MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 31.75,-116.82 Latitude: 31.75 Longitude: -116.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 996 141 24.7 18.2 67 6.6 20.2 292 11 298.2 300.6 293.5 336.8 13.28 2 950 560 33.0 2.7 15 30.2 15.4 318 13 310.7 311.6 290.6 326.0 4.90 3 900 1046 33.6 1.2 13 32.4 14.8 321 11 316.1 317.0 292.0 331.0 4.63 4 850 1559 30.7 1.2 15 29.6 13.5 332 8 318.4 319.3 292.8 334.1 4.90 5 800 2096 26.1 2.1 21 24.0 12.0 350 4 319.0 320.1 293.5 336.8 5.56 6 750 2658 21.1 1.0 26 20.1 9.5 76 4 319.5 320.6 293.6 337.1 5.48 7 700 3249 15.9 -1.4 31 17.3 6.4 105 10 320.1 321.1 293.3 336.1 4.94 8 650 3872 10.3 -2.2 42 12.5 3.6 106 15 320.6 321.5 293.5 336.8 5.00 9 600 4531 4.0 -2.6 62 6.7 0.5 107 18 320.8 321.8 293.8 337.9 5.27 10 550 5231 -2.1 -4.7 82 2.7 -3.4 117 23 321.7 322.6 293.7 337.6 4.90 11 500 5981 -7.1 -14.9 54 7.8 -10.1 133 28 324.4 324.8 292.4 332.5 2.40 12 450 6796 -11.4 -27.0 26 15.6 -15.5 133 16 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.3 0.93 13 400 7688 -17.8 -31.1 30 13.4 -20.7 110 13 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.5 0.71 14 350 8672 -24.8 -31.6 53 6.8 -26.1 127 18 335.3 335.4 293.9 338.2 0.78 15 300 9775 -32.9 -38.5 57 5.7 -33.6 136 14 339.1 339.1 294.5 340.8 0.46 16 250 11031 -42.7 -46.2 68 3.5 -43.0 133 18 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.24 17 200 12499 -53.7 -59.6 49 5.9 -53.8 157 9 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.06 18 150 14292 -65.2 -73.9 29 8.7 -65.3 163 4 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 19 100 16718 -70.2 -81.8 17 11.6 -70.2 110 4 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5874.80 m Freezing level: 566.83 mb = 4995.22 m = 16388.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.03 mb = 4624.82 m = 15173.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.98 % Est. max temperature: 44.89 C = 112.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.54 mb = 1001.07 m = 3284.31 ft T: 33.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.83 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 564.55 mb = 5020.78 m = 16472.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.90 C = 118.22 F Cap Strength: 9.74 C Lifted Index: 4.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.59 C Showalter Index: 2.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.86 C Cross Totals Index: 8.29 C K Index: 21.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6918.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.70 mb = 3709.47 m = 12170.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.0 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 134.0 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 85.67 m/s