MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 32.87,-115.38 Latitude: 32.87 Longitude: -115.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 1000 32 47.5 8.3 10 39.2 21.8 266 4 320.7 322.0 295.0 342.7 6.86 2 950 506 41.7 7.5 13 34.2 19.6 250 5 319.5 320.8 294.7 341.4 6.84 3 900 1002 37.1 6.3 15 30.8 17.6 245 5 319.7 321.0 294.6 341.1 6.66 4 850 1519 32.1 5.3 19 26.9 15.4 239 5 319.8 321.1 294.5 340.9 6.56 5 800 2058 27.0 4.2 23 22.8 13.1 230 5 319.9 321.2 294.5 340.7 6.49 6 750 2622 21.6 3.2 30 18.4 10.6 219 5 320.0 321.3 294.5 340.6 6.43 7 700 3214 15.9 2.1 39 13.8 7.9 208 6 320.1 321.4 294.5 340.7 6.39 8 650 3837 10.1 0.8 52 9.3 4.8 195 8 320.4 321.6 294.4 340.5 6.26 9 600 4496 4.2 -1.2 68 5.4 1.3 181 13 321.0 322.1 294.3 339.9 5.86 10 550 5197 -1.2 -11.7 45 10.5 -5.6 168 17 322.7 323.2 292.3 332.2 2.84 11 500 5951 -5.5 -24.7 20 19.2 -11.2 156 13 326.3 326.6 291.7 330.0 1.03 12 450 6768 -11.2 -30.1 19 18.9 -15.8 169 5 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.69 13 400 7660 -17.8 -34.4 22 16.6 -21.1 118 1 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.8 0.52 14 350 8643 -25.4 -40.1 24 14.7 -27.5 154 9 334.5 334.6 293.3 335.8 0.33 15 300 9743 -33.1 -37.2 67 4.1 -33.6 192 12 338.7 338.9 294.5 340.8 0.52 16 250 10998 -43.2 -50.7 43 7.5 -43.6 191 11 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.15 17 200 12461 -54.7 -59.4 56 4.7 -54.8 165 8 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.06 18 150 14257 -64.7 -73.5 29 8.8 -64.8 219 2 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16688 -69.3 -82.0 14 12.7 -69.4 60 8 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5921.61 m Freezing level: 561.02 mb = 5042.58 m = 16543.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.71 mb = 4621.73 m = 15162.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.48 % Est. max temperature: 46.65 C = 115.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 573.27 mb = 4863.11 m = 15954.89 ft T: 1.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 2.06 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 559.38 mb = 5060.86 m = 16603.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.18 C = 120.52 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.64 C Cross Totals Index: 10.76 C K Index: 29.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 578.36 mb = 4791.88 m = 15721.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 453.36 mb = 6710.16 m = 22014.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.36 mb = 9897.16 m = 32470.60 ft B at Equ Level: 84.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.36 mb = 11736.69 m = 38505.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.56 Bulk Shear: 8.11 m/s