MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-125.01 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -125.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 24.5 23.1 92 1.4 23.5 45 30 296.8 300.1 296.3 348.5 17.89 1 1000 85 23.7 22.2 92 1.4 22.6 48 37 296.8 299.9 295.8 346.3 17.13 2 950 533 20.7 20.5 99 0.1 20.6 60 45 298.2 301.1 295.6 345.3 16.23 3 900 1000 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.2 80 46 300.5 303.2 295.2 343.7 14.75 4 850 1491 16.6 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 92 52 303.5 306.0 295.1 343.3 13.42 5 800 2007 14.6 12.6 88 1.9 13.3 90 54 306.7 308.8 294.7 341.5 11.56 6 750 2551 12.1 10.2 88 1.9 10.9 84 53 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.6 10.46 7 700 3128 9.1 7.4 89 1.8 8.0 83 53 312.6 314.4 294.6 341.2 9.26 8 650 3740 6.4 4.9 91 1.4 5.5 81 54 316.2 317.8 295.0 342.6 8.42 9 600 4394 2.7 2.5 99 0.2 2.5 73 51 319.2 320.7 295.2 343.6 7.65 10 550 5095 -0.7 -1.1 97 0.4 -0.9 72 45 323.3 324.5 295.3 344.2 6.46 11 500 5853 -4.2 -4.7 97 0.4 -4.5 80 46 327.9 328.9 295.7 345.9 5.41 12 450 6678 -8.5 -9.1 95 0.6 -8.8 87 46 332.5 333.4 296.0 347.1 4.26 13 400 7584 -13.6 -14.3 95 0.7 -13.9 87 44 337.3 338.0 296.3 348.4 3.17 14 350 8587 -19.9 -20.0 99 0.1 -19.9 87 44 341.9 342.4 296.6 350.0 2.24 15 300 9713 -27.9 -28.2 97 0.4 -27.9 87 37 346.1 346.4 296.8 350.8 1.25 16 250 10996 -38.2 -38.7 95 0.5 -38.2 95 33 349.3 349.4 297.0 351.4 0.54 17 200 12488 -51.4 -51.9 95 0.5 -51.5 110 20 351.3 351.3 297.1 352.0 0.16 18 150 14286 -67.4 -68.1 90 0.7 -67.4 148 12 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.03 19 100 16642 -73.9 -82.4 26 8.5 -73.9 101 25 384.9 384.9 303.1 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.45 m Freezing level: 560.23 mb = 4951.23 m = 16243.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 563.27 mb = 4902.61 m = 16084.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.58 mb = 176.73 m = 579.80 ft T: 23.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 7.06 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 949.41 mb = 538.13 m = 1765.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.87 C = 78.57 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.09 mb = 522.82 m = 1715.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 946.09 mb = 568.48 m = 1865.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.09 mb = 1733.44 m = 5687.05 ft B at Equ Level: 18.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 426.09 mb = 7097.82 m = 23286.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 78.6 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 108.6 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.5 neg: -41.8 tot: 271.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 63.24 m/s