MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 18.37,-125.60 Latitude: 18.37 Longitude: -125.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 24.2 22.2 89 2.0 22.8 45 21 296.1 299.2 295.4 344.6 16.83 1 1000 126 22.9 21.1 90 1.7 21.6 46 26 296.0 298.9 294.8 342.0 15.97 2 950 571 19.8 19.4 98 0.4 19.5 58 29 297.3 300.0 294.6 340.9 15.08 3 900 1038 18.4 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 73 31 300.5 303.2 295.3 344.1 14.85 4 850 1529 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 75 29 303.8 306.3 295.2 343.8 13.44 5 800 2045 14.6 12.7 88 1.9 13.4 71 29 306.7 308.9 294.7 341.8 11.65 6 750 2590 12.2 8.6 79 3.5 10.0 69 30 309.8 311.6 294.0 338.6 9.42 7 700 3166 9.4 3.9 68 5.6 6.2 68 32 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.4 7.23 8 650 3778 6.4 -2.6 52 9.0 1.7 69 32 316.2 317.1 292.2 331.7 4.84 9 600 4431 2.6 -4.9 58 7.4 -1.1 73 32 319.1 319.9 292.6 333.5 4.44 10 550 5130 -1.0 -10.5 48 9.5 -5.1 76 30 322.9 323.5 292.6 333.3 3.11 11 500 5884 -5.3 -14.6 48 9.3 -8.9 80 25 326.6 327.1 293.0 335.0 2.47 12 450 6706 -8.5 -24.0 27 15.5 -13.2 86 26 332.6 332.9 293.6 337.0 1.22 13 400 7610 -14.1 -26.6 34 12.5 -17.6 82 29 336.6 336.8 294.4 340.6 1.08 14 350 8611 -20.5 -43.8 10 23.4 -24.0 77 29 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.22 15 300 9730 -29.9 -40.4 36 10.4 -31.4 101 30 343.2 343.2 295.4 344.7 0.38 16 250 11002 -39.1 -58.8 11 19.7 -40.1 101 19 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.06 17 200 12493 -51.4 -67.2 13 15.8 -51.8 92 10 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14291 -67.3 -71.7 53 4.4 -67.3 46 7 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16644 -75.4 -81.6 37 6.2 -75.4 97 26 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.48 m Freezing level: 564.08 mb = 4932.98 m = 16184.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.44 mb = 4170.81 m = 13683.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.07 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.77 mb = 250.22 m = 820.91 ft T: 22.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.42 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.39 mb = 567.86 m = 1863.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.58 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3219.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.25 mb = 560.04 m = 1837.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.2 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 100.2 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.6 neg: -6.9 tot: 81.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 14.33 m/s