MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 30.87,-113.9 Latitude: 30.87 Longitude: -113.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 1 29.8 27.2 86 2.5 27.9 151 20 302.2 306.5 300.7 371.0 23.11 1 1000 69 29.0 26.1 84 3.0 26.8 151 24 302.2 306.2 299.9 366.6 21.71 2 950 526 26.6 21.5 74 5.1 22.9 155 24 304.2 307.4 297.8 355.7 17.29 3 900 1006 27.5 14.4 45 13.1 18.6 150 12 309.9 312.0 295.6 345.1 11.55 4 850 1510 25.1 12.8 46 12.3 16.8 141 7 312.4 314.5 295.8 346.2 10.97 5 800 2040 22.3 9.8 45 12.5 14.1 121 3 314.9 316.7 295.4 344.6 9.54 6 750 2598 18.3 8.8 54 9.5 12.1 25 5 316.4 318.2 295.8 346.2 9.51 7 700 3185 13.2 8.0 71 5.1 9.9 36 8 317.0 318.9 296.1 347.5 9.69 8 650 3804 8.4 4.5 76 3.9 6.1 41 10 318.5 320.1 295.4 344.4 8.17 9 600 4461 3.6 -0.4 75 4.0 1.4 54 15 320.3 321.6 294.4 340.3 6.21 10 550 5162 -1.0 -6.5 66 5.5 -3.6 69 15 322.9 323.7 293.6 337.0 4.29 11 500 5916 -5.2 -16.3 41 11.1 -9.4 70 15 326.7 327.1 292.8 334.1 2.14 12 450 6736 -9.8 -24.7 29 14.9 -14.2 77 11 330.9 331.1 293.0 335.0 1.15 13 400 7634 -15.9 -29.2 31 13.3 -19.1 69 14 334.3 334.5 293.7 337.5 0.85 14 350 8627 -22.9 -30.5 50 7.6 -24.5 62 15 337.9 338.1 294.6 341.1 0.86 15 300 9738 -31.2 -34.9 70 3.7 -31.7 87 20 341.5 341.6 295.3 344.0 0.66 16 250 11005 -40.7 -53.2 25 12.4 -41.5 65 19 345.5 345.5 295.7 346.0 0.11 17 200 12482 -53.5 -56.5 70 3.0 -53.7 65 10 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.4 0.09 18 150 14266 -68.0 -69.0 86 1.1 -67.9 39 13 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16674 -69.4 -82.5 13 13.0 -69.5 71 13 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.91 m Freezing level: 560.80 mb = 5010.37 m = 16438.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.85 mb = 4652.89 m = 15265.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.16 % Est. max temperature: 39.55 C = 103.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.13 mb = 320.91 m = 1052.83 ft T: 27.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 25.91 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.85 mb = 2622.25 m = 8603.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.99 C = 111.18 F Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.96 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2187.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 339.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.42 mb = 1179.83 m = 3870.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.42 mb = 3458.48 m = 11346.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.42 mb = 14786.42 m = 48511.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2139.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.5 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 119.5 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.1 neg: -4.7 tot: 31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 37.03 Bulk Shear: 59.07 m/s