MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 18.45,-100.91 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -100.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 955 496 23.6 21.6 89 1.9 22.2 208 1 300.6 303.8 297.0 351.4 17.30 2 950 542 26.2 21.7 76 4.6 22.9 189 2 303.8 307.0 297.8 355.6 17.41 3 900 1019 24.3 18.3 69 6.1 20.1 199 3 306.6 309.4 296.9 351.2 14.83 4 850 1518 21.8 13.7 60 8.1 16.4 218 3 309.0 311.2 295.4 344.6 11.71 5 800 2042 18.3 12.4 69 5.9 14.4 135 2 310.7 312.8 295.7 345.6 11.42 6 750 2593 14.8 10.1 73 4.7 11.8 112 7 312.7 314.7 295.5 344.9 10.44 7 700 3174 11.7 4.5 61 7.2 7.4 106 14 315.4 316.9 294.1 339.2 7.58 8 650 3791 7.9 -0.5 55 8.4 3.4 105 18 317.9 319.0 293.3 336.1 5.70 9 600 4446 3.8 -3.6 58 7.4 0.0 103 19 320.6 321.5 293.4 336.5 4.90 10 550 5148 -0.5 -6.8 62 6.3 -3.5 100 18 323.5 324.3 293.6 337.3 4.17 11 500 5905 -4.6 -12.4 55 7.8 -7.8 100 17 327.4 328.0 293.7 337.5 2.96 12 450 6727 -9.2 -20.1 41 10.9 -12.9 97 17 331.7 332.0 293.8 337.8 1.72 13 400 7628 -15.0 -23.7 47 8.7 -17.6 91 16 335.5 335.8 294.4 340.6 1.41 14 350 8625 -21.6 -33.1 35 11.5 -23.9 90 17 339.6 339.8 294.8 342.2 0.67 15 300 9741 -30.2 -38.8 43 8.5 -31.4 82 18 342.8 342.9 295.4 344.5 0.45 16 250 11011 -40.3 -44.4 65 4.1 -40.6 75 25 346.2 346.3 296.1 347.4 0.30 17 200 12490 -53.1 -56.1 69 3.0 -53.2 71 34 348.7 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.10 18 150 14281 -67.9 -70.5 69 2.6 -67.9 68 32 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16629 -79.8 -80.8 85 1.0 -79.8 64 23 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.46 m Freezing level: 555.69 mb = 5068.40 m = 16628.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.72 mb = 4450.24 m = 14600.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.15 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.10 mb = 738.41 m = 2422.58 ft T: 25.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.99 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.28 mb = 2443.17 m = 8015.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.91 C = 94.84 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.34 C K Index: 33.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 677.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.39 mb = 1730.32 m = 5676.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.39 mb = 3734.76 m = 12253.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.39 mb = 13343.05 m = 43775.89 ft B at Equ Level: 675.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.6 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 135.6 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.7 neg: -3.5 tot: 13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 34.96 Bulk Shear: 19.39 m/s