MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 32.08,-103.19 Latitude: 32.08 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 578 SFC 908 966 20.2 16.1 78 4.0 17.5 227 11 301.5 303.9 294.1 339.3 12.82 3 900 1044 19.0 15.8 82 3.2 16.8 227 12 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.2 12.63 4 850 1534 17.3 12.5 73 4.9 14.2 218 16 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.4 10.75 5 800 2050 14.3 10.0 75 4.3 11.6 203 16 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.6 9.69 6 750 2593 11.0 7.5 79 3.5 8.8 187 17 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.9 8.68 7 700 3166 7.6 4.2 79 3.4 5.6 165 15 310.9 312.3 292.7 333.8 7.42 8 650 3774 3.7 1.7 86 2.1 2.6 147 12 313.2 314.5 292.8 334.0 6.67 9 600 4421 0.4 -1.8 85 2.1 -0.7 135 11 316.6 317.6 292.9 334.4 5.61 10 550 5115 -3.5 -5.4 87 1.9 -4.4 121 12 319.9 320.8 293.0 334.9 4.64 11 500 5863 -7.3 -7.9 96 0.6 -7.5 127 9 324.1 325.0 293.9 338.2 4.24 12 450 6679 -11.4 -11.8 97 0.4 -11.6 210 9 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.5 3.43 13 400 7573 -16.9 -17.0 99 0.1 -16.9 235 17 333.1 333.6 294.8 341.9 2.54 14 350 8563 -23.5 -25.0 88 1.5 -23.9 268 23 337.1 337.4 294.8 342.3 1.44 15 300 9672 -32.1 -34.8 77 2.7 -32.6 264 34 340.1 340.2 295.0 342.6 0.66 16 250 10929 -42.7 -43.6 91 0.9 -42.8 266 37 342.6 342.6 295.3 343.8 0.32 17 200 12394 -55.2 -56.3 88 1.1 -55.2 277 55 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.09 18 150 14174 -67.6 -69.1 81 1.5 -67.6 283 65 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16591 -69.8 -82.3 14 12.6 -69.8 287 21 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.31 m Freezing level: 595.21 mb = 4487.27 m = 14721.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4272.50 m = 14017.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.71 mb = 1476.75 m = 4844.93 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 5.45 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.32 mb = 2556.04 m = 8385.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: 0.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3562.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.73 mb = 2000.18 m = 6562.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.1 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 201.1 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -57.2 tot: -57.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 17.42 m/s