MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 25.05,-103.13 Latitude: 25.05 Longitude: -103.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 136 1 950 575 2 900 1041 SFC 854 1500 22.9 11.6 49 11.4 15.5 116 1 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.6 10.08 4 850 1537 22.7 11.4 49 11.3 15.3 122 2 309.9 311.8 294.4 340.6 10.02 5 800 2063 20.3 9.6 50 10.7 13.4 152 12 312.8 314.6 294.8 342.1 9.44 6 750 2617 16.6 7.6 55 8.9 11.0 147 19 314.6 316.3 294.8 342.0 8.80 7 700 3201 12.2 5.4 63 6.8 8.1 147 20 316.0 317.6 294.6 341.3 8.06 8 650 3817 7.2 3.0 75 4.2 4.7 145 18 317.1 318.5 294.4 340.2 7.31 9 600 4471 2.0 0.1 87 2.0 1.0 140 14 318.5 319.7 294.1 339.0 6.42 10 550 5168 -2.3 -4.8 83 2.4 -3.5 110 7 321.3 322.3 293.6 337.3 4.89 11 500 5919 -6.9 -9.3 83 2.5 -7.9 50 6 324.7 325.4 293.6 337.2 3.77 12 450 6736 -10.6 -14.6 72 4.0 -12.1 341 4 330.0 330.5 294.1 339.4 2.75 13 400 7633 -16.4 -18.2 86 1.8 -17.0 280 10 333.7 334.2 294.7 341.8 2.28 14 350 8624 -23.3 -24.3 92 1.0 -23.5 207 7 337.3 337.6 295.0 342.9 1.53 15 300 9732 -32.2 -32.4 98 0.2 -32.2 215 16 340.0 340.2 295.1 343.2 0.84 16 250 10990 -42.6 -43.1 95 0.5 -42.7 206 19 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.0 0.34 17 200 12456 -54.7 -59.8 53 5.1 -54.8 250 15 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.06 18 150 14240 -67.3 -70.4 64 3.1 -67.4 287 12 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16651 -70.8 -83.3 14 12.6 -70.8 53 12 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.77 m Freezing level: 576.68 mb = 4795.95 m = 15734.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.25 mb = 4615.55 m = 15142.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.94 mb = 2939.91 m = 9645.26 ft T: 14.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 4.82 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.77 mb = 3908.63 m = 12823.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: 34.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.61 mb = 3361.59 m = 11028.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.61 mb = 4720.16 m = 15485.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.61 mb = 6538.60 m = 21451.83 ft B at Equ Level: 48.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 351.61 mb = 8589.95 m = 28181.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.4 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 167.4 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -11.6 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.52 Bulk Shear: 3.40 m/s