MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 32.36,-106.17 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -106.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 587 2 900 1057 SFC 870 1357 27.1 12.1 39 15.0 17.1 82 10 312.5 314.4 295.3 344.0 10.22 4 850 1558 23.9 10.9 44 13.0 15.4 82 12 311.2 313.0 294.6 341.0 9.69 5 800 2084 18.6 9.7 56 8.9 13.0 83 13 311.0 312.8 294.4 340.2 9.51 6 750 2633 13.5 8.4 71 5.1 10.3 85 14 311.2 312.9 294.3 339.7 9.27 7 700 3210 8.7 5.2 78 3.5 6.6 90 15 312.2 313.7 293.5 336.8 7.95 8 650 3820 5.7 -2.0 57 7.8 1.7 108 12 315.5 316.4 292.2 331.6 5.07 9 600 4471 2.0 -4.3 63 6.3 -1.1 129 10 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.5 4.64 10 550 5169 -2.0 -4.5 83 2.5 -3.3 158 9 321.7 322.7 293.8 337.9 4.97 11 500 5922 -6.0 -7.5 89 1.5 -6.7 151 8 325.8 326.7 294.4 340.3 4.37 12 450 6741 -10.6 -11.9 91 1.2 -11.2 145 8 329.9 330.5 294.7 341.5 3.42 13 400 7638 -15.9 -18.7 79 2.7 -16.9 180 6 334.3 334.7 294.8 342.0 2.19 14 350 8631 -22.7 -23.3 95 0.6 -22.8 211 8 338.2 338.5 295.3 344.2 1.68 15 300 9743 -31.1 -32.8 85 1.7 -31.4 219 14 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.6 0.81 16 250 11008 -41.2 -48.8 44 7.6 -41.8 266 19 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.5 0.18 17 200 12484 -52.7 -61.0 36 8.3 -52.9 262 26 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14288 -65.4 -70.4 50 5.0 -65.4 304 14 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16690 -74.2 -81.5 31 7.4 -74.2 22 10 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.56 m Freezing level: 574.61 mb = 4825.32 m = 15830.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.44 mb = 4211.74 m = 13817.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.94 mb = 3233.96 m = 10609.97 ft T: 8.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 12.41 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.12 mb = 3471.20 m = 11388.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.84 C Cross Totals Index: 16.87 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3241.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.33 mb = 3205.72 m = 10517.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.0 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 145.0 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 5.13 m/s