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.89 mb = 868.84 m = 2850.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.89 mb = 2802.76 m = 9195.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.89 mb = 14582.46 m = 47842.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1791.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.5 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 194.5 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 152.83 Bulk Shear: 11.94 m/s