MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 15 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 66 SFC 963 398 32.7 16.0 37 16.7 21.2 251 8 309.2 311.5 295.7 345.6 11.98 2 950 519 32.5 14.8 34 17.7 20.4 248 12 310.2 312.3 295.3 344.3 11.17 3 900 1004 29.4 13.6 38 15.7 18.7 242 12 311.8 313.9 295.6 345.5 10.96 4 850 1510 25.6 12.9 45 12.7 17.1 239 5 312.9 315.1 296.0 347.2 11.08 5 800 2040 21.2 11.8 55 9.4 15.0 136 0 313.7 315.8 296.1 347.6 10.94 6 750 2595 16.4 10.3 67 6.0 12.4 38 2 314.3 316.4 296.0 347.2 10.59 7 700 3179 12.7 5.2 60 7.6 8.2 305 1 316.6 318.1 294.7 341.6 7.93 8 650 3797 8.6 0.4 56 8.2 4.0 246 6 318.7 319.8 293.9 338.1 6.07 9 600 4454 3.8 -2.7 62 6.5 0.4 247 6 320.5 321.5 293.7 337.4 5.22 10 550 5155 -0.6 -6.7 64 6.0 -3.6 229 5 323.3 324.1 293.6 337.2 4.22 11 500 5911 -4.8 -12.1 56 7.3 -7.9 209 7 327.2 327.8 293.7 337.4 3.01 12 450 6732 -9.9 -19.7 45 9.7 -13.2 188 7 330.8 331.1 293.6 337.0 1.79 13 400 7630 -16.0 -19.1 77 3.1 -17.0 188 7 334.3 334.7 294.7 341.7 2.12 14 350 8624 -22.4 -24.6 82 2.2 -22.9 182 10 338.6 338.9 295.3 344.0 1.49 15 300 9738 -30.4 -34.5 67 4.1 -31.1 195 10 342.5 342.7 295.6 345.2 0.68 16 250 11006 -41.0 -44.7 67 3.7 -41.3 193 14 345.1 345.2 295.8 346.3 0.28 17 200 12483 -52.9 -60.2 41 7.3 -53.1 186 8 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.06 18 150 14275 -67.3 -69.6 73 2.2 -67.3 153 18 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16682 -69.3 -81.3 16 12.1 -69.4 185 3 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.42 m Freezing level: 557.34 mb = 5052.08 m = 16574.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.27 mb = 4517.37 m = 14820.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.68 % Est. max temperature: 37.02 C = 98.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.38 mb = 2521.86 m = 8273.71 ft T: 17.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 10.40 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.47 mb = 3727.12 m = 12227.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.88 C = 107.38 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.38 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: 35.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 266.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.67 mb = 2908.95 m = 9543.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.67 mb = 5043.38 m = 16546.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.67 mb = 9100.14 m = 29855.75 ft B at Equ Level: 62.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.67 mb = 11340.62 m = 37206.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -179.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -17.4 tot: -16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.49 Bulk Shear: 5.07 m/s