MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 18.33,-106.01 Latitude: 18.33 Longitude: -106.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.5 24.3 78 4.2 25.4 156 20 300.7 304.3 298.2 357.5 19.29 1 1000 98 27.4 22.8 76 4.6 24.0 156 23 300.6 303.8 297.2 352.7 17.74 2 950 551 23.2 21.9 92 1.3 22.2 156 23 300.7 303.9 297.2 352.6 17.65 3 900 1022 20.4 19.0 92 1.4 19.4 158 25 302.5 305.3 296.3 348.4 15.51 4 850 1515 18.2 15.7 85 2.5 16.5 160 28 305.2 307.7 295.5 345.0 13.30 5 800 2034 15.9 12.2 79 3.6 13.5 159 31 308.1 310.2 294.8 342.2 11.26 6 750 2581 13.2 7.4 68 5.8 9.6 156 33 310.9 312.5 293.7 337.4 8.64 7 700 3158 10.0 2.3 59 7.7 5.6 153 34 313.5 314.8 292.7 333.8 6.45 8 650 3771 7.0 1.8 70 5.1 4.1 147 33 316.9 318.2 293.9 338.2 6.75 9 600 4427 3.5 0.8 82 2.7 2.0 143 28 320.2 321.5 294.8 342.0 6.78 10 550 5129 -0.6 -1.5 94 0.9 -1.1 136 22 323.3 324.6 295.2 343.7 6.25 11 500 5886 -4.6 -5.5 93 0.9 -5.1 134 20 327.4 328.4 295.3 344.3 5.07 12 450 6709 -9.1 -10.7 88 1.6 -9.8 142 20 331.8 332.6 295.4 344.6 3.76 13 400 7612 -14.5 -17.0 81 2.6 -15.4 136 24 336.2 336.7 295.5 345.0 2.52 14 350 8612 -20.6 -27.2 55 6.6 -22.3 113 25 340.9 341.2 295.6 345.3 1.17 15 300 9734 -29.1 -32.3 74 3.2 -29.7 78 18 344.4 344.6 296.1 347.6 0.85 16 250 11010 -38.9 -43.3 63 4.4 -39.4 54 30 348.2 348.2 296.5 349.5 0.33 17 200 12500 -51.4 -52.3 90 0.9 -51.4 13 21 351.4 351.4 297.1 352.0 0.15 18 150 14299 -67.3 -67.6 95 0.3 -67.3 17 26 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.3 0.03 19 100 16639 -78.7 -81.4 64 2.7 -78.7 86 19 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.89 m Freezing level: 557.53 mb = 5022.84 m = 16478.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 567.61 mb = 4874.33 m = 15991.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.41 C = 90.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.01 mb = 532.04 m = 1745.52 ft T: 23.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 23.72 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 908.96 m = 2982.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 665.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.76 mb = 766.40 m = 2514.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.76 mb = 1396.49 m = 4581.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.76 mb = 12762.56 m = 41871.41 ft B at Equ Level: 664.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.4 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 180.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -3.5 tot: 20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 175.95 Bulk Shear: 3.78 m/s