MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 24.81,126.38 Latitude: 24.81 Longitude: 126.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -349 SFC 962 -0 27.3 26.1 93 1.3 26.4 170 67 303.9 308.1 300.8 371.6 22.64 2 950 107 25.9 24.8 94 1.1 25.1 176 85 303.5 307.4 300.0 366.8 21.22 3 900 583 22.9 22.6 99 0.2 22.7 182 97 305.1 308.7 299.4 363.7 19.58 4 850 1083 20.8 20.4 97 0.4 20.5 186 98 308.0 311.3 299.2 362.5 18.00 5 800 1608 18.7 18.1 96 0.6 18.3 188 93 311.1 314.2 299.1 361.9 16.60 6 750 2163 16.6 15.9 96 0.7 16.1 191 89 314.6 317.6 299.1 362.3 15.36 7 700 2752 14.1 13.4 95 0.7 13.6 191 85 318.1 320.8 299.1 362.0 13.93 8 650 3377 11.4 10.6 95 0.8 10.9 190 81 321.9 324.3 299.0 361.7 12.45 9 600 4046 8.6 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 189 77 326.0 328.2 299.1 362.0 11.06 10 550 4765 4.9 4.1 94 0.8 4.4 188 73 330.0 331.8 298.9 361.1 9.41 11 500 5542 1.8 0.6 92 1.2 1.1 188 70 335.3 336.9 299.2 362.4 8.04 12 450 6389 -1.7 -3.1 90 1.4 -2.5 187 65 341.1 342.5 299.6 364.7 6.80 13 400 7321 -6.1 -7.6 89 1.5 -6.9 185 61 347.1 348.2 299.9 366.4 5.43 14 350 8357 -11.2 -13.3 84 2.1 -12.2 182 57 353.7 354.6 300.2 368.2 3.92 15 300 9524 -18.2 -20.1 84 2.0 -18.9 181 54 359.8 360.4 300.5 369.7 2.58 16 250 10860 -27.4 -29.3 84 1.9 -27.9 184 51 365.3 365.6 300.7 370.7 1.35 17 200 12423 -40.1 -41.7 85 1.6 -40.3 193 47 369.3 369.4 300.8 371.4 0.49 18 150 14311 -57.2 -57.5 97 0.3 -57.2 197 44 371.6 371.6 300.9 372.1 0.11 19 100 16747 -77.7 -78.7 86 1.0 -77.7 157 23 377.5 377.5 301.9 377.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5890.95 m Freezing level: 473.83 mb = 5985.24 m = 19636.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 484.69 mb = 5791.90 m = 19002.06 ft Precipitable water: 3.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.75 C = 92.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.77 mb = 155.57 m = 510.38 ft T: 25.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.40 C/km ThetaE index: 9.70 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 552.76 m = 1813.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 37.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.54 C K Index: 38.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 509.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.72 mb = 546.93 m = 1794.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.72 mb = 595.70 m = 1954.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.72 mb = 5562.20 m = 18248.46 ft B at Equ Level: 57.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 388.72 mb = 7542.63 m = 24745.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.4 at 82.7 knts Storm direction: 217.4 at 62.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 600.8 neg: -52.1 tot: 548.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 182.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 1.82 Bulk Shear: 31.45 m/s