MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 24.85,-108.22 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -108.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 28.1 23.4 76 4.7 24.7 142 3 300.3 303.6 297.4 353.8 18.22 1 1000 107 27.6 22.8 75 4.8 24.1 149 3 300.8 304.0 297.3 352.8 17.72 2 950 561 24.2 21.2 83 3.1 22.1 180 2 301.8 304.9 297.0 351.6 16.88 3 900 1034 22.6 15.1 63 7.5 17.5 51 1 304.7 307.0 294.5 340.7 12.05 4 850 1530 19.9 14.0 69 5.9 15.9 9 3 306.9 309.2 295.0 342.8 11.90 5 800 2051 16.9 11.6 71 5.3 13.4 7 5 309.2 311.2 294.8 342.1 10.80 6 750 2599 13.9 8.1 68 5.8 10.3 17 6 311.6 313.3 294.2 339.5 9.05 7 700 3179 10.5 5.3 70 5.2 7.3 46 5 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.0 7.99 8 650 3793 7.0 1.2 67 5.8 3.8 89 4 316.9 318.1 293.6 337.3 6.44 9 600 4447 3.2 -4.1 59 7.3 -0.4 127 3 319.9 320.8 293.1 335.1 4.71 10 550 5147 -0.6 -10.6 47 10.0 -5.0 174 5 323.3 323.9 292.7 333.7 3.10 11 500 5903 -5.1 -10.6 65 5.5 -7.5 184 6 326.9 327.6 293.9 338.4 3.42 12 450 6723 -10.1 -12.9 80 2.8 -11.2 223 3 330.5 331.1 294.6 341.3 3.15 13 400 7623 -15.3 -18.3 78 3.0 -16.3 213 12 335.1 335.6 295.1 343.1 2.26 14 350 8618 -22.3 -26.6 68 4.2 -23.4 223 12 338.7 338.9 295.1 343.3 1.25 15 300 9731 -30.3 -43.7 26 13.3 -31.9 229 11 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.27 16 250 11003 -39.6 -58.1 12 18.5 -40.6 257 14 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 17 200 12490 -51.4 -65.7 17 14.3 -51.7 290 13 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.03 18 150 14296 -65.8 -74.5 29 8.6 -65.9 338 16 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16672 -75.0 -79.1 53 4.1 -75.0 343 14 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.96 m Freezing level: 558.26 mb = 5031.62 m = 16507.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.32 mb = 4374.66 m = 14352.37 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.41 % Est. max temperature: 34.28 C = 93.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.99 mb = 607.22 m = 1992.16 ft T: 24.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.01 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1766.36 m = 5795.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.82 C = 96.47 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.04 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 605.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.40 mb = 1010.79 m = 3316.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.40 mb = 3090.32 m = 10138.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.40 mb = 11933.94 m = 39152.88 ft B at Equ Level: 601.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.40 mb = 15253.44 m = 50043.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.1 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 119.1 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 293.44 Bulk Shear: 2.06 m/s