MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 30.94,-113.75 Latitude: 30.94 Longitude: -113.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 29.9 26.8 83 3.1 27.6 154 21 302.2 306.3 300.4 369.0 22.47 1 1000 91 29.1 25.2 80 3.9 26.2 154 26 302.2 306.0 299.3 363.2 20.56 2 950 548 28.6 16.2 47 12.4 20.1 154 25 306.2 308.5 295.1 343.1 12.30 3 900 1030 29.4 8.9 28 20.6 16.4 162 13 311.8 313.3 293.4 336.4 7.95 4 850 1537 27.3 6.9 27 20.5 14.6 181 7 314.8 316.2 293.8 337.8 7.34 5 800 2069 23.6 5.9 32 17.6 12.7 209 6 316.3 317.7 294.1 339.3 7.32 6 750 2628 19.4 1.2 29 18.3 9.0 177 6 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.5 5.56 7 700 3216 14.7 3.6 47 11.1 8.1 113 12 318.8 320.1 294.7 341.4 7.09 8 650 3837 9.1 0.3 54 8.9 4.2 102 17 319.3 320.5 294.0 338.6 6.01 9 600 4494 3.6 -2.4 65 6.0 0.4 131 14 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.5 5.33 10 550 5194 -2.2 -8.6 61 6.4 -5.1 136 20 321.5 322.2 292.7 333.5 3.63 11 500 5943 -7.2 -13.7 60 6.5 -9.7 157 18 324.3 324.8 292.6 333.2 2.66 12 450 6759 -11.2 -21.7 42 10.5 -14.5 166 21 329.2 329.5 292.9 334.4 1.50 13 400 7652 -17.3 -23.7 57 6.4 -19.1 163 23 332.5 332.8 293.7 337.5 1.41 14 350 8639 -24.1 -38.3 26 14.2 -26.3 150 17 336.2 336.3 293.8 337.8 0.40 15 300 9744 -32.6 -48.5 19 15.9 -34.0 105 9 339.5 339.5 294.3 340.1 0.16 16 250 11006 -41.4 -58.3 14 16.9 -42.2 288 16 344.5 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.06 17 200 12479 -53.5 -64.6 25 11.1 -53.8 268 29 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14270 -66.8 -71.7 50 4.9 -66.8 274 24 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16691 -70.0 -82.4 15 12.4 -70.1 85 5 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.27 m Freezing level: 568.86 mb = 4929.91 m = 16174.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.10 mb = 4546.74 m = 14916.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.12 % Est. max temperature: 41.93 C = 107.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.13 mb = 398.18 m = 1306.36 ft T: 28.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 32.55 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.70 mb = 3316.39 m = 10880.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.63 C = 115.94 F Cap Strength: 9.15 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.31 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.53 C Cross Totals Index: 14.05 C K Index: 30.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 945.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 641.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.42 mb = 1751.93 m = 5747.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.42 mb = 4299.29 m = 14105.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.42 mb = 12983.51 m = 42596.30 ft B at Equ Level: 933.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.42 mb = 15886.40 m = 52120.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.8 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 172.8 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -5.7 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 55.60 Bulk Shear: 17.00 m/s