MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 19.05,-112.25 Latitude: 19.05 Longitude: -112.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 27.0 23.2 80 3.8 24.2 77 1 299.1 302.4 297.0 351.5 17.94 1 1000 111 25.9 22.7 82 3.2 23.6 89 1 299.1 302.3 296.8 350.6 17.64 2 950 562 23.2 19.2 79 3.9 20.4 165 4 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.5 14.92 3 900 1033 21.2 15.9 72 5.3 17.6 165 6 303.3 305.7 294.6 341.1 12.71 4 850 1527 19.2 12.3 64 6.9 14.7 146 6 306.3 308.2 293.9 338.3 10.64 5 800 2047 16.5 9.3 62 7.2 12.0 127 7 308.8 310.5 293.6 336.9 9.25 6 750 2594 13.3 6.4 63 6.9 9.2 118 9 311.0 312.5 293.3 335.9 8.09 7 700 3171 9.6 3.3 65 6.3 6.0 118 10 313.2 314.5 293.0 334.9 6.96 8 650 3783 5.6 1.3 74 4.3 3.2 121 12 315.3 316.6 293.3 335.8 6.51 9 600 4434 1.6 -2.2 76 3.8 -0.4 123 14 318.0 319.0 293.2 335.3 5.42 10 550 5130 -2.1 -7.3 68 5.2 -4.6 120 15 321.6 322.4 293.0 334.8 4.02 11 500 5882 -6.5 -10.8 72 4.2 -8.4 123 13 325.1 325.7 293.4 336.3 3.36 12 450 6698 -11.1 -24.2 33 13.2 -14.9 96 12 329.3 329.5 292.7 333.6 1.20 13 400 7595 -16.0 -26.0 42 10.0 -18.7 104 8 334.2 334.4 293.9 338.4 1.14 14 350 8586 -23.3 -34.4 36 11.0 -25.4 110 1 337.3 337.4 294.2 339.6 0.59 15 300 9696 -31.0 -44.4 26 13.4 -32.5 354 13 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.7 0.25 16 250 10960 -41.9 -46.2 63 4.3 -42.2 350 19 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.8 0.24 17 200 12432 -53.7 -62.5 33 8.8 -53.9 345 18 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.04 18 150 14216 -68.6 -70.4 77 1.8 -68.7 306 6 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 19 100 16599 -73.1 -83.2 20 10.1 -73.2 34 13 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.61 m Freezing level: 578.40 mb = 4734.63 m = 15533.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.37 mb = 4361.07 m = 14307.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.97 % Est. max temperature: 33.45 C = 92.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.94 mb = 488.64 m = 1603.11 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 16.59 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.73 mb = 1838.10 m = 6030.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.71 C = 96.27 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 18.85 C K Index: 31.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 425.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.42 mb = 942.29 m = 3091.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.42 mb = 3237.39 m = 10621.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.42 mb = 11672.47 m = 38295.03 ft B at Equ Level: 422.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.42 mb = 14860.63 m = 48754.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.2 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 155.2 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -2.5 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 53.90 Bulk Shear: 7.90 m/s