MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 18.58,-119.49 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -119.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 25.5 23.3 88 2.2 23.9 99 20 297.5 300.8 296.6 349.8 18.03 1 1000 112 24.5 22.1 86 2.4 22.8 101 24 297.7 300.8 296.0 347.0 16.99 2 950 561 21.3 19.2 88 2.1 19.9 114 31 298.9 301.6 294.8 342.3 14.90 3 900 1030 19.8 17.3 86 2.5 18.1 117 33 301.9 304.4 295.0 342.9 13.93 4 850 1522 17.4 15.4 88 2.1 16.0 113 31 304.4 306.8 295.1 343.3 13.03 5 800 2039 14.8 13.4 92 1.3 13.9 104 29 306.9 309.2 295.2 343.6 12.19 6 750 2584 12.0 10.8 92 1.2 11.2 96 30 309.6 311.7 295.0 342.9 10.91 7 700 3160 9.0 7.5 90 1.5 8.0 90 32 312.4 314.2 294.6 341.2 9.31 8 650 3772 6.3 3.8 84 2.5 4.8 87 33 316.1 317.6 294.4 340.5 7.76 9 600 4425 1.9 0.9 93 1.0 1.4 89 33 318.4 319.7 294.3 340.1 6.83 10 550 5124 -1.4 -2.0 95 0.7 -1.7 90 32 322.5 323.6 294.8 342.0 6.01 11 500 5880 -4.9 -5.6 95 0.7 -5.2 87 30 327.1 328.1 295.3 343.9 5.06 12 450 6703 -8.9 -10.2 91 1.2 -9.5 98 29 332.0 332.8 295.6 345.4 3.93 13 400 7607 -14.5 -16.2 87 1.6 -15.2 94 30 336.1 336.7 295.7 345.7 2.71 14 350 8607 -20.4 -32.1 34 11.8 -22.9 81 25 341.3 341.5 295.3 344.1 0.74 15 300 9729 -28.5 -40.4 31 12.0 -30.2 81 15 345.3 345.3 295.9 346.8 0.38 16 250 11006 -39.4 -42.5 73 3.1 -39.7 151 17 347.5 347.5 296.4 348.9 0.36 17 200 12493 -51.8 -57.3 51 5.5 -52.0 175 18 350.7 350.7 296.8 351.1 0.08 18 150 14290 -67.0 -74.9 32 8.0 -67.0 344 7 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.01 19 100 16645 -78.4 -80.6 69 2.3 -78.4 93 18 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.80 m Freezing level: 570.69 mb = 4834.65 m = 15861.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.98 mb = 4725.16 m = 15502.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.42 mb = 276.06 m = 905.69 ft T: 23.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 7.58 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1272.06 m = 4173.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.96 mb = 736.17 m = 2415.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.96 mb = 3950.26 m = 12960.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 505.96 mb = 5785.99 m = 18982.66 ft B at Equ Level: 43.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 415.96 mb = 7306.78 m = 23972.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.2 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 127.2 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: -30.1 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.99 Bulk Shear: 5.47 m/s