MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.93,-110.44 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -110.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 1 950 588 2 900 1050 3 850 1541 SFC 821 1835 19.7 11.1 58 8.6 14.1 180 8 309.8 311.7 294.6 340.9 10.19 5 800 2063 17.7 10.6 63 7.1 13.1 189 12 310.0 311.9 294.5 340.8 10.07 6 750 2611 13.6 8.6 72 5.0 10.5 230 12 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.3 9.42 7 700 3189 8.6 6.8 88 1.8 7.5 241 12 312.0 313.7 294.2 339.5 8.90 8 650 3799 5.3 1.6 77 3.7 3.2 223 15 314.9 316.2 293.3 335.8 6.63 9 600 4449 1.4 -4.0 67 5.4 -1.3 217 19 317.7 318.6 292.5 333.0 4.75 10 550 5144 -3.0 -10.4 57 7.4 -6.2 209 22 320.5 321.1 292.0 330.9 3.15 11 500 5893 -7.1 -17.6 43 10.5 -10.8 208 23 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.0 1.92 12 450 6707 -12.0 -22.1 43 10.2 -15.0 206 25 328.2 328.5 292.6 333.2 1.44 13 400 7598 -17.5 -26.7 45 9.2 -19.8 211 25 332.2 332.4 293.3 336.1 1.07 14 350 8588 -22.9 -49.4 7 26.5 -26.0 216 28 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.12 15 300 9700 -30.2 -57.5 5 27.3 -32.3 241 40 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 16 250 10975 -38.9 -64.0 5 25.1 -40.1 236 39 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.03 17 200 12464 -51.4 -68.8 11 17.5 -51.7 237 37 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14279 -63.3 -77.5 13 14.2 -63.4 241 22 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16715 -69.8 -81.1 18 11.3 -69.9 230 7 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.53 m Freezing level: 584.27 mb = 4667.62 m = 15313.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.07 mb = 4260.78 m = 13978.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.58 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.16 mb = 2916.37 m = 9568.03 ft T: 10.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 10.05 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.33 mb = 3351.06 m = 10994.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.55 C = 72.59 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.76 mb = 3120.09 m = 10236.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.76 mb = 4438.73 m = 14562.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.76 mb = 7583.71 m = 24880.63 ft B at Equ Level: 55.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 340.76 mb = 8780.58 m = 28807.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.5 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 242.5 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -2.8 tot: 18.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.71 Bulk Shear: 11.99 m/s