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: 24.98,-107.59 Latitude: 24.98 Longitude: -107.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 996 121 23.9 22.8 94 1.0 23.2 31 5 297.4 300.6 296.4 349.1 17.85 2 950 535 25.8 16.6 57 9.2 19.5 344 10 303.4 305.7 294.5 340.8 12.61 3 900 1012 25.8 14.5 49 11.4 18.1 322 3 308.1 310.3 295.1 343.2 11.58 4 850 1513 22.7 14.0 58 8.8 16.8 143 2 310.0 312.2 295.8 346.2 11.89 5 800 2039 19.3 11.8 62 7.5 14.3 177 5 311.7 313.8 295.6 345.3 10.92 6 750 2591 15.7 9.1 65 6.5 11.5 180 8 313.6 315.5 295.3 343.8 9.75 7 700 3174 11.9 6.7 71 5.2 8.7 166 11 315.7 317.4 295.1 343.4 8.86 8 650 3791 7.9 3.7 75 4.2 5.4 139 16 317.9 319.4 294.8 342.2 7.68 9 600 4446 2.3 0.9 90 1.5 1.5 131 18 318.8 320.1 294.4 340.5 6.81 10 550 5145 -1.3 -1.9 96 0.6 -1.7 142 16 322.5 323.7 294.8 342.1 6.05 11 500 5901 -5.4 -5.9 96 0.5 -5.6 151 14 326.5 327.5 295.0 342.9 4.94 12 450 6721 -9.9 -11.1 91 1.1 -10.4 144 11 330.8 331.5 295.1 343.2 3.66 13 400 7621 -15.3 -17.0 87 1.6 -15.9 155 10 335.1 335.6 295.3 344.0 2.54 14 350 8618 -21.7 -22.7 92 1.0 -22.0 149 8 339.5 339.9 295.7 346.0 1.77 15 300 9736 -29.5 -30.4 92 0.9 -29.7 137 7 343.8 344.0 296.1 347.6 1.02 16 250 11010 -39.5 -39.8 97 0.3 -39.5 108 5 347.4 347.5 296.5 349.3 0.48 17 200 12494 -52.5 -52.6 98 0.2 -52.5 127 6 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.3 0.15 18 150 14288 -66.9 -67.6 91 0.7 -66.9 95 7 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.03 19 100 16655 -77.1 -81.3 51 4.2 -77.1 105 29 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.37 m Freezing level: 568.31 mb = 4889.24 m = 16040.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.54 mb = 4766.57 m = 15638.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.14 % Est. max temperature: 36.59 C = 97.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.29 mb = 250.00 m = 820.20 ft T: 24.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 8.32 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2964.64 m = 9726.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.40 C = 106.52 F Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 470.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.03 mb = 1594.85 m = 5232.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.03 mb = 4485.80 m = 14717.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 497.03 mb = 5946.88 m = 19510.51 ft B at Equ Level: 49.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 367.03 mb = 8263.03 m = 27109.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.8 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 174.8 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -32.1 tot: -26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 42.00 m/s