MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 33.47,-114.65 Latitude: 33.47 Longitude: -114.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 56 SFC 983 212 46.5 4.4 8 42.1 20.2 224 7 321.2 322.3 294.0 338.6 5.34 2 950 527 41.5 4.0 10 37.5 18.4 221 8 319.3 320.4 293.4 336.6 5.37 3 900 1022 36.6 3.2 13 33.4 16.4 217 7 319.2 320.2 293.4 336.4 5.35 4 850 1538 31.5 2.5 16 29.1 14.2 211 7 319.2 320.2 293.4 336.5 5.38 5 800 2076 26.4 1.7 20 24.7 11.9 205 6 319.3 320.3 293.5 336.7 5.40 6 750 2638 21.0 0.8 26 20.2 9.4 199 7 319.4 320.4 293.5 336.8 5.41 7 700 3228 15.4 0.1 35 15.3 6.8 188 8 319.5 320.6 293.6 337.2 5.49 8 650 3850 9.5 -0.6 49 10.2 3.9 176 11 319.8 320.9 293.8 337.9 5.63 9 600 4508 4.0 -3.1 60 7.2 0.3 168 16 320.8 321.8 293.6 337.2 5.07 10 550 5208 -1.8 -6.7 69 4.9 -4.1 167 27 321.9 322.7 293.3 335.7 4.20 11 500 5960 -6.5 -26.0 20 19.5 -12.1 187 22 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.4 0.92 12 450 6775 -11.6 -28.8 22 17.3 -15.9 191 17 328.7 328.9 292.2 331.6 0.78 13 400 7666 -17.9 -29.6 35 11.7 -20.5 184 16 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.8 0.82 14 350 8650 -24.9 -35.4 37 10.4 -26.7 181 20 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.2 0.54 15 300 9751 -33.6 -39.7 54 6.1 -34.3 164 19 338.1 338.2 294.2 339.6 0.40 16 250 11003 -43.8 -48.0 63 4.2 -44.1 178 14 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.7 0.20 17 200 12466 -54.2 -59.9 50 5.6 -54.4 161 15 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14266 -64.0 -72.4 31 8.4 -64.1 211 19 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16696 -68.3 -81.5 13 13.1 -68.4 245 5 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5903.72 m Freezing level: 565.54 mb = 4990.50 m = 16372.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.49 mb = 4555.09 m = 14944.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.06 % Est. max temperature: 44.52 C = 112.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 539.67 mb = 5357.64 m = 17577.34 ft T: -2.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 2.18 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 523.83 mb = 5592.55 m = 18348.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.84 C = 119.92 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.04 C Cross Totals Index: 8.98 C K Index: 25.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 65.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4050.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 551.98 mb = 5179.31 m = 16992.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.4 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 213.4 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 8.97 m/s