MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.19,-101.3 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -101.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 521 SFC 903 974 30.9 16.5 42 14.4 20.7 129 12 313.1 315.6 297.4 353.7 13.17 3 900 999 30.3 16.4 43 13.9 20.5 130 12 312.7 315.2 297.3 353.1 13.11 4 850 1506 25.3 15.3 54 10.0 18.4 138 12 312.7 315.1 297.2 352.6 12.96 5 800 2035 20.4 14.2 68 6.2 16.2 160 8 312.9 315.4 297.2 352.6 12.86 6 750 2590 16.0 12.2 78 3.9 13.4 222 7 314.0 316.3 296.8 351.1 11.98 7 700 3174 12.5 7.8 73 4.7 9.5 261 11 316.3 318.2 295.8 346.3 9.54 8 650 3792 8.7 1.8 62 6.9 4.8 287 15 318.8 320.1 294.4 340.3 6.72 9 600 4450 3.9 -1.3 69 5.2 1.1 288 18 320.6 321.8 294.1 339.4 5.82 10 550 5152 -0.2 -5.2 69 5.0 -2.7 285 21 323.8 324.8 294.1 339.4 4.72 11 500 5910 -4.4 -10.2 63 5.9 -7.0 283 23 327.7 328.4 294.2 339.6 3.51 12 450 6732 -9.4 -15.3 62 5.8 -11.7 280 27 331.4 331.9 294.4 340.4 2.59 13 400 7633 -15.2 -22.2 55 7.0 -17.3 278 28 335.3 335.6 294.6 341.1 1.61 14 350 8628 -22.3 -29.4 52 7.1 -23.9 278 29 338.8 338.9 294.9 342.3 0.96 15 300 9741 -30.5 -41.9 32 11.4 -31.9 277 38 342.4 342.5 295.2 343.7 0.32 16 250 11010 -40.5 -46.3 54 5.8 -40.9 289 39 345.9 345.9 295.9 346.9 0.24 17 200 12492 -52.1 -59.9 38 7.8 -52.3 293 34 350.3 350.3 296.8 350.6 0.06 18 150 14298 -64.8 -74.6 25 9.8 -64.8 297 30 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16700 -72.7 -81.1 27 8.4 -72.7 312 14 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.27 m Freezing level: 552.52 mb = 5116.46 m = 16786.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.13 mb = 4652.23 m = 15263.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.67 mb = 2787.67 m = 9145.78 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.39 mb = 3217.06 m = 10554.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.22 C = 93.60 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.66 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 40.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 920.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.55 mb = 2777.42 m = 9112.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.55 mb = 3938.36 m = 12920.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.55 mb = 13204.17 m = 43320.25 ft B at Equ Level: 907.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.55 mb = 16213.85 m = 53194.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.5 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 303.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 9.87 Bulk Shear: 93.23 m/s