MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 25 AUG 25 Station: 31.23127,121.47002 Latitude: 31.23 Longitude: 121.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 26.8 21.6 73 5.2 23.0 346 2 299.1 302.1 295.8 346.5 16.26 1 1000 93 26.7 20.8 70 5.9 22.5 349 2 299.8 302.7 295.6 345.4 15.60 2 950 547 26.3 18.6 63 7.7 20.9 314 2 303.9 306.5 295.8 346.6 14.36 3 900 1024 24.3 16.8 63 7.6 19.1 284 3 306.6 309.1 296.0 347.1 13.47 4 850 1523 21.3 14.6 65 6.7 16.7 275 4 308.5 310.8 295.7 346.0 12.37 5 800 2046 18.0 11.1 64 6.9 13.5 222 3 310.3 312.3 294.8 342.2 10.43 6 750 2596 14.3 7.9 65 6.4 10.3 177 4 312.1 313.8 294.2 339.7 8.94 7 700 3175 10.4 4.1 65 6.3 6.7 163 5 314.0 315.4 293.6 336.9 7.33 8 650 3788 6.3 1.2 70 5.1 3.4 147 6 316.1 317.3 293.4 336.3 6.41 9 600 4440 2.1 -3.9 64 6.1 -0.9 156 4 318.6 319.5 292.8 334.0 4.78 10 550 5138 -1.1 -12.0 43 10.9 -5.7 145 1 322.8 323.3 292.3 332.1 2.78 11 500 5893 -5.2 -16.0 42 10.8 -9.3 160 4 326.7 327.1 292.9 334.2 2.19 12 450 6713 -9.5 -30.5 16 20.9 -14.8 114 5 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.7 0.67 13 400 7612 -15.9 -31.7 24 15.8 -19.4 125 7 334.3 334.5 293.6 336.9 0.68 14 350 8604 -22.6 -36.3 28 13.7 -25.1 160 8 338.3 338.4 294.3 340.1 0.49 15 300 9714 -31.7 -41.4 38 9.7 -32.9 149 7 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.0 0.34 16 250 10978 -40.4 -50.4 33 10.0 -41.1 29 26 346.0 346.0 295.9 346.6 0.15 17 200 12464 -51.5 -52.9 86 1.3 -51.6 27 39 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.7 0.14 18 150 14273 -64.3 -73.2 28 8.9 -64.4 55 24 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16691 -70.1 -82.6 14 12.5 -70.2 84 18 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.36 m Freezing level: 566.80 mb = 4903.66 m = 16087.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.31 mb = 4300.97 m = 14110.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.00 % Est. max temperature: 35.82 C = 96.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.32 mb = 675.23 m = 2215.31 ft T: 25.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 14.99 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.87 mb = 2395.20 m = 7858.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.17 C = 102.51 F Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 34.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 267.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 258.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.02 mb = 1359.99 m = 4461.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.02 mb = 3649.10 m = 11971.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.02 mb = 10678.76 m = 35034.88 ft B at Equ Level: 264.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.02 mb = 13090.73 m = 42948.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.6 at 3.6 knts Storm direction: 207.6 at 2.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -5.0 tot: -5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 59.53 Bulk Shear: 4.49 m/s