MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-123.12 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -123.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1018 1 23.9 23.1 95 0.8 23.3 132 17 295.5 298.7 295.8 346.6 17.75 1 1000 154 22.5 22.3 99 0.2 22.4 133 20 295.6 298.7 295.6 345.1 17.21 2 950 600 20.5 20.2 99 0.2 20.3 148 22 298.0 300.8 295.3 344.1 15.91 3 900 1068 18.5 18.1 97 0.4 18.2 157 20 300.6 303.3 295.2 343.7 14.71 4 850 1558 16.3 15.6 96 0.7 15.8 162 22 303.3 305.7 294.9 342.5 13.24 5 800 2073 13.8 12.9 94 0.9 13.2 171 24 305.9 308.0 294.6 341.2 11.78 6 750 2616 11.3 10.4 94 1.0 10.7 173 25 308.9 310.9 294.6 341.1 10.61 7 700 3191 8.5 7.6 94 0.9 7.9 172 24 311.9 313.7 294.6 340.9 9.40 8 650 3802 5.3 4.4 94 0.9 4.8 170 25 315.0 316.5 294.4 340.3 8.09 9 600 4452 1.3 1.3 100 0.0 1.3 166 29 317.6 319.0 294.3 339.9 7.02 10 550 5150 -1.5 -1.6 99 0.1 -1.6 164 31 322.3 323.6 294.9 342.4 6.20 11 500 5905 -5.1 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 165 31 326.8 327.9 295.2 343.8 5.10 12 450 6727 -9.3 -9.9 95 0.6 -9.5 168 31 331.6 332.4 295.6 345.3 4.02 13 400 7629 -14.6 -15.0 97 0.4 -14.7 173 31 336.1 336.7 295.8 346.5 2.99 14 350 8628 -21.1 -21.2 100 0.0 -21.1 181 27 340.3 340.7 296.1 347.6 2.02 15 300 9747 -29.3 -29.6 98 0.2 -29.4 188 23 344.0 344.2 296.2 348.2 1.10 16 250 11021 -39.9 -40.2 97 0.3 -39.9 190 19 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.6 0.46 17 200 12501 -53.1 -53.5 95 0.4 -53.1 195 14 348.7 348.8 296.5 349.3 0.13 18 150 14286 -69.2 -70.1 89 0.8 -69.2 146 9 350.8 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.02 19 100 16662 -70.8 -81.6 19 10.8 -70.8 127 20 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.37 m Freezing level: 576.36 mb = 4782.23 m = 15689.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.21 mb = 4762.90 m = 15626.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.67 mb = 96.03 m = 315.04 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 6.66 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.77 mb = 511.23 m = 1677.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.52 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 963.37 mb = 478.59 m = 1570.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 938.37 mb = 706.74 m = 2318.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 928.37 mb = 799.35 m = 2622.50 ft B at Equ Level: 16.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.37 mb = 9547.40 m = 31323.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.2 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 194.2 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 58.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 6.95 Bulk Shear: 18.38 m/s