MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 18.85,-107.92 Latitude: 18.85 Longitude: -107.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.6 24.0 77 4.5 25.2 88 6 300.7 304.2 298.0 356.5 18.94 1 1000 101 27.6 23.1 77 4.4 24.3 87 7 300.7 304.0 297.5 354.0 18.12 2 950 554 24.0 20.7 82 3.2 21.6 86 6 301.5 304.5 296.6 349.9 16.43 3 900 1027 21.7 16.8 73 4.9 18.3 83 5 303.9 306.4 295.3 344.0 13.48 4 850 1522 19.5 12.6 64 6.9 15.0 103 4 306.6 308.6 294.1 339.2 10.83 5 800 2042 16.9 9.2 61 7.6 12.1 121 5 309.2 310.9 293.6 337.2 9.20 6 750 2590 13.7 7.6 66 6.1 10.0 106 8 311.5 313.2 294.0 338.5 8.77 7 700 3169 10.2 5.7 74 4.5 7.5 90 12 313.8 315.3 294.2 339.5 8.26 8 650 3782 6.4 4.3 87 2.1 5.2 87 16 316.2 317.8 294.7 341.6 8.06 9 600 4436 2.6 -0.6 79 3.2 0.9 93 18 319.2 320.3 294.0 338.7 6.11 10 550 5135 -1.4 -4.7 78 3.3 -3.0 101 16 322.4 323.4 293.9 338.5 4.91 11 500 5890 -5.1 -10.7 65 5.5 -7.5 100 14 326.8 327.4 293.9 338.2 3.40 12 450 6711 -9.6 -16.8 56 7.2 -12.3 100 13 331.1 331.6 294.1 339.1 2.28 13 400 7611 -15.6 -20.5 66 4.9 -17.1 108 13 334.8 335.2 294.7 341.5 1.88 14 350 8604 -22.9 -24.4 87 1.5 -23.3 96 13 337.9 338.2 295.1 343.4 1.51 15 300 9715 -31.4 -36.3 62 4.8 -32.1 90 17 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.3 0.57 16 250 10977 -41.8 -47.2 55 5.5 -42.2 100 14 344.0 344.0 295.5 344.9 0.22 17 200 12452 -52.8 -63.1 28 10.3 -53.1 120 23 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.04 18 150 14245 -67.3 -71.4 56 4.1 -67.4 137 25 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16625 -76.2 -81.8 40 5.6 -76.2 95 27 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.58 m Freezing level: 567.54 mb = 4889.73 m = 16042.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.55 mb = 4590.57 m = 15060.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.55 mb = 577.05 m = 1893.18 ft T: 23.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 19.23 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1633.21 m = 5358.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.97 C = 94.94 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 32.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.18 mb = 948.06 m = 3110.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.18 mb = 2895.68 m = 9500.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.18 mb = 12999.86 m = 42649.95 ft B at Equ Level: 916.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.4 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 125.4 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -4.6 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 315.89 Bulk Shear: 2.92 m/s