MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 22.7,-116.5 Latitude: 22.70 Longitude: -116.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21.0 18.7 87 2.3 19.4 2 10 292.8 295.2 292.0 331.0 13.45 1 1000 138 19.5 17.8 90 1.7 18.4 2 10 292.6 294.9 291.6 329.4 12.96 2 950 579 21.3 5.0 34 16.3 12.1 10 10 298.8 299.8 287.3 315.8 5.75 3 900 1049 23.3 -6.2 13 29.5 9.1 19 8 305.5 306.0 286.7 313.8 2.66 4 850 1545 21.4 -3.3 19 24.7 8.8 33 9 308.6 309.2 288.6 319.7 3.53 5 800 2066 18.3 4.7 40 13.7 10.3 50 10 310.7 312.0 292.1 331.4 6.68 6 750 2616 14.7 3.9 48 10.8 8.4 60 14 312.5 313.8 292.7 333.6 6.77 7 700 3195 10.7 1.6 53 9.1 5.6 66 17 314.4 315.5 292.7 333.7 6.15 8 650 3808 5.8 -0.5 64 6.3 2.4 68 17 315.6 316.6 292.7 333.6 5.69 9 600 4458 1.8 -12.2 35 13.9 -4.0 68 21 318.2 318.6 290.7 326.4 2.50 10 550 5154 -2.4 -22.1 20 19.7 -8.7 68 23 321.3 321.5 290.4 325.3 1.18 11 500 5904 -6.6 -26.8 18 20.3 -12.2 73 24 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.1 0.85 12 450 6719 -11.1 -29.3 21 18.2 -15.7 76 25 329.3 329.4 292.3 332.0 0.75 13 400 7614 -16.5 -25.5 46 9.0 -18.8 70 19 333.6 333.8 293.8 338.0 1.20 14 350 8605 -23.7 -25.5 85 1.8 -24.1 94 23 336.8 337.1 294.7 341.8 1.37 15 300 9712 -32.0 -33.3 88 1.3 -32.2 81 23 340.3 340.4 295.1 343.2 0.77 16 250 10972 -42.5 -43.5 89 1.1 -42.5 80 26 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.2 0.32 17 200 12440 -53.5 -59.8 46 6.3 -53.7 84 29 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.06 18 150 14234 -66.5 -72.3 44 5.8 -66.5 84 16 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16640 -72.2 -82.0 21 9.8 -72.2 61 16 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.84 m Freezing level: 578.80 mb = 4753.30 m = 15594.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.04 mb = 4048.71 m = 13282.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.79 % Est. max temperature: 35.81 C = 96.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.40 mb = 290.65 m = 953.56 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 17.17 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.27 mb = 4058.55 m = 13315.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.86 C = 112.74 F Cap Strength: 11.78 C Lifted Index: 9.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.76 C Showalter Index: 10.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 3.29 C K Index: 15.59 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 41.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9300.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.45 mb = 1786.43 m = 5860.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 58.6 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 88.6 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -2.4 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 21.75 m/s