MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 19 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 84 SFC 965 398 34.3 18.4 39 15.9 22.9 89 4 310.6 313.2 297.3 353.2 13.94 2 950 539 31.9 18.0 43 14.0 22.0 88 4 309.6 312.2 297.0 351.4 13.75 3 900 1022 27.1 17.1 54 10.0 20.1 91 4 309.5 312.0 296.9 351.2 13.74 4 850 1524 22.5 16.0 67 6.5 17.9 89 4 309.7 312.2 296.8 351.0 13.57 5 800 2050 19.6 12.6 64 7.0 14.9 82 4 312.1 314.3 296.1 347.6 11.54 6 750 2603 15.8 10.2 69 5.6 12.1 80 6 313.7 315.7 295.8 346.2 10.46 7 700 3186 11.5 8.0 79 3.5 9.3 77 5 315.2 317.1 295.6 345.5 9.68 8 650 3802 7.2 5.5 89 1.7 6.2 77 5 317.2 318.9 295.4 344.8 8.77 9 600 4457 3.4 1.6 88 1.9 2.4 100 5 320.1 321.5 295.1 343.1 7.18 10 550 5160 -0.2 -3.3 80 3.1 -1.8 129 6 323.8 324.9 294.7 341.8 5.47 11 500 5918 -4.2 -8.9 69 4.8 -6.4 141 5 328.0 328.8 294.6 341.1 3.89 12 450 6742 -8.8 -13.4 69 4.6 -10.7 117 3 332.2 332.8 295.0 342.6 3.02 13 400 7645 -14.6 -18.5 72 3.9 -16.0 121 3 336.0 336.4 295.3 343.8 2.21 14 350 8643 -21.2 -23.6 81 2.3 -21.9 152 5 340.2 340.5 295.8 346.1 1.63 15 300 9763 -29.2 -29.7 95 0.5 -29.3 158 8 344.2 344.5 296.3 348.3 1.08 16 250 11038 -39.7 -41.1 87 1.3 -39.9 183 7 347.0 347.1 296.3 348.7 0.42 17 200 12521 -52.3 -54.4 77 2.2 -52.4 187 16 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.5 0.12 18 150 14320 -66.2 -71.1 51 4.9 -66.2 249 16 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16737 -70.3 -82.3 15 12.0 -70.4 117 17 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.20 m Freezing level: 552.71 mb = 5121.75 m = 16803.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 571.59 mb = 4848.99 m = 15908.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.63 % Est. max temperature: 35.05 C = 95.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.55 mb = 2404.85 m = 7889.83 ft T: 17.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 12.12 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.20 mb = 2887.18 m = 9472.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.17 C = 100.71 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 39.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 558.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.94 mb = 2311.68 m = 7584.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.94 mb = 3415.35 m = 11205.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.94 mb = 12810.49 m = 42028.67 ft B at Equ Level: 558.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.94 mb = 15603.36 m = 51191.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.3 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 129.3 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2853.30 Bulk Shear: 0.20 m/s