MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 18.33,-105.09 Latitude: 18.33 Longitude: -105.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 27.7 24.6 83 3.1 25.4 148 22 299.9 303.4 298.2 357.3 19.59 1 1000 99 26.4 23.2 83 3.2 24.0 148 25 299.5 302.8 297.2 352.6 18.14 2 950 551 22.3 22.1 98 0.3 22.2 149 26 299.8 303.1 297.1 352.1 17.87 3 900 1021 20.1 18.4 90 1.6 18.9 153 29 302.2 304.9 295.8 346.5 15.01 4 850 1514 17.8 15.9 88 1.9 16.5 158 32 304.8 307.3 295.6 345.1 13.49 5 800 2032 15.4 13.7 89 1.8 14.3 160 33 307.6 309.9 295.6 345.1 12.41 6 750 2578 12.9 11.2 89 1.7 11.8 161 35 310.6 312.7 295.5 345.0 11.24 7 700 3157 10.2 8.5 89 1.7 9.1 160 36 313.8 315.7 295.4 344.8 10.00 8 650 3772 7.0 5.5 90 1.5 6.1 159 36 316.9 318.6 295.4 344.5 8.76 9 600 4427 3.0 2.3 95 0.7 2.6 159 35 319.6 321.1 295.2 343.7 7.57 10 550 5128 -0.4 -0.7 98 0.3 -0.6 157 32 323.6 324.9 295.5 345.1 6.61 11 500 5887 -4.1 -4.8 95 0.7 -4.5 149 30 328.0 329.1 295.7 345.9 5.36 12 450 6712 -8.7 -9.4 95 0.7 -9.0 142 28 332.3 333.2 295.8 346.6 4.18 13 400 7617 -13.7 -15.5 87 1.8 -14.4 140 29 337.2 337.8 296.0 347.3 2.87 14 350 8619 -20.3 -22.7 81 2.4 -21.0 128 24 341.4 341.8 296.1 347.9 1.77 15 300 9742 -28.9 -29.9 90 1.1 -29.1 112 23 344.7 344.9 296.4 348.7 1.06 16 250 11018 -39.4 -39.4 100 0.0 -39.4 84 21 347.5 347.6 296.5 349.5 0.50 17 200 12503 -52.4 -53.0 93 0.6 -52.4 56 17 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.4 0.14 18 150 14291 -69.1 -69.6 92 0.6 -69.1 60 16 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 19 100 16630 -75.5 -81.7 37 6.2 -75.6 89 32 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.28 m Freezing level: 556.29 mb = 5039.97 m = 16535.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 559.69 mb = 4987.31 m = 16362.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.43 mb = 390.65 m = 1281.64 ft T: 23.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 13.56 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.42 mb = 713.01 m = 2339.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.24 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 607.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.23 mb = 640.49 m = 2101.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.23 mb = 970.28 m = 3183.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.23 mb = 14477.16 m = 47496.66 ft B at Equ Level: 586.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.23 mb = 16335.50 m = 53593.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.9 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 186.9 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 68.95 Bulk Shear: 8.80 m/s