MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 17 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 74 SFC 964 397 29.6 18.9 53 10.7 22.1 169 3 306.0 308.7 296.5 349.3 14.43 2 950 525 29.0 17.9 51 11.1 21.2 175 5 306.6 309.1 296.1 347.7 13.68 3 900 1005 25.8 16.3 56 9.4 19.2 206 2 308.1 310.5 296.1 347.6 13.08 4 850 1506 22.9 14.5 59 8.4 17.2 357 3 310.1 312.5 296.1 347.8 12.34 5 800 2033 19.8 12.6 63 7.2 15.0 33 5 312.2 314.4 296.1 347.8 11.55 6 750 2586 16.3 9.8 65 6.5 12.1 78 6 314.2 316.2 295.7 345.9 10.18 7 700 3170 12.1 6.6 69 5.4 8.7 105 7 315.9 317.5 295.1 343.4 8.79 8 650 3787 7.8 3.4 74 4.3 5.2 123 8 317.7 319.2 294.7 341.7 7.56 9 600 4442 3.2 0.3 81 2.9 1.6 128 9 319.9 321.1 294.5 340.9 6.55 10 550 5143 -1.1 -4.1 80 3.0 -2.6 124 9 322.8 323.8 294.2 339.6 5.14 11 500 5898 -5.2 -8.4 78 3.2 -6.7 123 7 326.8 327.6 294.4 340.4 4.07 12 450 6720 -9.9 -13.3 76 3.5 -11.3 13 1 330.8 331.4 294.6 341.3 3.04 13 400 7619 -15.5 -19.0 75 3.5 -16.7 333 4 334.8 335.3 294.9 342.4 2.13 14 350 8614 -22.3 -26.0 72 3.7 -23.2 304 5 338.7 339.0 295.1 343.5 1.31 15 300 9728 -30.3 -31.5 89 1.2 -30.6 205 5 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.1 0.91 16 250 10998 -40.4 -41.3 91 0.9 -40.5 189 11 346.1 346.2 296.1 347.7 0.41 17 200 12478 -52.7 -57.1 59 4.4 -52.8 187 15 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.08 18 150 14275 -65.6 -70.7 49 5.1 -65.7 208 19 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16712 -70.3 -82.5 15 12.2 -70.4 112 16 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.19 m Freezing level: 562.72 mb = 4964.99 m = 16289.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.02 mb = 4701.41 m = 15424.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.38 % Est. max temperature: 35.24 C = 95.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.27 mb = 1762.77 m = 5783.29 ft T: 21.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 8.21 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.98 mb = 3062.11 m = 10046.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.11 C = 102.40 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 295.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 245.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.11 mb = 2139.48 m = 7019.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.11 mb = 4106.81 m = 13473.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.11 mb = 11128.97 m = 36511.92 ft B at Equ Level: 294.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.11 mb = 14065.45 m = 46145.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.1 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 142.1 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -0.6 tot: 29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 62.20 Bulk Shear: 4.76 m/s