MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 24.85,-107.68 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -107.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 999 73 27.0 24.6 87 2.3 25.2 260 3 300.2 303.8 298.4 358.5 19.87 2 950 523 25.6 22.0 81 3.6 23.0 276 7 303.2 306.5 297.9 356.1 17.82 3 900 999 25.5 19.4 69 6.1 21.1 327 6 307.8 310.8 297.9 356.1 15.98 4 850 1501 22.3 17.6 75 4.7 18.9 22 4 309.5 312.3 297.7 355.2 15.03 5 800 2026 18.7 14.9 79 3.8 16.1 57 6 311.1 313.6 297.1 352.3 13.45 6 750 2578 15.5 11.4 77 4.0 12.8 76 5 313.4 315.5 296.3 348.6 11.39 7 700 3161 12.1 8.2 77 3.9 9.6 91 5 315.9 317.8 295.8 346.6 9.82 8 650 3779 8.1 5.3 83 2.8 6.4 91 7 318.1 319.8 295.6 345.5 8.65 9 600 4435 3.8 2.1 89 1.7 2.8 89 8 320.5 322.0 295.4 344.4 7.45 10 550 5137 -0.3 -1.9 89 1.6 -1.2 93 10 323.7 324.9 295.1 343.4 6.04 11 500 5894 -4.1 -6.8 82 2.7 -5.4 109 11 328.0 328.9 295.1 343.3 4.59 12 450 6717 -8.5 -12.5 73 4.0 -10.2 122 10 332.5 333.2 295.2 343.8 3.25 13 400 7620 -14.1 -17.8 74 3.7 -15.4 137 10 336.6 337.1 295.5 345.0 2.36 14 350 8619 -20.9 -25.4 67 4.4 -22.1 144 11 340.5 340.8 295.7 345.6 1.39 15 300 9737 -29.7 -34.5 63 4.8 -30.5 146 13 343.6 343.7 295.8 346.2 0.69 16 250 11007 -40.1 -44.7 61 4.6 -40.5 169 16 346.5 346.5 296.1 347.6 0.29 17 200 12488 -52.5 -56.1 65 3.6 -52.6 164 20 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.10 18 150 14290 -65.0 -68.0 66 3.0 -65.0 140 19 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.03 19 100 16669 -77.0 -81.7 46 4.8 -77.0 103 21 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.92 m Freezing level: 553.92 mb = 5081.95 m = 16672.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 564.97 mb = 4920.28 m = 16142.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.86 % Est. max temperature: 36.29 C = 97.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.46 mb = 370.36 m = 1215.09 ft T: 26.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.76 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.74 mb = 1910.72 m = 6268.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.53 C = 99.56 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 40.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1524.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.12 mb = 1037.15 m = 3402.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.12 mb = 3028.20 m = 9934.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.12 mb = 14243.15 m = 46728.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1506.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.1 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 111.1 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 32.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 75.63 Bulk Shear: 20.15 m/s