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: 31.55,-113.59 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -113.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 66 35.5 20.1 41 15.4 24.4 186 9 308.6 311.4 297.5 354.1 15.01 1 1000 69 34.6 19.8 42 14.9 23.9 184 10 307.8 310.5 297.1 352.1 14.66 2 950 532 32.3 13.2 31 19.1 19.5 181 10 309.9 311.8 294.5 340.7 10.06 3 900 1017 32.0 1.3 14 30.8 14.3 192 10 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.3 4.65 4 850 1527 29.2 0.5 16 28.8 12.8 204 8 316.8 317.7 292.2 331.7 4.65 5 800 2061 25.0 1.7 22 23.3 11.4 216 6 317.7 318.8 293.0 335.0 5.39 6 750 2622 20.2 0.8 27 19.4 9.1 227 5 318.5 319.6 293.3 335.8 5.40 7 700 3211 15.0 1.1 39 13.9 7.1 221 6 319.1 320.3 293.9 338.2 5.95 8 650 3833 10.0 -0.4 48 10.4 4.2 219 5 320.3 321.4 294.0 338.7 5.72 9 600 4493 5.6 -13.0 25 18.6 -2.3 224 2 322.6 323.0 291.8 330.4 2.34 10 550 5197 0.8 -28.9 9 29.7 -7.8 152 3 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.3 0.64 11 500 5954 -4.2 -40.7 4 36.6 -11.8 138 6 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.22 12 450 6776 -9.2 -41.5 5 32.3 -15.4 124 7 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.22 13 400 7675 -15.6 -43.8 7 28.2 -20.2 102 7 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.20 14 350 8667 -23.3 -47.8 9 24.5 -26.3 131 6 337.3 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.14 15 300 9772 -33.1 -49.8 17 16.7 -34.5 178 14 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.13 16 250 11025 -43.2 -56.3 22 13.2 -43.8 244 8 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.07 17 200 12494 -53.3 -66.9 18 13.5 -53.6 288 6 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14292 -65.8 -73.6 33 7.7 -65.9 225 8 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16682 -70.5 -82.6 15 12.1 -70.6 176 13 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5884.63 m Freezing level: 542.36 mb = 5312.40 m = 17428.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.71 mb = 4252.78 m = 13952.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.76 % Est. max temperature: 43.63 C = 110.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.50 mb = 2033.89 m = 6672.79 ft T: 25.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 24.82 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.15 mb = 4408.42 m = 14463.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.16 C = 120.48 F Cap Strength: 7.64 C Lifted Index: 2.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.15 C Showalter Index: 6.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 33.39 C Cross Totals Index: 4.62 C K Index: 19.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 27.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4031.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.23 mb = 3087.17 m = 10128.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.6 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 227.6 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -0.8 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.01 Bulk Shear: 2.82 m/s