MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 1010 4 28.9 24.8 79 4.1 25.8 117 7 301.2 304.8 298.7 359.7 19.84 1 1000 91 28.3 23.9 77 4.4 25.1 121 10 301.5 305.0 298.2 357.6 19.03 2 950 547 26.7 18.9 62 7.8 21.2 117 11 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.9 14.63 3 900 1024 24.7 15.7 57 9.1 18.5 102 10 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.8 12.53 4 850 1523 21.6 13.2 59 8.3 16.0 104 9 308.7 310.9 295.0 343.0 11.30 5 800 2046 18.1 10.4 61 7.7 13.1 112 10 310.5 312.3 294.6 341.0 9.96 6 750 2596 14.6 7.3 61 7.3 10.1 120 9 312.4 314.1 294.1 339.0 8.57 7 700 3176 10.8 4.3 64 6.5 7.0 122 7 314.5 315.9 293.8 337.9 7.48 8 650 3790 6.7 0.7 66 6.0 3.4 119 7 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.2 6.20 9 600 4443 2.9 -7.9 45 10.8 -2.1 105 4 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.0 3.51 10 550 5143 -0.7 -13.9 36 13.2 -6.0 98 3 323.3 323.8 292.1 331.3 2.38 11 500 5898 -4.5 -21.5 25 17.1 -10.1 99 5 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.4 1.37 12 450 6722 -8.3 -28.8 17 20.6 -13.8 99 9 332.8 333.0 293.3 335.7 0.78 13 400 7626 -13.9 -31.9 20 18.0 -18.1 96 11 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.4 0.66 14 350 8625 -21.6 -37.5 22 15.9 -24.4 83 12 339.7 339.7 294.6 341.3 0.43 15 300 9743 -29.4 -42.5 27 13.2 -31.1 59 16 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.2 0.30 16 250 11016 -40.0 -45.3 57 5.3 -40.4 51 33 346.6 346.7 296.1 347.7 0.27 17 200 12502 -51.9 -52.7 91 0.8 -52.0 49 28 350.6 350.6 296.9 351.2 0.14 18 150 14312 -63.9 -70.0 43 6.2 -64.0 66 15 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.02 19 100 16728 -72.1 -81.7 22 9.6 -72.2 69 15 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.55 m Freezing level: 559.37 mb = 5011.73 m = 16442.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.17 mb = 4186.56 m = 13735.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.67 % Est. max temperature: 36.10 C = 96.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.34 mb = 524.72 m = 1721.51 ft T: 26.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 28.72 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.35 mb = 2203.65 m = 7229.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.75 C = 101.74 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 32.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 512.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 186.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.81 mb = 1321.71 m = 4336.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.81 mb = 3237.87 m = 10622.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.81 mb = 12343.74 m = 40497.36 ft B at Equ Level: 512.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.81 mb = 14947.91 m = 49041.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 111.7 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 141.7 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -5.5 tot: -0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 421.62 Bulk Shear: 1.22 m/s