MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 34.31,-114.20 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -114.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 958 442 32.0 7.4 22 24.6 16.8 205 2 309.0 310.2 291.6 329.7 6.77 2 950 516 35.9 6.1 16 29.8 17.5 235 2 313.7 314.8 292.6 333.2 6.24 3 900 1005 34.5 1.3 12 33.2 15.1 319 11 317.1 318.0 292.3 332.0 4.66 4 850 1518 30.7 0.8 15 29.9 13.4 308 15 318.3 319.2 292.7 333.6 4.75 5 800 2055 26.3 0.2 18 26.1 11.4 289 11 319.2 320.1 293.0 334.8 4.84 6 750 2618 21.3 0.3 25 21.0 9.3 253 10 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.6 5.22 7 700 3209 16.0 -0.1 33 16.2 6.9 217 13 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.8 5.42 8 650 3832 10.4 -2.0 42 12.4 3.8 197 19 320.8 321.8 293.6 337.3 5.09 9 600 4491 4.3 -4.3 54 8.5 -0.0 191 22 321.1 322.0 293.4 336.2 4.65 10 550 5192 -1.6 -10.1 52 8.5 -5.3 193 30 322.2 322.8 292.5 332.9 3.22 11 500 5944 -5.9 -28.3 15 22.4 -11.9 209 23 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.6 0.74 12 450 6760 -11.4 -33.4 14 22.0 -16.3 208 20 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.8 0.51 13 400 7652 -17.7 -36.8 17 19.2 -21.2 195 24 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.6 0.41 14 350 8637 -24.4 -44.1 14 19.7 -27.0 215 19 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.22 15 300 9739 -33.7 -45.3 30 11.6 -34.8 225 15 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.8 0.22 16 250 10989 -44.2 -45.1 90 0.9 -44.2 221 20 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.5 0.27 17 200 12449 -54.2 -61.9 38 7.7 -54.4 236 26 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14245 -64.1 -72.2 32 8.1 -64.2 235 24 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16680 -69.0 -82.3 13 13.3 -69.1 274 9 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5881.95 m Freezing level: 563.59 mb = 5001.56 m = 16409.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.51 mb = 4484.48 m = 14712.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.48 % Est. max temperature: 42.00 C = 107.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.19 mb = 3587.73 m = 11770.63 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 1.20 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 510.16 mb = 5785.29 m = 18980.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.99 C = 118.39 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.83 C Showalter Index: 3.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 36.53 C Cross Totals Index: 6.62 C K Index: 21.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 62.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5386.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 575.22 mb = 4831.02 m = 15849.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -40.4 tot: -25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 39.03 m/s