MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 33.21,-113.12 Latitude: 33.21 Longitude: -113.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 974 299 46.6 6.5 9 40.1 20.8 251 10 322.1 323.4 294.8 342.3 6.22 2 950 525 43.2 6.0 11 37.2 19.5 255 11 321.0 322.2 294.6 341.0 6.19 3 900 1023 38.3 5.3 13 33.0 17.5 262 10 320.9 322.2 294.6 340.9 6.20 4 850 1542 33.2 4.4 16 28.8 15.4 269 8 321.0 322.2 294.6 341.0 6.19 5 800 2083 28.0 3.5 21 24.5 13.1 277 7 321.0 322.2 294.6 340.9 6.16 6 750 2649 22.6 2.5 27 20.1 10.6 285 6 321.1 322.3 294.5 340.8 6.12 7 700 3242 16.9 1.3 35 15.6 7.9 299 4 321.2 322.4 294.5 340.7 6.01 8 650 3868 11.4 -1.4 41 12.8 4.4 89 2 321.9 323.0 294.1 339.3 5.33 9 600 4529 5.3 -4.3 50 9.6 0.4 152 5 322.2 323.1 293.7 337.4 4.64 10 550 5233 -0.1 -14.6 33 14.5 -5.8 161 5 324.0 324.4 292.2 331.6 2.24 11 500 5989 -4.8 -24.7 19 19.9 -10.8 97 5 327.2 327.4 292.0 330.9 1.03 12 450 6808 -10.5 -30.5 18 20.0 -15.4 100 9 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.5 0.67 13 400 7702 -17.6 -33.7 23 16.1 -20.9 117 13 332.1 332.2 292.8 334.1 0.55 14 350 8684 -25.7 -45.1 15 19.3 -28.0 127 22 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.20 15 300 9782 -33.4 -50.9 16 17.5 -34.8 134 17 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.12 16 250 11040 -42.4 -50.4 42 7.9 -42.9 94 5 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.6 0.15 17 200 12507 -54.3 -61.8 39 7.5 -54.5 323 5 346.7 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.05 18 150 14301 -65.0 -72.0 38 6.9 -65.1 156 7 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16716 -71.1 -81.9 19 10.8 -71.1 22 6 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5932.20 m Freezing level: 550.69 mb = 5223.05 m = 17135.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.01 mb = 4569.82 m = 14992.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.56 % Est. max temperature: 45.44 C = 113.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 550.47 mb = 5225.85 m = 17144.98 ft T: -0.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 10.06 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 526.76 mb = 5575.21 m = 18291.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.86 C = 121.74 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.02 C Cross Totals Index: 9.22 C K Index: 26.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 557.62 mb = 5121.59 m = 16802.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 412.62 mb = 7466.04 m = 24494.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.62 mb = 9953.67 m = 32655.99 ft B at Equ Level: 66.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.62 mb = 11236.77 m = 36865.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 25.62 Bulk Shear: 2.69 m/s