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: 32.11,-106.68 Latitude: 32.11 Longitude: -106.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 551 2 900 1024 SFC 871 1312 31.3 12.0 31 19.3 18.2 252 2 316.7 318.6 296.3 348.5 10.15 4 850 1532 28.1 11.4 35 16.8 17.0 253 2 315.6 317.5 295.9 346.8 9.98 5 800 2065 22.9 10.3 45 12.5 14.6 249 2 315.5 317.4 295.8 346.5 9.90 6 750 2623 18.2 8.4 53 9.8 11.9 218 3 316.3 318.1 295.6 345.4 9.27 7 700 3209 13.3 6.4 63 6.9 9.0 202 4 317.2 318.9 295.4 344.5 8.64 8 650 3828 8.1 4.0 75 4.1 5.6 174 7 318.1 319.6 295.0 343.0 7.85 9 600 4484 3.4 -1.0 73 4.4 1.1 166 7 320.1 321.2 294.1 339.2 5.95 10 550 5184 -1.4 -4.8 78 3.4 -3.1 181 4 322.4 323.3 293.9 338.3 4.87 11 500 5938 -5.7 -10.3 70 4.6 -7.7 157 5 326.1 326.8 293.8 337.9 3.51 12 450 6757 -10.5 -17.4 57 6.9 -12.9 171 8 330.0 330.5 293.7 337.6 2.17 13 400 7654 -16.2 -25.3 45 9.1 -18.7 183 9 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.3 1.22 14 350 8646 -22.7 -31.2 46 8.6 -24.5 195 7 338.2 338.4 294.6 341.2 0.81 15 300 9759 -30.4 -42.1 31 11.7 -31.9 214 8 342.5 342.6 295.2 343.8 0.31 16 250 11029 -40.3 -52.9 25 12.6 -41.1 220 8 346.1 346.2 295.9 346.6 0.11 17 200 12511 -51.8 -56.6 56 4.8 -52.0 307 3 350.7 350.7 296.8 351.1 0.09 18 150 14316 -65.2 -75.7 22 10.4 -65.3 187 14 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16707 -74.2 -81.1 34 6.9 -74.2 192 1 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.73 m Freezing level: 564.87 mb = 4976.19 m = 16325.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.27 mb = 4656.81 m = 15278.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 658.10 mb = 3724.68 m = 12219.94 ft T: 8.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 10.93 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.89 mb = 3982.22 m = 13064.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.11 C = 91.60 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.79 C Cross Totals Index: 17.00 C K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 248.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.79 mb = 3665.39 m = 12025.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.79 mb = 4513.82 m = 14808.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.79 mb = 10294.86 m = 33775.37 ft B at Equ Level: 246.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.79 mb = 13249.64 m = 43469.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.2 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 208.2 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -1.4 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 76.73 Bulk Shear: 3.24 m/s