MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 34.21,-114.15 Latitude: 34.21 Longitude: -114.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 962 417 33.6 14.6 32 19.0 20.6 149 15 310.2 312.2 295.2 343.6 10.94 2 950 531 33.2 14.7 33 18.6 20.5 156 22 310.9 313.0 295.5 344.9 11.10 3 900 1017 31.0 13.2 34 17.8 18.9 173 24 313.5 315.5 295.8 346.5 10.66 4 850 1527 28.1 11.5 36 16.5 17.0 192 15 315.5 317.5 296.0 347.1 10.11 5 800 2061 24.2 9.4 39 14.8 14.6 202 9 316.9 318.7 295.8 346.2 9.32 6 750 2622 19.5 7.6 46 11.9 12.0 183 4 317.8 319.5 295.6 345.5 8.78 7 700 3210 14.4 5.4 55 9.0 8.9 111 4 318.4 320.0 295.3 344.0 8.05 8 650 3831 9.2 3.0 65 6.2 5.6 117 5 319.4 320.8 295.0 342.7 7.33 9 600 4489 3.9 -0.3 74 4.2 1.6 185 8 320.7 321.9 294.5 340.9 6.26 10 550 5190 -1.7 -4.7 80 3.0 -3.2 197 10 322.1 323.0 293.9 338.1 4.92 11 500 5942 -6.3 -11.4 67 5.2 -8.4 172 0 325.4 326.0 293.3 336.1 3.19 12 450 6761 -9.9 -22.2 36 12.3 -13.7 348 2 330.8 331.1 293.3 335.9 1.44 13 400 7660 -15.5 -32.5 22 16.9 -19.3 359 2 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.1 0.62 14 350 8654 -22.4 -45.1 11 22.7 -25.5 290 2 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.4 0.20 15 300 9764 -31.9 -49.3 16 17.4 -33.5 338 6 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.14 16 250 11023 -42.2 -57.1 18 14.9 -42.9 305 5 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.07 17 200 12496 -53.4 -55.8 75 2.4 -53.5 172 26 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.6 0.10 18 150 14284 -67.7 -68.4 91 0.7 -67.8 190 35 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.03 19 100 16691 -68.1 -82.7 11 14.6 -68.2 120 5 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.40 m Freezing level: 565.08 mb = 4978.94 m = 16334.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4716.39 m = 15473.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.60 % Est. max temperature: 39.98 C = 103.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.20 mb = 2838.37 m = 9312.12 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.23 mb = 3955.82 m = 12978.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.97 C = 109.35 F Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.94 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.31 C Cross Totals Index: 17.80 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 252.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 378.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.38 mb = 3181.56 m = 10438.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.38 mb = 4799.03 m = 15744.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.38 mb = 11649.07 m = 38218.27 ft B at Equ Level: 248.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.38 mb = 13985.50 m = 45883.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 206.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.5 neg: -4.7 tot: 67.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 10.53 Bulk Shear: 23.98 m/s