MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.34,-106.73 Latitude: 32.34 Longitude: -106.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 547 2 900 1018 SFC 864 1381 28.2 13.1 39 15.1 17.9 291 2 314.2 316.4 296.3 348.4 11.00 4 850 1521 25.9 12.5 43 13.4 16.9 289 2 313.3 315.3 295.9 346.6 10.78 5 800 2050 20.6 11.4 56 9.1 14.6 285 3 313.1 315.1 295.7 346.1 10.68 6 750 2604 15.5 9.8 69 5.7 11.8 286 2 313.4 315.4 295.5 345.0 10.19 7 700 3186 12.2 4.6 60 7.6 7.7 226 0 316.0 317.5 294.3 340.0 7.61 8 650 3803 8.0 1.5 63 6.5 4.3 95 5 318.0 319.3 294.0 338.9 6.56 9 600 4459 3.8 -2.0 66 5.8 0.7 107 7 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.3 5.49 10 550 5160 -1.6 -4.7 80 3.0 -3.1 118 5 322.1 323.1 293.9 338.2 4.93 11 500 5912 -6.3 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.7 176 6 325.3 326.2 294.3 340.1 4.46 12 450 6731 -10.6 -12.0 90 1.3 -11.2 225 17 329.8 330.5 294.7 341.4 3.40 13 400 7629 -15.8 -17.8 85 2.0 -16.5 242 17 334.4 334.9 295.0 342.7 2.36 14 350 8622 -22.7 -24.8 83 2.1 -23.2 241 17 338.2 338.5 295.1 343.5 1.47 15 300 9734 -31.0 -35.0 68 4.0 -31.6 219 17 341.7 341.9 295.3 344.2 0.65 16 250 11001 -40.5 -54.9 20 14.4 -41.3 207 23 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.09 17 200 12485 -51.0 -64.7 18 13.6 -51.4 223 25 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.03 18 150 14292 -65.9 -70.4 54 4.5 -66.0 240 21 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16681 -73.5 -81.9 27 8.4 -73.6 259 3 385.7 385.7 303.1 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.97 m Freezing level: 565.07 mb = 4948.70 m = 16235.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.65 mb = 4585.62 m = 15044.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.27 mb = 3278.49 m = 10756.07 ft T: 11.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 10.18 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.18 mb = 3737.09 m = 12260.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.87 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.24 C Cross Totals Index: 18.85 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 237.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.92 mb = 3222.85 m = 10573.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.92 mb = 4705.64 m = 15438.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.92 mb = 10417.16 m = 34176.60 ft B at Equ Level: 236.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.92 mb = 12744.33 m = 41811.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -2.8 tot: 5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 38.01 Bulk Shear: 6.25 m/s