MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 18.92,-97.05 Latitude: 18.92 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 577 2 900 1041 3 850 1534 SFC 842 1616 19.2 17.9 92 1.3 18.3 64 3 307.1 310.0 297.5 354.0 15.55 5 800 2054 16.8 14.7 87 2.2 15.4 36 5 309.1 311.6 296.5 349.4 13.25 6 750 2602 13.9 9.9 77 3.9 11.3 60 6 311.6 313.6 295.1 343.3 10.30 7 700 3182 10.8 3.9 62 6.9 6.8 82 10 314.4 315.8 293.6 337.1 7.24 8 650 3796 7.1 -1.4 55 8.5 2.6 94 14 317.0 318.0 292.8 334.0 5.32 9 600 4449 3.1 -4.2 59 7.3 -0.6 103 16 319.7 320.6 293.0 334.8 4.67 10 550 5149 -1.2 -7.3 63 6.1 -4.1 108 16 322.7 323.5 293.3 335.9 4.02 11 500 5903 -5.7 -12.4 59 6.7 -8.4 102 11 326.1 326.7 293.3 336.1 2.96 12 450 6721 -10.3 -18.4 51 8.1 -13.1 95 9 330.3 330.7 293.6 337.2 1.98 13 400 7618 -15.6 -22.1 58 6.4 -17.6 85 6 334.7 335.0 294.4 340.5 1.63 14 350 8613 -22.0 -28.5 55 6.6 -23.5 65 3 339.2 339.4 295.0 343.0 1.04 15 300 9727 -30.6 -33.9 72 3.3 -31.2 56 7 342.3 342.4 295.5 345.0 0.72 16 250 10995 -40.5 -40.8 97 0.3 -40.5 59 9 345.9 346.0 296.1 347.6 0.43 17 200 12477 -52.3 -52.6 97 0.2 -52.3 23 10 349.9 350.0 296.7 350.5 0.15 18 150 14271 -67.6 -68.7 85 1.2 -67.6 41 20 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16637 -76.9 -81.8 45 4.9 -76.9 81 23 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.42 m Freezing level: 563.96 mb = 4953.67 m = 16252.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.95 mb = 4328.55 m = 14201.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.60 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.46 mb = 1774.93 m = 5823.18 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.30 mb = 2837.57 m = 9309.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.59 C = 76.26 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 400.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.18 mb = 2465.63 m = 8089.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.18 mb = 3704.89 m = 12155.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.18 mb = 11344.82 m = 37220.08 ft B at Equ Level: 399.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.18 mb = 14792.43 m = 48531.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 124.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 42.63 Bulk Shear: 9.39 m/s