MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.46,-101.93 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -101.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 541 2 900 1005 SFC 897 1033 18.9 16.7 87 2.2 17.4 37 17 301.3 303.8 294.6 341.0 13.48 4 850 1496 18.4 15.4 83 3.0 16.4 39 28 305.4 307.8 295.4 344.4 13.04 5 800 2015 16.1 14.6 91 1.5 15.1 66 14 308.3 310.8 296.3 348.3 13.19 6 750 2563 13.7 12.9 95 0.8 13.1 117 11 311.4 313.8 296.6 349.9 12.55 7 700 3143 11.4 10.2 92 1.2 10.6 142 10 315.1 317.3 296.7 350.1 11.22 8 650 3759 8.1 7.1 93 1.0 7.5 156 6 318.1 320.0 296.4 348.9 9.77 9 600 4415 3.9 3.4 96 0.6 3.6 250 3 320.7 322.3 295.9 346.8 8.16 10 550 5116 -0.1 -0.7 95 0.7 -0.4 284 7 324.0 325.3 295.6 345.5 6.61 11 500 5873 -3.6 -4.7 92 1.2 -4.1 295 12 328.7 329.8 295.9 346.7 5.39 12 450 6696 -7.8 -9.0 91 1.2 -8.3 296 17 333.5 334.4 296.3 348.2 4.31 13 400 7600 -12.7 -13.6 92 1.0 -13.0 291 20 338.5 339.2 296.7 350.3 3.34 14 350 8602 -18.7 -19.3 95 0.6 -18.9 281 22 343.5 344.0 297.1 352.1 2.37 15 300 9730 -26.6 -27.1 96 0.5 -26.7 274 25 348.0 348.2 297.3 353.2 1.39 16 250 11017 -36.7 -37.0 97 0.3 -36.8 275 30 351.5 351.6 297.5 354.0 0.64 17 200 12519 -49.4 -49.8 96 0.4 -49.5 282 35 354.5 354.5 297.8 355.3 0.20 18 150 14333 -66.3 -66.8 93 0.5 -66.4 293 44 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.03 19 100 16694 -73.7 -81.1 31 7.5 -73.7 293 14 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.68 m Freezing level: 550.77 mb = 5105.70 m = 16750.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 555.55 mb = 5035.54 m = 16520.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.37 mb = 1312.33 m = 4305.49 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 746.88 mb = 2597.85 m = 8523.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.95 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3101.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.21 mb = 1843.39 m = 6047.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.3 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 28.3 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 124.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 32.66 m/s