MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 30.94,-109.18 Latitude: 30.94 Longitude: -109.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 572 2 900 1041 SFC 851 1528 26.6 13.6 45 13.0 17.7 242 3 313.9 316.1 296.5 349.7 11.55 4 850 1541 25.6 13.8 48 11.8 17.5 242 3 312.9 315.2 296.4 349.2 11.76 5 800 2071 22.3 10.6 47 11.8 14.6 261 4 315.0 316.9 295.8 346.3 10.06 6 750 2631 21.4 2.1 28 19.3 10.1 314 5 319.9 321.0 294.1 339.0 5.94 7 700 3224 16.8 -0.8 30 17.5 7.0 4 8 321.1 322.1 293.8 337.8 5.17 8 650 3849 11.2 -2.2 39 13.4 4.0 33 10 321.6 322.6 293.8 337.9 5.01 9 600 4510 5.2 -3.9 52 9.1 0.5 37 13 322.1 323.0 293.7 337.7 4.78 10 550 5212 -1.0 -5.4 72 4.4 -3.2 61 15 322.9 323.8 293.9 338.1 4.64 11 500 5965 -7.1 -9.5 83 2.4 -8.2 100 21 324.3 325.1 293.5 336.7 3.72 12 450 6780 -11.4 -25.0 32 13.6 -15.3 98 20 328.8 329.1 292.5 332.8 1.11 13 400 7672 -17.0 -33.6 22 16.5 -20.4 106 17 332.9 333.0 293.0 335.0 0.56 14 350 8660 -24.6 -38.0 28 13.4 -26.7 143 12 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.2 0.41 15 300 9760 -34.0 -47.1 25 13.1 -35.2 113 7 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.2 0.18 16 250 11006 -45.0 -52.4 43 7.4 -45.4 85 13 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.12 17 200 12468 -53.4 -66.8 18 13.5 -53.7 110 2 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14264 -64.7 -74.9 23 10.2 -64.8 52 13 358.6 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16688 -72.2 -81.5 23 9.3 -72.2 48 7 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.38 m Freezing level: 558.12 mb = 5098.28 m = 16726.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.33 mb = 4599.96 m = 15091.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.44 C = 92.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.25 mb = 3184.06 m = 10446.28 ft T: 17.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.81 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.03 mb = 4468.11 m = 14658.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.96 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.89 C Showalter Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 28.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 618.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 324.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.31 mb = 3754.31 m = 12317.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.31 mb = 5178.57 m = 16989.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.31 mb = 12076.39 m = 39620.23 ft B at Equ Level: 608.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.31 mb = 14578.76 m = 47829.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.2 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 103.2 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 65.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 16.99 Bulk Shear: 36.43 m/s