MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 31.3,-107.48 Latitude: 31.30 Longitude: -107.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 556 2 900 1030 SFC 877 1262 30.4 13.2 35 17.3 18.7 279 3 315.2 317.3 296.4 349.2 10.91 4 850 1537 26.6 12.4 41 14.2 17.0 284 4 314.0 316.0 296.0 347.2 10.69 5 800 2067 21.4 11.3 53 10.1 14.7 286 4 314.0 316.0 295.9 346.8 10.59 6 750 2622 17.0 9.0 59 8.0 11.9 262 1 315.0 316.8 295.6 345.1 9.65 7 700 3208 13.3 5.6 60 7.7 8.6 151 5 317.2 318.7 295.0 342.9 8.16 8 650 3827 8.2 3.5 72 4.8 5.4 171 8 318.3 319.7 294.9 342.3 7.58 9 600 4482 3.2 -0.9 75 4.0 1.0 150 11 319.8 320.9 294.1 339.0 5.99 10 550 5182 -1.2 -8.8 56 7.6 -4.7 136 10 322.6 323.3 292.9 334.4 3.57 11 500 5937 -5.1 -17.0 39 11.9 -9.5 146 11 326.8 327.2 292.7 333.7 2.02 12 450 6756 -10.4 -22.6 36 12.3 -14.2 146 13 330.2 330.5 293.1 335.1 1.38 13 400 7652 -16.5 -28.4 35 11.9 -19.4 143 13 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.0 0.92 14 350 8644 -22.5 -33.0 38 10.6 -24.5 144 12 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.0 0.68 15 300 9759 -29.9 -48.8 14 18.9 -31.8 180 8 343.3 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.15 16 250 11031 -39.9 -55.2 18 15.3 -40.8 196 8 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.09 17 200 12514 -52.0 -57.7 50 5.7 -52.2 85 5 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.7 0.08 18 150 14317 -65.7 -74.6 28 8.9 -65.7 180 15 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16708 -74.2 -81.7 30 7.5 -74.2 120 5 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.71 m Freezing level: 564.17 mb = 4983.96 m = 16351.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.49 mb = 4597.30 m = 15082.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 681.99 mb = 3425.48 m = 11238.32 ft T: 11.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.39 mb = 3821.57 m = 12537.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.37 C = 92.06 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.74 C Cross Totals Index: 17.53 C K Index: 36.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 256.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.35 mb = 3360.18 m = 11024.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.35 mb = 4315.53 m = 14158.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.35 mb = 9939.56 m = 32609.70 ft B at Equ Level: 254.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.35 mb = 13446.25 m = 44114.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.4 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 182.4 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15.93 Bulk Shear: 16.07 m/s