MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 28.71,-105.32 Latitude: 28.71 Longitude: -105.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 524 2 900 995 SFC 873 1263 26.8 15.6 50 11.2 19.0 94 8 311.8 314.3 296.9 351.3 12.85 4 850 1499 25.7 14.3 49 11.4 17.8 90 12 313.0 315.3 296.7 350.4 12.11 5 800 2029 21.7 12.3 55 9.5 15.4 80 8 314.3 316.4 296.5 349.3 11.27 6 750 2586 16.9 10.7 67 6.2 12.9 89 3 314.9 317.0 296.3 348.7 10.84 7 700 3170 11.8 9.1 84 2.6 10.1 194 3 315.5 317.5 296.2 348.1 10.45 8 650 3786 7.0 6.0 93 1.0 6.3 259 7 316.9 318.6 295.6 345.3 9.05 9 600 4441 2.7 1.6 93 1.1 2.1 292 15 319.2 320.6 294.8 342.1 7.18 10 550 5141 -1.0 -4.7 76 3.7 -2.9 292 13 322.9 323.8 294.0 338.9 4.89 11 500 5897 -4.4 -12.3 54 7.9 -7.7 289 14 327.7 328.3 293.8 337.9 2.98 12 450 6721 -8.5 -17.1 50 8.7 -11.7 281 17 332.6 333.0 294.4 340.4 2.22 13 400 7625 -13.7 -22.9 46 9.1 -16.6 270 18 337.1 337.5 295.0 342.7 1.52 14 350 8627 -20.7 -30.1 43 9.4 -22.9 269 13 340.8 341.0 295.3 344.2 0.90 15 300 9746 -29.7 -33.1 72 3.4 -30.3 245 16 343.5 343.7 295.8 346.5 0.78 16 250 11020 -39.3 -42.6 71 3.3 -39.6 250 24 347.6 347.7 296.4 349.0 0.36 17 200 12504 -52.4 -56.7 59 4.3 -52.5 264 30 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.2 0.09 18 150 14296 -67.4 -70.3 66 2.9 -67.5 259 31 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16659 -78.7 -80.7 73 2.0 -78.7 293 3 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.88 m Freezing level: 563.75 mb = 4948.14 m = 16233.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.97 mb = 4727.78 m = 15510.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.02 mb = 2687.64 m = 8817.60 ft T: 16.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 13.42 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.52 mb = 3331.56 m = 10930.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 41.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 312.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.19 mb = 3071.42 m = 10076.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.19 mb = 3619.11 m = 11873.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.19 mb = 11774.28 m = 38629.06 ft B at Equ Level: 311.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.19 mb = 14988.95 m = 49175.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.0 neg: -9.7 tot: 44.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 5.35 Bulk Shear: 58.36 m/s