MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 20.14,-121.94 Latitude: 20.14 Longitude: -121.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 22.7 19.9 84 2.9 20.8 28 14 294.4 297.0 293.3 335.7 14.47 1 1000 154 21.1 18.7 86 2.4 19.5 28 15 294.2 296.7 292.6 333.4 13.71 2 950 597 18.2 16.0 87 2.2 16.7 29 15 295.6 297.8 291.8 330.4 12.09 3 900 1065 20.7 9.7 49 10.9 13.9 31 15 302.8 304.4 291.1 328.0 8.44 4 850 1557 18.7 9.5 55 9.1 13.0 41 15 305.7 307.3 292.3 332.3 8.82 5 800 2076 16.8 7.4 54 9.4 11.1 50 17 309.1 310.6 292.7 333.9 8.12 6 750 2624 14.4 3.8 49 10.6 8.2 54 17 312.2 313.4 292.5 333.0 6.69 7 700 3203 10.7 1.7 54 9.0 5.6 58 18 314.3 315.5 292.7 333.7 6.18 8 650 3816 6.2 -1.4 58 7.7 2.2 63 16 316.0 317.0 292.5 332.9 5.30 9 600 4467 1.5 -6.2 56 7.7 -2.1 70 14 317.9 318.7 291.9 330.9 4.02 10 550 5163 -2.3 -11.7 49 9.3 -6.2 63 16 321.3 321.9 291.9 330.8 2.85 11 500 5914 -6.3 -15.0 50 8.7 -9.6 57 19 325.3 325.8 292.6 333.4 2.38 12 450 6730 -11.3 -21.6 42 10.3 -14.5 40 18 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.4 1.51 13 400 7624 -16.7 -30.9 28 14.3 -19.9 37 17 333.3 333.5 293.3 336.0 0.72 14 350 8614 -23.4 -38.3 24 14.9 -25.9 26 19 337.2 337.2 294.0 338.7 0.40 15 300 9722 -31.7 -43.3 31 11.7 -33.0 33 19 340.8 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.28 16 250 10983 -42.3 -48.4 51 6.1 -42.7 31 18 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.19 17 200 12451 -54.0 -57.8 63 3.8 -54.1 37 24 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.08 18 150 14242 -65.7 -71.1 47 5.4 -65.8 57 19 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16645 -74.0 -82.9 24 8.9 -74.0 63 37 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.74 m Freezing level: 580.13 mb = 4743.53 m = 15562.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.77 mb = 4138.04 m = 13576.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.38 % Est. max temperature: 33.03 C = 91.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.95 mb = 364.33 m = 1195.28 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 7.79 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.75 mb = 2981.25 m = 9780.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.93 C = 107.47 F Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lifted Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.78 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 15.85 C K Index: 25.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5992.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.12 mb = 845.18 m = 2772.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.2 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 82.2 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.62 Bulk Shear: 5.71 m/s