MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 20.20,-119.81 Latitude: 20.20 Longitude: -119.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 1 24.2 22.4 90 1.7 22.9 43 6 295.9 299.0 295.5 345.0 17.03 1 1000 143 23.0 21.6 92 1.5 22.0 48 5 296.2 299.1 295.1 343.5 16.43 2 950 590 21.5 19.5 88 2.0 20.1 91 2 299.0 301.8 295.1 343.4 15.22 3 900 1060 20.3 15.5 74 4.8 17.1 102 1 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.1 12.41 4 850 1553 18.9 11.1 61 7.7 13.9 88 3 305.9 307.8 293.2 335.5 9.84 5 800 2072 16.7 8.0 56 8.7 11.3 97 7 308.9 310.5 293.0 334.6 8.42 6 750 2619 13.9 3.4 49 10.5 7.9 103 11 311.6 312.9 292.2 331.9 6.51 7 700 3198 10.4 -0.5 47 10.9 4.6 103 15 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.7 5.28 8 650 3810 6.5 -5.5 42 12.0 0.7 102 19 316.3 317.1 291.4 328.9 3.91 9 600 4462 2.2 -10.6 38 12.7 -3.3 99 21 318.6 319.2 291.2 328.0 2.85 10 550 5158 -2.2 -16.9 31 14.7 -7.6 97 18 321.5 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.84 11 500 5909 -6.5 -17.2 42 10.7 -10.4 94 15 325.1 325.5 292.2 331.9 1.99 12 450 6724 -11.9 -21.5 44 9.7 -14.9 92 9 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.6 1.52 13 400 7615 -17.9 -30.9 31 13.0 -20.7 85 13 331.8 331.9 292.9 334.5 0.73 14 350 8599 -24.7 -39.0 25 14.4 -26.9 92 15 335.5 335.6 293.6 336.9 0.37 15 300 9703 -32.8 -47.9 21 15.1 -34.2 72 22 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.17 16 250 10962 -41.9 -54.0 26 12.1 -42.6 50 29 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.10 17 200 12431 -54.5 -59.4 55 4.9 -54.6 33 36 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14216 -66.6 -70.6 57 4.0 -66.6 50 24 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16625 -70.6 -83.0 14 12.4 -70.7 112 25 391.2 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.96 m Freezing level: 575.35 mb = 4804.94 m = 15764.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.36 mb = 3919.09 m = 12857.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.21 mb = 219.84 m = 721.24 ft T: 22.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 17.27 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1930.88 m = 6334.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.40 C = 97.52 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 17.64 C K Index: 25.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 249.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 249.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.54 mb = 714.30 m = 2343.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.54 mb = 4440.75 m = 14569.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.54 mb = 10141.56 m = 33272.43 ft B at Equ Level: 249.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.54 mb = 13031.64 m = 42754.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 97.7 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 127.7 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.0 neg: -8.8 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.18 Bulk Shear: 11.26 m/s