MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 28.03,-111.90 Latitude: 28.03 Longitude: -111.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 1 29.9 27.2 85 2.7 27.9 156 12 302.3 306.6 300.7 370.8 23.03 1 1000 76 29.2 25.9 82 3.4 26.7 157 14 302.4 306.3 299.8 366.1 21.45 2 950 536 31.6 14.5 36 17.1 20.0 164 6 309.3 311.3 295.0 342.8 11.02 3 900 1020 29.4 11.9 34 17.5 17.8 240 3 311.8 313.7 294.8 341.9 9.79 4 850 1526 26.1 10.7 38 15.4 16.0 236 2 313.5 315.3 295.0 343.0 9.53 5 800 2057 22.7 8.4 40 14.2 13.6 123 3 315.3 317.0 295.0 342.6 8.71 6 750 2615 18.5 6.2 44 12.3 10.9 81 8 316.7 318.2 294.7 341.8 7.96 7 700 3202 13.7 3.4 50 10.4 7.6 72 12 317.7 319.1 294.3 339.9 6.99 8 650 3821 8.5 1.1 59 7.5 4.3 97 14 318.6 319.8 294.1 339.0 6.37 9 600 4477 3.6 -4.0 58 7.6 -0.2 102 16 320.3 321.3 293.3 335.8 4.76 10 550 5179 -0.4 -11.5 43 11.1 -5.1 94 17 323.6 324.2 292.6 333.3 2.89 11 500 5935 -4.4 -19.2 30 14.8 -9.6 89 24 327.6 328.0 292.6 333.4 1.67 12 450 6757 -8.9 -24.8 26 15.8 -13.6 93 30 332.0 332.2 293.3 336.1 1.14 13 400 7658 -15.4 -35.1 17 19.6 -19.5 95 29 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.8 0.49 14 350 8651 -23.2 -41.8 17 18.6 -25.9 99 30 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.6 0.28 15 300 9758 -32.6 -46.8 23 14.2 -34.0 102 29 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.19 16 250 11016 -42.3 -50.5 40 8.3 -42.8 66 20 343.2 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.15 17 200 12487 -53.3 -62.5 32 9.2 -53.5 76 23 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.04 18 150 14285 -66.2 -74.4 31 8.2 -66.2 67 18 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16677 -73.0 -81.6 26 8.6 -73.1 104 19 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.67 m Freezing level: 554.92 mb = 5109.46 m = 16763.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.38 mb = 4444.85 m = 14582.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.45 % Est. max temperature: 40.78 C = 105.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.12 mb = 348.19 m = 1142.33 ft T: 30.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 28.89 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.20 mb = 3199.55 m = 10497.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.31 C = 113.56 F Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 15.11 C K Index: 30.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 478.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.54 mb = 1986.00 m = 6515.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.54 mb = 4057.33 m = 13311.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.54 mb = 13092.28 m = 42953.14 ft B at Equ Level: 898.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.54 mb = 16032.55 m = 52599.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.4 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 129.4 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -173.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.9 neg: -2.6 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 61.10 Bulk Shear: 14.84 m/s