MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 33.64,-113.59 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -113.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 525 SFC 949 532 40.2 9.8 16 30.5 20.1 195 13 318.1 319.6 295.1 343.5 8.01 3 900 1015 33.0 8.9 23 24.1 17.5 197 16 315.6 317.1 294.5 340.6 7.99 4 850 1526 28.0 7.9 28 20.1 15.3 200 16 315.5 317.0 294.4 340.3 7.89 5 800 2058 23.1 6.7 35 16.3 12.9 201 16 315.8 317.3 294.3 340.1 7.74 6 750 2616 18.7 4.0 38 14.7 9.9 208 17 316.9 318.2 293.9 338.4 6.81 7 700 3203 14.5 0.7 39 13.8 6.7 225 19 318.5 319.7 293.6 337.0 5.75 8 650 3823 9.3 -5.1 36 14.4 2.1 229 22 319.5 320.3 292.4 332.7 4.04 9 600 4481 4.5 -11.1 31 15.6 -2.3 222 25 321.3 321.9 291.8 330.4 2.73 10 550 5183 0.4 -31.0 7 31.5 -8.1 214 20 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.5 0.52 11 500 5940 -4.2 -40.0 4 35.8 -11.8 208 17 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.23 12 450 6761 -10.3 -41.5 6 31.3 -16.1 217 16 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.22 13 400 7655 -17.0 -43.8 8 26.8 -21.1 219 19 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.20 14 350 8642 -24.4 -48.6 9 24.2 -27.2 215 26 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.13 15 300 9743 -33.9 -41.9 44 8.1 -34.8 222 27 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.9 0.32 16 250 10994 -43.5 -47.1 67 3.6 -43.7 238 30 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.3 0.22 17 200 12458 -54.1 -65.5 24 11.4 -54.3 254 28 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14253 -65.6 -71.7 42 6.1 -65.6 243 25 357.1 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16660 -69.6 -81.4 16 11.8 -69.6 209 17 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5869.41 m Freezing level: 545.25 mb = 5255.20 m = 17241.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.09 mb = 4131.18 m = 13553.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.58 % Est. max temperature: 37.97 C = 100.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 613.37 mb = 4299.73 m = 14106.55 ft T: 5.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 16.96 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 573.34 mb = 4847.73 m = 15904.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.13 C = 113.24 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: 2.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: 2.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 12.14 C K Index: 26.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 363.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.69 mb = 4097.18 m = 13442.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 353.69 mb = 8564.59 m = 28098.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.69 mb = 10372.69 m = 34030.73 ft B at Equ Level: 34.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.69 mb = 11436.39 m = 37520.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.38 Bulk Shear: 5.72 m/s