MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 22.23,-110.28 Latitude: 22.23 Longitude: -110.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 27.2 21.0 69 6.1 22.8 309 5 298.9 301.7 295.4 344.4 15.61 1 1000 150 25.6 19.9 71 5.7 21.6 309 5 298.8 301.5 294.8 341.9 14.79 2 950 601 24.9 14.3 52 10.6 17.8 304 1 302.4 304.4 292.9 334.5 10.81 3 900 1074 22.4 15.7 66 6.8 17.8 127 2 304.6 307.0 294.8 342.1 12.55 4 850 1570 20.2 13.2 64 7.0 15.5 119 6 307.3 309.4 294.6 341.3 11.28 5 800 2092 17.8 8.8 56 9.0 12.2 99 9 310.2 311.8 293.7 337.6 8.95 6 750 2642 14.4 7.2 62 7.2 9.9 79 12 312.2 313.8 293.9 338.5 8.51 7 700 3221 10.3 5.4 72 4.9 7.3 70 17 313.8 315.4 294.1 339.0 8.06 8 650 3834 6.0 3.2 82 2.8 4.4 65 23 315.8 317.2 294.1 339.1 7.42 9 600 4485 1.4 -1.2 83 2.5 0.0 64 27 317.7 318.8 293.4 336.4 5.87 10 550 5180 -2.8 -5.8 80 3.0 -4.3 66 25 320.8 321.6 293.2 335.4 4.50 11 500 5931 -6.6 -10.2 76 3.6 -8.1 70 19 325.0 325.7 293.5 336.8 3.53 12 450 6748 -11.3 -14.8 76 3.5 -12.6 85 17 329.0 329.5 293.9 338.3 2.70 13 400 7643 -16.2 -25.2 45 9.1 -18.6 91 19 334.0 334.2 293.9 338.4 1.23 14 350 8634 -23.2 -33.7 38 10.5 -25.2 106 14 337.5 337.7 294.3 339.9 0.64 15 300 9745 -31.0 -38.7 47 7.6 -32.1 137 20 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.4 0.45 16 250 11009 -41.6 -44.3 75 2.7 -41.8 136 22 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.5 0.30 17 200 12481 -53.9 -57.8 62 3.9 -54.0 148 14 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14270 -66.9 -70.0 65 3.0 -67.0 100 10 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16675 -72.4 -82.5 21 10.1 -72.5 79 25 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.79 m Freezing level: 583.70 mb = 4711.69 m = 15458.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4488.10 m = 14724.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.44 % Est. max temperature: 34.69 C = 94.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.31 mb = 784.51 m = 2573.83 ft T: 23.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.22 mb = 2888.95 m = 9478.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.27 C = 106.29 F Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lifted Index: 0.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 35.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3463.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.46 mb = 1484.57 m = 4870.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.8 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 99.8 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -16.1 tot: -9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 39.18 m/s