MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 32.88,-112.88 Latitude: 32.88 Longitude: -112.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 976 316 29.4 19.5 55 9.9 22.3 218 11 304.7 307.4 296.4 348.7 14.77 2 950 554 27.4 19.2 61 8.2 21.6 211 18 305.0 307.8 296.5 349.5 14.90 3 900 1032 25.4 17.4 61 8.0 19.8 209 18 307.7 310.3 296.7 350.1 14.04 4 850 1534 23.6 14.2 56 9.4 17.2 216 9 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.9 12.10 5 800 2062 20.8 11.1 54 9.7 14.4 204 4 313.3 315.3 295.7 345.6 10.44 6 750 2618 17.9 7.9 52 9.9 11.6 22 5 316.0 317.7 295.3 344.1 8.98 7 700 3204 13.8 5.1 55 8.8 8.5 45 11 317.8 319.3 295.0 342.8 7.89 8 650 3825 9.4 1.1 56 8.4 4.7 99 11 319.6 320.9 294.3 340.1 6.37 9 600 4483 4.0 -3.3 59 7.3 0.2 93 7 320.7 321.7 293.6 336.9 4.99 10 550 5183 -1.5 -7.5 64 6.0 -4.3 85 7 322.3 323.0 293.2 335.3 3.96 11 500 5935 -7.1 -11.2 72 4.1 -8.8 56 3 324.4 325.0 293.1 335.2 3.24 12 450 6748 -12.7 -16.0 76 3.3 -13.9 32 2 327.3 327.8 293.2 335.6 2.44 13 400 7638 -18.0 -24.6 56 6.6 -19.8 36 3 331.6 331.8 293.4 336.2 1.30 14 350 8622 -25.0 -29.2 68 4.2 -25.9 304 5 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.7 0.98 15 300 9724 -33.1 -39.7 52 6.6 -34.0 239 12 338.7 338.7 294.4 340.2 0.40 16 250 10982 -41.8 -41.9 99 0.1 -41.8 194 35 343.9 344.0 295.6 345.4 0.39 17 200 12452 -54.4 -54.6 98 0.1 -54.4 180 29 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.12 18 150 14232 -67.0 -70.1 65 3.1 -67.0 238 33 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16674 -69.4 -81.2 17 11.7 -69.5 86 12 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.74 m Freezing level: 563.90 mb = 4988.33 m = 16365.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.83 mb = 4511.76 m = 14802.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.61 % Est. max temperature: 36.72 C = 98.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.33 mb = 1582.08 m = 5190.49 ft T: 23.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 14.85 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.71 mb = 3207.66 m = 10523.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.47 C = 108.45 F Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.33 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.35 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1172.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 380.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.63 mb = 1861.39 m = 6106.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.63 mb = 4433.01 m = 14543.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.63 mb = 13327.07 m = 43723.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1159.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.6 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 158.6 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.4 neg: -17.5 tot: 57.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 29.10 Bulk Shear: 40.30 m/s