MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-109.18 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -109.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 28.9 24.0 75 4.9 25.3 312 5 301.0 304.4 298.0 356.5 18.86 1 1000 105 27.8 23.1 75 4.8 24.3 313 5 301.0 304.3 297.5 354.0 18.02 2 950 558 23.5 22.1 92 1.4 22.5 311 5 301.1 304.3 297.4 353.7 17.90 3 900 1030 21.1 17.2 79 3.9 18.4 279 4 303.3 305.8 295.4 344.4 13.87 4 850 1524 19.4 12.6 65 6.7 15.0 250 5 306.4 308.5 294.1 339.2 10.88 5 800 2045 17.1 9.2 60 7.9 12.1 243 4 309.4 311.1 293.7 337.3 9.15 6 750 2593 14.1 6.1 59 8.0 9.3 259 3 311.9 313.4 293.4 336.4 7.92 7 700 3172 10.5 3.4 62 7.1 6.3 311 2 314.1 315.4 293.3 336.0 6.99 8 650 3785 6.5 0.8 67 5.7 3.3 357 3 316.3 317.5 293.3 336.0 6.23 9 600 4438 2.4 -1.5 76 3.8 0.3 23 5 318.8 320.0 293.6 337.2 5.73 10 550 5137 -1.6 -3.8 85 2.2 -2.7 26 6 322.2 323.2 294.1 339.3 5.25 11 500 5891 -5.1 -8.5 77 3.4 -6.7 48 8 326.8 327.6 294.4 340.3 4.03 12 450 6713 -9.5 -13.5 72 4.1 -11.1 67 9 331.3 331.9 294.7 341.6 2.99 13 400 7616 -14.1 -24.8 40 10.7 -17.1 132 3 336.7 336.9 294.7 341.4 1.28 14 350 8616 -21.1 -29.5 47 8.3 -23.1 66 3 340.3 340.5 295.3 343.8 0.95 15 300 9732 -30.7 -32.9 81 2.2 -31.1 21 3 342.1 342.3 295.6 345.2 0.80 16 250 10999 -41.0 -41.5 96 0.4 -41.1 171 1 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.7 0.40 17 200 12473 -53.9 -54.0 98 0.2 -53.9 335 0 347.5 347.5 296.2 348.0 0.12 18 150 14260 -67.4 -69.2 77 1.8 -67.4 5 6 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16645 -75.3 -81.7 36 6.4 -75.3 94 17 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.59 m Freezing level: 570.38 mb = 4851.86 m = 15918.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.87 mb = 4506.87 m = 14786.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.03 % Est. max temperature: 33.55 C = 92.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.29 mb = 620.08 m = 2034.37 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 20.57 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1238.93 m = 4064.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 17.73 C K Index: 30.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1143.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.69 mb = 831.64 m = 2728.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.69 mb = 2754.69 m = 9037.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.69 mb = 14028.37 m = 46024.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1134.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.0 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 11.0 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -8.1 tot: -7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1295.57 Bulk Shear: 0.88 m/s