MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 32.56,-110.36 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -110.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 529 2 900 1011 SFC 882 1198 40.4 0.7 9 39.7 16.6 145 6 325.0 325.9 294.3 340.1 4.56 4 850 1532 36.2 -0.5 10 36.8 14.7 147 6 324.1 325.0 293.9 338.4 4.32 5 800 2078 30.9 -1.4 12 32.2 12.4 147 5 324.1 324.9 293.9 338.3 4.33 6 750 2648 25.3 -2.2 16 27.5 9.9 145 4 324.1 324.9 293.9 338.4 4.33 7 700 3246 19.5 -3.2 21 22.7 7.2 138 3 324.1 325.0 293.9 338.4 4.33 8 650 3876 13.4 -4.2 29 17.6 4.1 121 2 324.2 325.0 293.9 338.4 4.31 9 600 4542 7.1 -5.7 40 12.8 0.6 61 1 324.3 325.1 293.9 338.1 4.16 10 550 5249 0.4 -7.7 54 8.1 -3.4 13 2 324.6 325.3 293.7 337.5 3.90 11 500 6004 -6.4 -10.8 71 4.5 -8.2 39 3 325.3 326.0 293.4 336.5 3.36 12 450 6819 -11.6 -30.6 19 18.9 -16.2 100 12 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.0 0.67 13 400 7712 -17.2 -42.5 9 25.3 -21.2 102 15 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.5 0.23 14 350 8697 -25.0 -49.2 9 24.2 -27.6 109 16 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.12 15 300 9796 -34.4 -49.1 21 14.6 -35.6 123 19 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.15 16 250 11050 -42.5 -56.6 20 14.1 -43.2 138 6 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.07 17 200 12519 -53.7 -65.2 23 11.5 -54.0 86 2 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14314 -65.4 -74.4 27 9.0 -65.5 199 7 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16720 -71.4 -81.5 21 10.1 -71.4 209 4 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5918.06 m Freezing level: 546.92 mb = 5295.25 m = 17372.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.20 mb = 4648.14 m = 15249.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.52 % Est. max temperature: 39.49 C = 103.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 497.46 mb = 6043.32 m = 19826.93 ft T: -6.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.38 C/km ThetaE index: 1.74 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 484.77 mb = 6243.38 m = 20483.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.60 C = 106.88 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 42.60 C Cross Totals Index: 5.81 C K Index: 19.37 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 14.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2913.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 497.77 mb = 6038.61 m = 19811.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.5 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 138.5 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.92 Bulk Shear: 1.62 m/s