MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 18.51,-121.46 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -121.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 25.2 22.6 86 2.6 23.3 64 6 297.1 300.2 296.0 347.0 17.27 1 1000 133 23.9 22.0 89 1.9 22.6 67 6 297.1 300.1 295.7 346.0 16.90 2 950 581 21.6 19.7 89 1.9 20.2 113 4 299.1 301.9 295.3 343.9 15.36 3 900 1051 20.2 16.2 77 4.1 17.5 134 4 302.4 304.7 294.4 340.6 12.94 4 850 1544 18.5 12.4 67 6.2 14.5 113 5 305.5 307.5 293.7 337.6 10.67 5 800 2062 16.1 8.8 62 7.3 11.5 106 8 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.3 8.89 6 750 2608 13.2 4.5 56 8.6 8.1 106 12 310.9 312.2 292.4 332.7 7.07 7 700 3185 9.8 0.8 53 9.1 4.9 102 16 313.4 314.5 292.1 331.5 5.78 8 650 3797 6.1 -2.2 55 8.3 1.8 98 18 315.8 316.8 292.2 331.7 5.00 9 600 4449 2.4 -7.6 48 10.0 -2.3 104 18 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.6 3.59 10 550 5146 -1.6 -11.9 45 10.4 -5.9 111 15 322.2 322.8 292.2 331.6 2.79 11 500 5900 -4.9 -19.3 31 14.4 -9.9 107 13 327.1 327.4 292.5 332.9 1.66 12 450 6721 -9.8 -30.0 18 20.2 -14.9 106 13 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.5 0.71 13 400 7619 -16.0 -37.1 15 21.1 -20.1 100 16 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.7 0.40 14 350 8610 -22.8 -44.5 12 21.7 -25.7 74 22 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.9 0.21 15 300 9724 -30.6 -47.0 18 16.4 -32.3 60 29 342.2 342.3 295.0 343.0 0.18 16 250 10989 -41.4 -51.0 35 9.6 -42.0 40 22 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.1 0.14 17 200 12464 -53.5 -58.2 56 4.7 -53.6 355 15 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.07 18 150 14246 -69.2 -69.6 95 0.4 -69.2 3 15 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 19 100 16637 -71.1 -83.7 14 12.6 -71.2 123 26 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.13 m Freezing level: 569.80 mb = 4870.05 m = 15977.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.02 mb = 4077.10 m = 13376.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.02 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.21 mb = 325.73 m = 1068.65 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 15.50 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1642.38 m = 5388.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.25 C = 93.65 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: 2.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 17.25 C K Index: 26.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.19 mb = 726.92 m = 2384.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.19 mb = 3807.14 m = 12490.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 499.19 mb = 5912.96 m = 19399.25 ft B at Equ Level: 45.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 259.19 mb = 10738.36 m = 35230.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.9 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 134.9 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.0 neg: -5.1 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.89 Bulk Shear: 7.41 m/s