MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 18.28,-105.72 Latitude: 18.28 Longitude: -105.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 1 28.8 24.3 77 4.5 25.5 281 9 300.9 304.4 298.2 357.6 19.27 1 1000 109 27.7 23.2 76 4.6 24.4 282 10 300.9 304.2 297.5 354.2 18.15 2 950 562 23.5 22.0 91 1.5 22.5 283 10 301.0 304.3 297.4 353.5 17.82 3 900 1034 21.0 17.7 81 3.3 18.7 284 9 303.2 305.8 295.6 345.6 14.30 4 850 1528 18.8 13.9 73 4.9 15.5 290 7 305.8 308.0 294.6 341.3 11.82 5 800 2048 16.4 10.1 66 6.3 12.4 319 4 308.6 310.5 293.9 338.2 9.73 6 750 2595 13.7 6.1 60 7.6 9.1 4 4 311.4 312.9 293.3 335.8 7.90 7 700 3173 10.3 2.9 60 7.4 6.1 46 6 313.9 315.2 293.1 335.1 6.76 8 650 3787 6.3 3.6 83 2.7 4.7 89 9 316.1 317.6 294.4 340.2 7.66 9 600 4439 2.4 -2.5 70 5.0 -0.1 106 13 318.9 320.0 293.3 336.0 5.30 10 550 5138 -1.6 -8.5 60 6.8 -4.7 110 16 322.1 322.9 292.9 334.3 3.67 11 500 5891 -5.8 -11.6 63 5.8 -8.2 110 17 326.0 326.6 293.5 336.6 3.15 12 450 6710 -9.9 -16.6 58 6.7 -12.4 111 14 330.7 331.2 294.0 338.8 2.32 13 400 7610 -14.8 -22.2 53 7.4 -17.1 93 11 335.7 336.1 294.7 341.5 1.61 14 350 8608 -21.3 -28.8 51 7.5 -23.0 112 9 340.1 340.3 295.3 343.9 1.02 15 300 9728 -29.0 -43.4 24 14.5 -30.8 102 9 344.6 344.6 295.7 345.7 0.27 16 250 11001 -40.1 -49.9 34 9.8 -40.8 112 5 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.1 0.16 17 200 12481 -53.0 -54.4 85 1.4 -53.1 62 12 348.8 348.8 296.5 349.3 0.12 18 150 14269 -68.1 -69.5 82 1.4 -68.2 83 15 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 19 100 16618 -78.1 -80.9 63 2.8 -78.1 83 15 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.70 m Freezing level: 570.10 mb = 4856.81 m = 15934.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.31 mb = 4421.42 m = 14505.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.27 mb = 569.16 m = 1867.29 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 22.53 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1094.39 m = 3590.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 31.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1095.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.93 mb = 814.66 m = 2672.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.93 mb = 2284.81 m = 7496.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.93 mb = 14350.03 m = 47079.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1081.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.3 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 118.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 28.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 21.81 Bulk Shear: 50.22 m/s