MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 26 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 1009 4 33.2 23.6 57 9.6 26.1 122 6 305.5 309.0 298.9 361.1 18.51 1 1000 87 31.5 22.2 58 9.3 24.7 122 7 304.7 307.9 297.8 355.8 17.12 2 950 546 27.8 20.3 64 7.5 22.3 108 5 305.4 308.3 297.3 353.1 15.95 3 900 1024 24.1 18.8 72 5.3 20.3 120 3 306.3 309.2 297.1 352.3 15.30 4 850 1522 20.7 16.4 76 4.4 17.7 138 2 307.9 310.5 296.6 349.9 13.91 5 800 2045 17.4 12.7 74 4.7 14.3 151 2 309.7 311.9 295.5 345.0 11.60 6 750 2594 14.4 7.6 64 6.8 10.2 160 2 312.2 313.9 294.1 339.4 8.79 7 700 3174 10.8 4.0 63 6.8 6.9 156 3 314.5 315.9 293.7 337.4 7.32 8 650 3788 6.7 1.0 67 5.6 3.5 131 4 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.7 6.36 9 600 4441 2.6 -6.9 50 9.5 -1.9 129 3 319.2 319.9 292.2 331.6 3.81 10 550 5140 -1.1 -12.1 43 11.0 -5.7 143 4 322.8 323.3 292.3 332.0 2.75 11 500 5894 -5.1 -19.2 32 14.1 -10.0 134 3 326.8 327.1 292.4 332.6 1.67 12 450 6715 -9.3 -27.6 21 18.3 -14.3 104 4 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.8 0.88 13 400 7616 -14.8 -30.7 25 15.9 -18.6 69 5 335.8 335.9 294.0 338.5 0.74 14 350 8612 -22.0 -33.8 34 11.8 -24.4 77 5 339.0 339.2 294.7 341.4 0.62 15 300 9725 -31.2 -44.5 26 13.4 -32.7 88 12 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.4 0.24 16 250 10992 -40.0 -44.7 61 4.7 -40.4 63 27 346.7 346.7 296.1 347.8 0.29 17 200 12476 -52.1 -52.8 92 0.7 -52.2 58 31 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.8 0.14 18 150 14286 -63.9 -72.5 30 8.6 -64.0 93 21 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16715 -73.0 -81.8 25 8.8 -73.0 38 17 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.27 m Freezing level: 564.77 mb = 4933.12 m = 16184.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.21 mb = 4210.28 m = 13813.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.81 % Est. max temperature: 35.23 C = 95.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.71 mb = 1222.58 m = 4011.03 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 29.47 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1940.29 m = 6365.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.00 C = 98.59 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1269.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.84 mb = 1452.44 m = 4765.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.84 mb = 2800.21 m = 9186.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.84 mb = 13431.09 m = 44064.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1252.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.3 at 3.2 knts Storm direction: 164.3 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -3.0 tot: -2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1198.76 Bulk Shear: 1.06 m/s