MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 31.2 23.9 65 7.3 25.7 121 8 303.6 307.0 298.6 359.5 18.79 1 1000 83 30.3 22.5 63 7.8 24.6 121 10 303.5 306.7 297.7 355.2 17.41 2 950 540 27.2 19.9 65 7.3 22.0 114 9 304.8 307.7 297.0 351.4 15.62 3 900 1018 24.4 17.9 67 6.5 19.8 112 6 306.7 309.4 296.7 350.2 14.48 4 850 1517 21.1 16.0 73 5.1 17.6 112 4 308.3 310.8 296.5 349.5 13.61 5 800 2040 17.8 11.7 67 6.1 13.8 119 4 310.2 312.2 295.1 343.4 10.88 6 750 2590 14.8 7.0 60 7.8 10.0 126 4 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.8 8.43 7 700 3171 11.2 3.9 60 7.4 6.9 124 3 314.9 316.3 293.7 337.7 7.24 8 650 3786 7.0 0.1 61 7.0 3.2 116 4 316.9 318.1 293.3 335.8 5.93 9 600 4439 3.0 -7.7 45 10.8 -2.0 112 2 319.6 320.3 292.0 331.3 3.56 10 550 5139 -0.7 -12.9 39 12.2 -5.7 111 3 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.9 2.57 11 500 5894 -4.7 -20.5 28 15.9 -10.0 88 4 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.6 1.49 12 450 6716 -9.0 -27.4 21 18.4 -14.0 81 7 332.0 332.2 293.1 335.3 0.90 13 400 7618 -14.5 -30.8 24 16.3 -18.4 76 8 336.2 336.3 294.0 338.9 0.74 14 350 8615 -22.0 -35.1 29 13.1 -24.4 71 9 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.3 0.55 15 300 9730 -30.1 -43.8 25 13.7 -31.7 81 7 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.26 16 250 11001 -39.8 -46.7 48 6.9 -40.4 68 23 346.9 346.9 296.1 347.8 0.23 17 200 12485 -51.9 -53.6 81 1.7 -52.0 56 27 350.6 350.6 296.9 351.2 0.13 18 150 14299 -63.4 -73.1 26 9.7 -63.5 89 15 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16715 -74.0 -81.3 32 7.2 -74.0 66 18 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.81 m Freezing level: 559.63 mb = 5004.00 m = 16417.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.91 mb = 4185.76 m = 13732.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.21 % Est. max temperature: 35.62 C = 96.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.06 mb = 938.90 m = 3080.35 ft T: 24.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 28.21 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.31 mb = 2090.11 m = 6857.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.02 C = 100.44 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 34.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.08 mb = 1393.63 m = 4572.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.08 mb = 3205.42 m = 10516.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.08 mb = 12905.98 m = 42341.92 ft B at Equ Level: 868.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.08 mb = 15775.07 m = 51754.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.1 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 144.1 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -47.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -4.8 tot: -4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 257.20 Bulk Shear: 3.41 m/s