MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.22,-106.81 Latitude: 32.22 Longitude: -106.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 558 2 900 1031 SFC 869 1344 31.3 10.3 27 21.1 17.4 169 1 317.0 318.7 295.6 345.6 9.08 4 850 1539 28.4 9.7 31 18.7 16.2 186 1 315.9 317.7 295.3 343.9 8.92 5 800 2073 23.1 8.7 40 14.4 13.9 220 1 315.8 317.5 295.2 343.6 8.89 6 750 2630 17.7 7.6 51 10.1 11.3 244 2 315.8 317.5 295.1 343.3 8.76 7 700 3215 12.2 6.2 67 6.0 8.5 259 2 316.0 317.6 295.0 342.7 8.51 8 650 3831 7.4 2.2 70 5.2 4.4 273 2 317.3 318.7 294.1 339.3 6.93 9 600 4486 3.0 -2.8 66 5.8 0.0 270 3 319.6 320.6 293.4 336.4 5.20 10 550 5185 -1.6 -4.6 80 3.0 -3.1 283 4 322.2 323.1 293.9 338.3 4.94 11 500 5940 -4.6 -10.7 63 6.0 -7.3 288 5 327.4 328.1 294.0 338.8 3.39 12 450 6762 -9.2 -18.5 47 9.4 -12.5 237 6 331.7 332.1 294.0 338.6 1.97 13 400 7663 -15.1 -25.1 42 10.0 -17.9 237 4 335.3 335.6 294.3 339.9 1.24 14 350 8658 -22.6 -31.0 46 8.5 -24.4 107 6 338.3 338.5 294.7 341.4 0.82 15 300 9768 -31.6 -35.6 67 4.0 -32.1 292 3 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.3 0.61 16 250 11035 -40.0 -49.5 36 9.5 -40.7 302 10 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.3 0.17 17 200 12518 -51.8 -60.8 33 9.0 -52.1 242 10 350.7 350.8 296.8 351.0 0.05 18 150 14323 -65.1 -71.5 41 6.4 -65.2 352 4 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.02 19 100 16720 -74.1 -81.0 34 6.9 -74.1 237 3 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.33 m Freezing level: 567.48 mb = 4940.47 m = 16208.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.69 mb = 4489.71 m = 14729.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 639.52 mb = 3963.92 m = 13004.84 ft T: 6.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 9.16 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.63 mb = 4169.63 m = 13679.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.83 C = 91.09 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.08 C Cross Totals Index: 14.35 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.70 mb = 3885.29 m = 12746.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.70 mb = 4748.33 m = 15578.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.70 mb = 5618.41 m = 18432.89 ft B at Equ Level: 13.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 470.70 mb = 6411.25 m = 21034.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 3.2 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.18 Bulk Shear: 1.21 m/s