MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 33.22,-112.16 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -112.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 964 398 34.8 5.2 16 29.6 16.9 319 3 311.2 312.3 291.5 329.1 5.74 2 950 526 37.2 4.5 13 32.7 17.3 332 4 314.9 316.0 292.4 332.5 5.56 3 900 1018 36.0 3.3 13 32.6 16.2 7 10 318.6 319.6 293.3 335.9 5.41 4 850 1534 32.0 2.2 15 29.8 14.3 6 11 319.7 320.7 293.5 336.7 5.29 5 800 2073 27.2 1.7 19 25.5 12.1 1 9 320.1 321.2 293.7 337.5 5.39 6 750 2637 21.9 1.3 25 20.7 9.9 16 8 320.4 321.5 293.9 338.5 5.59 7 700 3230 16.5 0.4 34 16.1 7.3 72 7 320.7 321.8 294.1 339.0 5.63 8 650 3854 10.9 -1.3 43 12.2 4.2 139 7 321.3 322.4 294.0 338.8 5.36 9 600 4514 4.8 -3.0 57 7.8 0.7 177 11 321.6 322.6 293.9 338.3 5.11 10 550 5215 -2.1 -4.8 81 2.7 -3.4 183 12 321.6 322.6 293.7 337.4 4.86 11 500 5967 -5.9 -21.8 27 15.9 -10.9 170 7 325.9 326.2 291.9 330.6 1.34 12 450 6786 -10.2 -40.6 6 30.5 -16.0 183 11 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 13 400 7680 -17.3 -45.3 7 28.0 -21.4 179 16 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 14 350 8664 -25.4 -45.6 13 20.2 -27.8 184 21 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.19 15 300 9763 -33.7 -44.0 35 10.3 -34.8 207 14 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.9 0.26 16 250 11016 -43.1 -48.2 57 5.2 -43.4 208 15 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.8 0.19 17 200 12481 -54.6 -60.9 45 6.3 -54.8 212 14 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05 18 150 14267 -66.4 -72.3 44 5.9 -66.5 214 17 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16688 -69.3 -82.3 13 13.1 -69.4 278 6 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5897.23 m Freezing level: 565.22 mb = 5002.00 m = 16410.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.31 mb = 4631.90 m = 15196.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.93 % Est. max temperature: 43.49 C = 110.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 626.48 mb = 4157.91 m = 13641.26 ft T: 8.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 524.80 mb = 5585.04 m = 18323.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.17 C = 116.90 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: 2.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.85 C Cross Totals Index: 8.09 C K Index: 24.01 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 56.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4811.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 572.77 mb = 4888.65 m = 16038.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.8 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 148.8 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: -5.2 tot: 39.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 23.77 m/s