MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 28.2 24.5 80 3.7 25.4 148 8 300.5 304.1 298.2 357.9 19.49 1 1000 90 27.7 23.8 79 4.0 24.8 151 12 300.9 304.3 298.0 356.3 18.83 2 950 544 25.9 18.1 62 7.8 20.5 158 16 303.4 306.0 295.4 344.6 13.88 3 900 1020 24.4 13.4 50 11.0 17.1 144 12 306.6 308.6 294.1 339.1 10.79 4 850 1518 21.6 11.6 53 10.0 15.1 131 11 308.8 310.7 294.3 339.7 10.17 5 800 2041 18.3 9.8 58 8.4 12.9 130 12 310.6 312.4 294.3 340.0 9.57 6 750 2592 14.8 7.1 60 7.7 10.0 131 12 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.8 8.46 7 700 3172 11.0 4.0 62 7.0 6.9 129 11 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.6 7.32 8 650 3786 6.8 -0.5 60 7.3 2.9 124 10 316.7 317.8 293.0 334.8 5.69 9 600 4440 3.3 -9.1 40 12.4 -2.3 113 7 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.4 3.19 10 550 5140 -0.2 -15.2 31 15.1 -6.1 93 6 323.9 324.3 292.0 331.1 2.12 11 500 5898 -3.7 -23.7 20 19.9 -10.1 83 7 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.5 1.13 12 450 6722 -8.2 -30.5 15 22.3 -14.0 81 7 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.4 0.67 13 400 7626 -14.0 -33.1 18 19.2 -18.3 83 8 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.0 0.59 14 350 8624 -21.9 -36.6 25 14.6 -24.6 83 9 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.0 0.48 15 300 9741 -29.2 -45.3 20 16.1 -31.1 76 14 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.1 0.22 16 250 11016 -39.4 -46.6 46 7.2 -40.0 53 36 347.5 347.5 296.3 348.4 0.23 17 200 12501 -52.5 -53.5 89 1.0 -52.5 40 38 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.2 0.13 18 150 14307 -63.9 -69.4 47 5.5 -63.9 58 14 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16730 -71.1 -82.1 18 11.0 -71.1 58 12 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.85 m Freezing level: 552.65 mb = 5103.07 m = 16742.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.28 mb = 4141.96 m = 13588.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.87 % Est. max temperature: 36.05 C = 96.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.79 mb = 480.93 m = 1577.84 ft T: 26.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 18.78 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.38 mb = 2396.30 m = 7861.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.61 C = 103.30 F Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 15.39 C K Index: 30.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 86.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 257.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.85 mb = 1326.97 m = 4353.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.85 mb = 3737.36 m = 12261.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 493.85 mb = 5994.46 m = 19666.63 ft B at Equ Level: 54.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.85 mb = 11751.12 m = 38553.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.6 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 158.6 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -10.1 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.64 Bulk Shear: 4.39 m/s