MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 18.18,-126.97 Latitude: 18.18 Longitude: -126.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 24.0 19.8 77 4.2 21.1 34 8 295.9 298.5 293.7 337.5 14.46 1 1000 130 22.7 18.7 78 3.9 20.0 35 8 295.8 298.3 293.2 335.3 13.73 2 950 574 19.1 16.3 84 2.8 17.2 38 7 296.6 298.8 292.3 332.3 12.38 3 900 1041 20.3 6.2 40 14.1 12.1 37 7 302.4 303.7 289.4 322.2 6.60 4 850 1533 19.0 1.5 31 17.5 9.5 42 7 306.1 307.0 289.2 321.4 5.00 5 800 2051 17.0 -0.5 30 17.5 7.7 51 7 309.3 310.1 289.9 323.6 4.61 6 750 2598 14.0 0.5 40 13.5 6.6 64 7 311.8 312.8 291.2 328.3 5.28 7 700 3176 10.1 -1.2 45 11.3 4.2 72 9 313.7 314.7 291.6 329.6 5.03 8 650 3787 6.2 -6.9 38 13.2 0.0 74 9 316.0 316.7 290.9 327.3 3.49 9 600 4439 2.7 -12.5 32 15.1 -3.6 73 8 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.3 2.44 10 550 5137 -1.2 -18.1 26 16.9 -7.3 77 9 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.3 1.67 11 500 5890 -5.9 -25.8 19 19.9 -11.6 86 8 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.2 0.93 12 450 6707 -10.8 -36.1 11 25.2 -16.2 24 4 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.39 13 400 7602 -16.5 -45.7 6 29.2 -20.9 358 2 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.16 14 350 8591 -23.7 -48.9 8 25.2 -26.6 144 4 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.3 0.13 15 300 9697 -32.7 -48.2 20 15.5 -34.1 119 5 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.16 16 250 10952 -43.4 -53.1 33 9.7 -43.9 101 7 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.0 0.11 17 200 12417 -54.4 -64.3 29 9.9 -54.6 96 13 346.6 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14203 -67.1 -72.4 47 5.3 -67.1 106 19 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 19 100 16611 -71.5 -83.6 15 12.1 -71.6 89 15 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.54 m Freezing level: 565.83 mb = 4916.14 m = 16128.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.33 mb = 3795.86 m = 12453.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.98 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.94 mb = 538.44 m = 1766.51 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.12 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.39 mb = 2923.65 m = 9591.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.06 C = 105.90 F Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lifted Index: 4.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.03 C Showalter Index: 9.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 7.37 C K Index: 15.08 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 40.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5719.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.46 mb = 1017.39 m = 3337.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.4 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 93.4 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.91 Bulk Shear: 1.92 m/s