MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 18.45,-99.26 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -99.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 591 2 900 1056 SFC 881 1242 20.2 17.9 87 2.3 18.7 56 1 304.2 307.0 296.3 348.5 14.85 4 850 1548 17.5 15.3 87 2.2 16.0 59 3 304.4 306.8 295.1 343.1 12.97 5 800 2066 16.4 10.8 69 5.7 12.8 81 7 308.7 310.6 294.2 339.7 10.20 6 750 2614 13.7 4.6 54 9.1 8.3 88 15 311.4 312.8 292.6 333.4 7.09 7 700 3192 10.3 -0.9 46 11.2 4.4 97 19 313.9 314.9 291.7 330.1 5.13 8 650 3805 6.5 2.6 76 3.9 4.2 122 13 316.3 317.6 294.0 338.7 7.10 9 600 4457 2.2 1.0 92 1.2 1.5 147 10 318.7 320.0 294.5 340.7 6.90 10 550 5156 -1.9 -3.0 92 1.1 -2.5 138 10 321.8 322.9 294.3 339.9 5.57 11 500 5910 -5.7 -8.3 82 2.6 -7.0 118 11 326.0 326.8 294.2 339.7 4.08 12 450 6729 -10.3 -17.7 55 7.3 -12.9 103 10 330.3 330.7 293.7 337.7 2.12 13 400 7627 -15.9 -20.4 68 4.5 -17.3 76 7 334.4 334.7 294.6 341.1 1.90 14 350 8620 -22.5 -25.5 77 2.9 -23.3 28 7 338.4 338.7 295.1 343.4 1.38 15 300 9732 -31.2 -33.4 81 2.1 -31.6 4 10 341.4 341.5 295.3 344.3 0.76 16 250 10996 -41.6 -43.5 81 2.0 -41.8 5 13 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.6 0.32 17 200 12469 -53.2 -56.4 68 3.2 -53.3 25 15 348.5 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.09 18 150 14262 -67.2 -70.4 64 3.2 -67.2 40 18 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16640 -75.1 -82.0 33 6.9 -75.1 72 14 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.06 m Freezing level: 573.26 mb = 4830.97 m = 15849.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.91 mb = 4716.88 m = 15475.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.97 mb = 1527.77 m = 5012.30 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 18.37 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.45 mb = 3020.44 m = 9909.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.96 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 27.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.58 mb = 2231.44 m = 7320.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.58 mb = 4735.31 m = 15535.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.58 mb = 5759.49 m = 18895.75 ft B at Equ Level: 24.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 419.58 mb = 7262.25 m = 23825.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 110.5 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 140.5 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 11.41 m/s