MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 18.65,-109.89 Latitude: 18.65 Longitude: -109.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.4 24.2 78 4.2 25.3 146 7 300.6 304.1 298.1 356.8 19.10 1 1000 97 27.4 23.2 78 4.3 24.3 146 8 300.6 303.9 297.5 353.9 18.16 2 950 549 23.1 22.2 95 0.9 22.5 144 8 300.7 304.0 297.4 353.7 18.06 3 900 1021 21.0 18.2 84 2.9 19.1 136 10 303.2 305.9 296.0 346.9 14.74 4 850 1516 20.2 12.2 60 8.0 15.0 130 12 307.3 309.3 294.1 339.3 10.59 5 800 2038 18.0 9.2 57 8.7 12.4 124 13 310.3 312.0 293.9 338.4 9.18 6 750 2588 14.7 6.9 59 7.8 9.9 115 14 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.4 8.35 7 700 3168 11.3 3.5 58 7.9 6.8 109 16 315.0 316.4 293.6 337.2 7.04 8 650 3784 7.5 1.2 64 6.3 4.0 109 18 317.5 318.7 293.8 338.0 6.44 9 600 4439 3.6 -3.7 59 7.3 -0.2 100 18 320.3 321.2 293.3 336.0 4.85 10 550 5140 -0.6 -9.3 52 8.7 -4.6 90 17 323.3 324.0 293.0 334.7 3.43 11 500 5896 -4.9 -11.3 61 6.3 -7.7 83 17 327.0 327.7 293.8 338.0 3.24 12 450 6718 -9.4 -15.0 64 5.6 -11.6 87 17 331.4 332.0 294.4 340.6 2.65 13 400 7619 -14.7 -24.4 43 9.7 -17.5 91 18 335.9 336.2 294.5 340.8 1.33 14 350 8616 -22.0 -29.8 49 7.8 -23.8 101 22 339.1 339.3 294.9 342.5 0.92 15 300 9731 -29.8 -46.4 18 16.5 -31.7 126 20 343.3 343.4 295.3 344.1 0.20 16 250 11004 -40.0 -49.1 37 9.1 -40.7 151 27 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.3 0.17 17 200 12485 -52.9 -62.2 32 9.2 -53.2 153 22 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.04 18 150 14276 -67.8 -73.7 43 5.9 -67.9 133 12 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 19 100 16645 -76.3 -81.6 43 5.3 -76.3 95 27 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.47 m Freezing level: 557.67 mb = 5032.58 m = 16510.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.88 mb = 4413.61 m = 14480.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.21 % Est. max temperature: 34.19 C = 93.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.95 mb = 540.55 m = 1773.45 ft T: 23.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 19.59 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1579.67 m = 5182.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.48 C = 95.87 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.15 C K Index: 29.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1010.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.87 mb = 754.94 m = 2476.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.87 mb = 3253.40 m = 10673.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.87 mb = 14158.32 m = 46450.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1004.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.2 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 139.2 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -1.7 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 89.06 Bulk Shear: 11.35 m/s