MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-124.93 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -124.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 24.8 23.4 92 1.4 23.8 92 10 296.6 299.9 296.4 348.9 18.11 1 1000 143 24.0 22.0 89 1.9 22.6 97 14 297.1 300.2 295.7 346.0 16.90 2 950 592 22.0 18.0 78 3.9 19.2 113 13 299.5 302.0 294.3 339.8 13.82 3 900 1061 20.0 15.5 75 4.5 17.0 124 12 302.1 304.4 294.0 338.8 12.41 4 850 1553 17.7 13.6 77 4.1 15.0 125 12 304.7 306.9 294.1 339.4 11.59 5 800 2071 15.3 11.4 77 3.9 12.8 125 12 307.5 309.5 294.2 339.6 10.64 6 750 2616 12.6 9.0 79 3.6 10.4 125 13 310.3 312.1 294.3 339.9 9.68 7 700 3194 9.6 6.2 79 3.4 7.5 126 14 313.1 314.7 294.2 339.5 8.51 8 650 3806 5.9 3.0 81 2.9 4.2 123 15 315.7 317.1 294.0 338.7 7.31 9 600 4458 2.0 -1.0 80 3.0 0.4 125 14 318.5 319.6 293.7 337.5 5.93 10 550 5156 -1.3 -8.0 60 6.7 -4.4 139 13 322.6 323.3 293.1 335.2 3.81 11 500 5910 -5.6 -11.1 65 5.5 -7.9 187 13 326.2 326.9 293.6 337.2 3.27 12 450 6729 -10.6 -12.7 85 2.1 -11.4 183 9 329.9 330.6 294.6 340.9 3.21 13 400 7627 -16.0 -17.6 88 1.6 -16.6 162 6 334.1 334.6 294.9 342.5 2.39 14 350 8621 -21.9 -22.0 99 0.1 -22.0 169 5 339.2 339.6 295.7 346.0 1.87 15 300 9737 -30.2 -30.3 100 0.0 -30.2 58 11 342.8 343.0 295.9 346.6 1.03 16 250 11004 -41.3 -41.7 96 0.4 -41.3 26 10 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.2 0.39 17 200 12474 -55.1 -55.1 99 0.1 -55.1 24 15 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.0 0.11 18 150 14254 -67.2 -70.7 60 3.6 -67.2 13 8 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16630 -74.7 -83.5 24 8.9 -74.7 70 25 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.89 m Freezing level: 569.18 mb = 4888.46 m = 16038.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.53 mb = 4517.82 m = 14822.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.12 C = 89.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.80 mb = 180.31 m = 591.57 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 10.18 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1624.14 m = 5328.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.37 mb = 838.72 m = 2751.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.37 mb = 4344.93 m = 14254.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 578.37 mb = 4752.57 m = 15592.22 ft B at Equ Level: 17.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 418.37 mb = 7284.60 m = 23899.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.1 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 158.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.55 Bulk Shear: 4.97 m/s