MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 36.00,-102.41 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -102.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 533 2 900 1004 SFC 881 1188 26.3 17.2 57 9.1 19.8 62 9 310.4 313.1 297.4 353.6 14.13 4 850 1507 23.7 15.7 61 8.0 18.1 82 12 310.9 313.4 297.0 351.6 13.29 5 800 2034 19.4 14.3 73 5.0 15.9 115 10 311.8 314.2 297.0 351.5 12.93 6 750 2587 14.4 12.9 90 1.5 13.4 142 9 312.2 314.6 296.8 350.9 12.56 7 700 3167 10.7 8.9 89 1.8 9.6 188 9 314.4 316.4 295.8 346.5 10.32 8 650 3782 6.9 1.9 71 5.0 4.1 224 13 316.8 318.1 293.9 338.3 6.79 9 600 4436 4.0 -1.2 69 5.2 1.2 256 20 320.7 321.9 294.2 339.6 5.86 10 550 5139 -0.0 -4.0 74 4.0 -2.1 277 29 324.1 325.1 294.6 341.0 5.17 11 500 5898 -4.2 -8.9 70 4.7 -6.4 282 39 327.9 328.7 294.6 341.1 3.91 12 450 6721 -9.5 -15.1 64 5.6 -11.7 287 44 331.3 331.8 294.4 340.3 2.62 13 400 7620 -15.6 -22.1 58 6.5 -17.6 287 48 334.7 335.0 294.4 340.5 1.63 14 350 8614 -22.4 -30.9 46 8.5 -24.2 287 47 338.6 338.8 294.7 341.7 0.83 15 300 9728 -30.4 -38.9 43 8.5 -31.6 288 46 342.5 342.6 295.3 344.2 0.44 16 250 10997 -40.3 -40.8 95 0.5 -40.4 296 46 346.1 346.2 296.1 347.8 0.43 17 200 12479 -52.0 -53.9 80 1.9 -52.1 298 43 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.9 0.12 18 150 14282 -64.9 -71.3 41 6.4 -65.0 301 38 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.02 19 100 16696 -71.6 -81.5 21 10.0 -71.6 289 12 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.31 m Freezing level: 550.12 mb = 5137.71 m = 16855.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.84 mb = 4684.74 m = 15369.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.90 mb = 2340.39 m = 7678.34 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 15.25 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.55 mb = 2750.29 m = 9023.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C K Index: 41.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 810.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.13 mb = 2562.30 m = 8406.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.13 mb = 3081.79 m = 10110.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.13 mb = 12895.53 m = 42307.64 ft B at Equ Level: 801.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.13 mb = 15754.81 m = 51688.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.2 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 301.2 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 5.30 Bulk Shear: 152.89 m/s