MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 31.67,-110.15 Latitude: 31.67 Longitude: -110.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 566 2 900 1031 SFC 856 1460 20.9 15.5 71 5.4 17.2 182 3 307.4 309.8 295.9 346.7 13.03 4 850 1525 20.2 14.8 71 5.4 16.5 177 4 307.3 309.7 295.6 345.2 12.56 5 800 2047 18.6 12.1 66 6.5 14.3 167 3 310.9 313.0 295.6 345.1 11.16 6 750 2599 15.4 10.3 71 5.2 12.1 45 3 313.3 315.4 295.7 345.9 10.53 7 700 3182 12.3 7.5 73 4.8 9.3 60 10 316.1 317.9 295.6 345.5 9.37 8 650 3800 8.1 4.8 80 3.3 6.1 70 17 318.1 319.8 295.4 344.5 8.32 9 600 4457 3.4 1.6 88 1.8 2.4 72 21 320.0 321.4 295.0 343.0 7.17 10 550 5158 -0.9 -3.1 85 2.2 -2.0 77 23 323.1 324.1 294.6 341.2 5.56 11 500 5913 -4.9 -7.2 84 2.3 -6.0 74 19 327.0 327.9 294.8 341.9 4.44 12 450 6736 -9.3 -11.1 87 1.8 -10.1 58 13 331.5 332.3 295.3 344.0 3.64 13 400 7637 -14.7 -15.3 95 0.6 -14.9 30 9 335.9 336.5 295.8 346.2 2.92 14 350 8636 -21.2 -21.4 98 0.2 -21.2 337 7 340.2 340.6 296.0 347.4 1.98 15 300 9755 -29.5 -29.5 99 0.1 -29.5 325 7 343.8 344.1 296.2 348.0 1.10 16 250 11029 -39.5 -39.6 100 0.0 -39.5 308 5 347.3 347.4 296.5 349.2 0.49 17 200 12517 -50.9 -51.1 98 0.2 -51.0 247 15 352.1 352.1 297.3 352.8 0.17 18 150 14324 -66.2 -66.5 97 0.2 -66.2 222 26 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.03 19 100 16713 -69.6 -81.5 16 11.9 -69.6 110 17 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.53 m Freezing level: 560.21 mb = 5014.58 m = 16451.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.11 mb = 4826.11 m = 15833.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.37 mb = 2150.80 m = 7056.33 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 4.74 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.41 mb = 3542.27 m = 11621.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.39 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.76 mb = 2738.04 m = 8982.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.76 mb = 4830.96 m = 15849.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.76 mb = 6517.35 m = 21382.11 ft B at Equ Level: 40.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 352.76 mb = 8577.24 m = 28140.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.1 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 100.1 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 28.47 m/s