MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.99,-126.27 Latitude: 18.99 Longitude: -126.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 24.1 22.2 89 1.9 22.8 62 11 295.8 298.9 295.3 344.2 16.81 1 1000 145 22.6 21.4 92 1.3 21.8 63 12 295.8 298.7 294.9 342.4 16.21 2 950 591 20.8 18.3 85 2.5 19.1 68 10 298.3 300.8 294.1 339.1 14.04 3 900 1059 20.1 13.5 66 6.6 15.8 70 9 302.2 304.2 292.9 334.4 10.88 4 850 1551 18.6 9.0 53 9.6 12.7 72 11 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.2 8.49 5 800 2070 16.7 4.2 43 12.5 9.5 72 13 309.0 310.2 291.4 328.9 6.47 6 750 2617 13.9 1.1 42 12.8 6.8 70 16 311.6 312.7 291.4 328.9 5.53 7 700 3195 10.3 1.5 55 8.8 5.4 68 17 313.9 315.0 292.6 333.0 6.11 8 650 3808 6.5 -0.2 62 6.7 2.9 78 14 316.3 317.4 293.0 334.8 5.80 9 600 4460 1.5 -1.7 80 3.1 -0.2 92 10 317.8 318.9 293.3 335.9 5.66 10 550 5156 -2.6 -5.9 78 3.3 -4.2 115 5 321.0 321.9 293.2 335.6 4.47 11 500 5908 -5.7 -10.7 68 5.0 -7.8 323 6 326.1 326.8 293.7 337.5 3.38 12 450 6728 -10.3 -11.0 95 0.7 -10.6 17 13 330.2 331.0 295.0 342.8 3.68 13 400 7625 -15.9 -16.4 96 0.5 -16.1 2 12 334.3 334.9 295.2 343.7 2.66 14 350 8620 -22.3 -22.6 97 0.4 -22.4 356 15 338.7 339.1 295.6 345.2 1.77 15 300 9733 -30.7 -33.0 80 2.3 -31.2 1 14 342.1 342.2 295.5 345.1 0.79 16 250 10999 -41.5 -42.0 95 0.5 -41.5 353 16 344.4 344.5 295.7 346.0 0.38 17 200 12469 -54.2 -54.2 99 0.1 -54.2 24 25 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.5 0.12 18 150 14252 -68.3 -68.6 95 0.4 -68.3 63 20 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 19 100 16640 -73.5 -82.5 24 9.0 -73.6 98 33 385.7 385.7 303.1 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.96 m Freezing level: 581.90 mb = 4711.54 m = 15457.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.56 mb = 4424.86 m = 14517.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.77 C = 90.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.49 mb = 236.70 m = 776.57 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 15.32 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.57 mb = 2234.94 m = 7332.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.10 C = 100.58 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 14.66 C K Index: 24.52 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 339.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.71 mb = 759.26 m = 2490.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.71 mb = 4776.39 m = 15670.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 536.71 mb = 5348.85 m = 17548.52 ft B at Equ Level: 20.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 486.71 mb = 6117.50 m = 20070.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 72.9 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 102.9 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -2.7 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 52.10 Bulk Shear: 0.40 m/s