MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 32.31,-105.77 Latitude: 32.31 Longitude: -105.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 586 2 900 1051 SFC 857 1474 21.3 15.6 70 5.7 17.4 116 6 307.7 310.2 296.0 347.3 13.10 4 850 1545 20.0 15.5 75 4.5 16.9 115 6 307.0 309.5 295.8 346.6 13.12 5 800 2065 16.8 12.8 78 3.9 14.1 97 6 309.0 311.2 295.4 344.7 11.72 6 750 2615 14.5 9.5 72 5.0 11.3 76 6 312.3 314.2 295.1 343.2 10.00 7 700 3195 10.5 6.8 78 3.7 8.2 73 9 314.1 315.8 294.8 341.9 8.91 8 650 3809 6.4 3.5 82 2.8 4.7 78 11 316.2 317.6 294.4 340.2 7.62 9 600 4461 2.0 -1.7 76 3.7 0.1 73 10 318.5 319.6 293.4 336.6 5.65 10 550 5159 -2.2 -5.9 76 3.6 -4.0 83 6 321.5 322.3 293.3 336.2 4.50 11 500 5911 -5.9 -7.7 87 1.8 -6.8 120 3 325.8 326.7 294.3 340.1 4.28 12 450 6731 -10.2 -11.4 91 1.2 -10.8 230 2 330.4 331.1 294.9 342.5 3.55 13 400 7629 -15.8 -16.7 92 1.0 -16.1 254 5 334.5 335.0 295.2 343.6 2.59 14 350 8623 -22.7 -23.0 97 0.3 -22.8 240 10 338.2 338.5 295.4 344.4 1.72 15 300 9735 -31.1 -33.4 80 2.3 -31.5 243 11 341.5 341.7 295.4 344.5 0.76 16 250 10999 -41.5 -45.7 64 4.2 -41.9 209 15 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.3 0.26 17 200 12475 -52.4 -59.6 41 7.2 -52.6 197 25 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.1 0.06 18 150 14286 -64.9 -74.6 25 9.8 -65.0 239 19 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16682 -73.7 -81.7 28 8.0 -73.7 22 10 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.28 m Freezing level: 576.05 mb = 4795.29 m = 15732.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.03 mb = 4474.27 m = 14679.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.76 mb = 2196.80 m = 7207.28 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.14 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.13 mb = 3109.96 m = 10203.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 37.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.76 mb = 2549.87 m = 8365.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.76 mb = 3925.64 m = 12879.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.76 mb = 9716.28 m = 31877.16 ft B at Equ Level: 164.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.76 mb = 12772.88 m = 41905.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.7 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 116.7 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -3.4 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 228.55 Bulk Shear: 0.72 m/s