MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 18.79,-127.88 Latitude: 18.79 Longitude: -127.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 24.4 23.1 92 1.3 23.5 67 11 296.3 299.5 296.1 347.6 17.80 1 1000 135 23.2 22.3 95 0.9 22.5 69 13 296.3 299.4 295.7 345.8 17.15 2 950 582 21.0 19.1 89 1.9 19.7 81 11 298.5 301.2 294.7 341.6 14.83 3 900 1050 19.8 16.2 80 3.6 17.4 80 8 301.9 304.3 294.4 340.2 12.98 4 850 1543 18.0 13.2 73 4.8 14.8 81 8 305.0 307.1 294.0 338.7 11.27 5 800 2060 15.9 9.5 66 6.4 11.9 86 9 308.1 309.8 293.4 336.5 9.36 6 750 2607 13.4 3.3 51 10.0 7.6 89 12 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.3 6.50 7 700 3184 10.2 1.0 53 9.2 5.1 88 16 313.7 314.9 292.3 332.2 5.88 8 650 3797 6.4 0.8 67 5.7 3.3 92 17 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.0 6.24 9 600 4449 1.9 -1.5 78 3.4 0.1 102 12 318.3 319.4 293.5 336.7 5.73 10 550 5147 -1.8 -6.8 68 5.1 -4.1 111 7 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.7 4.17 11 500 5901 -5.2 -13.4 52 8.2 -8.5 108 4 326.7 327.2 293.3 335.9 2.71 12 450 6721 -10.3 -12.7 82 2.5 -11.3 16 6 330.3 331.0 294.6 341.2 3.19 13 400 7619 -15.6 -16.5 93 0.9 -15.9 357 12 334.7 335.3 295.3 344.0 2.64 14 350 8615 -22.0 -24.3 81 2.3 -22.7 6 13 339.1 339.4 295.4 344.7 1.52 15 300 9729 -31.0 -32.6 86 1.6 -31.3 11 14 341.7 341.8 295.4 344.8 0.82 16 250 10995 -41.2 -44.6 70 3.4 -41.5 359 12 344.8 344.8 295.7 345.9 0.29 17 200 12467 -54.1 -54.7 93 0.6 -54.1 25 17 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.5 0.11 18 150 14247 -68.6 -68.9 95 0.4 -68.6 42 21 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 19 100 16631 -75.4 -82.4 33 7.0 -75.4 101 26 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.14 m Freezing level: 574.04 mb = 4811.25 m = 15784.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.73 mb = 4466.17 m = 14652.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.29 mb = 167.06 m = 548.10 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.38 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1471.57 m = 4827.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 27.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.15 mb = 662.89 m = 2174.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.15 mb = 4232.82 m = 13887.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.15 mb = 5804.03 m = 19041.87 ft B at Equ Level: 38.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 366.15 mb = 8278.53 m = 27160.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 90.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 120.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -3.6 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.43 Bulk Shear: 1.93 m/s