MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 24.88,-106.81 Latitude: 24.88 Longitude: -106.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 553 SFC 918 852 21.1 20.6 97 0.5 20.8 39 1 301.5 304.6 296.9 351.2 16.85 3 900 1022 22.0 19.7 87 2.3 20.4 278 3 304.2 307.2 297.2 352.7 16.28 4 850 1517 19.7 17.0 84 2.7 17.8 266 3 306.8 309.5 296.7 350.3 14.48 5 800 2039 18.0 14.5 80 3.6 15.6 228 4 310.4 312.9 296.7 350.3 13.06 6 750 2590 15.1 11.0 76 4.2 12.4 168 4 313.0 315.1 296.0 347.2 11.06 7 700 3173 11.9 7.6 75 4.3 9.2 129 9 315.7 317.5 295.6 345.1 9.41 8 650 3790 7.7 4.9 82 2.8 6.0 114 16 317.7 319.3 295.3 344.2 8.39 9 600 4445 2.9 2.1 95 0.7 2.4 109 21 319.4 320.9 295.1 343.3 7.46 10 550 5145 -1.3 -2.7 90 1.4 -2.0 114 21 322.5 323.7 294.6 341.1 5.71 11 500 5901 -5.0 -7.4 83 2.4 -6.2 113 15 326.9 327.8 294.7 341.5 4.37 12 450 6722 -9.6 -11.8 84 2.2 -10.6 130 12 331.1 331.8 295.0 342.9 3.43 13 400 7623 -15.1 -16.9 86 1.8 -15.7 138 11 335.4 335.9 295.4 344.3 2.54 14 350 8620 -21.5 -22.4 93 0.9 -21.8 125 9 339.7 340.1 295.8 346.3 1.81 15 300 9738 -29.5 -29.8 97 0.3 -29.6 123 4 343.8 344.0 296.1 347.9 1.08 16 250 11011 -39.7 -42.6 74 2.9 -40.0 218 6 347.0 347.0 296.3 348.4 0.36 17 200 12495 -52.1 -53.8 81 1.8 -52.1 186 10 350.3 350.3 296.8 350.9 0.13 18 150 14293 -66.8 -67.1 95 0.4 -66.8 199 3 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.2 0.03 19 100 16656 -78.3 -80.9 65 2.6 -78.3 106 31 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.54 m Freezing level: 565.63 mb = 4926.43 m = 16162.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 572.80 mb = 4818.36 m = 15808.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.47 mb = 912.38 m = 2993.34 ft T: 21.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 11.56 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.45 mb = 2427.09 m = 7962.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 665.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.05 mb = 1659.39 m = 5444.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.05 mb = 3649.49 m = 11973.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.05 mb = 12781.43 m = 41933.30 ft B at Equ Level: 660.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.05 mb = 16045.26 m = 52641.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.7 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 149.7 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -14.6 tot: -4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 24.58 Bulk Shear: 27.06 m/s