MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 27.7 24.1 81 3.5 25.1 146 8 300.0 303.5 297.9 356.1 19.09 1 1000 83 27.3 23.6 80 3.7 24.6 149 12 300.5 303.9 297.8 355.4 18.69 2 950 537 25.7 18.0 63 7.6 20.4 163 17 303.2 305.8 295.3 344.2 13.82 3 900 1013 24.4 11.5 44 12.9 16.1 160 13 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.4 9.52 4 850 1511 21.7 9.2 45 12.5 13.8 151 11 308.9 310.5 293.1 335.2 8.63 5 800 2034 18.3 8.7 53 9.6 12.3 148 11 310.7 312.4 293.8 337.9 8.86 6 750 2584 14.6 7.2 61 7.4 10.0 145 11 312.4 314.0 294.0 338.8 8.51 7 700 3164 10.7 4.6 66 6.0 7.1 138 11 314.3 315.7 293.9 338.1 7.63 8 650 3777 6.7 -1.1 58 7.8 2.5 132 10 316.5 317.6 292.7 333.8 5.43 9 600 4431 3.3 -9.8 37 13.1 -2.5 125 7 319.9 320.5 291.7 329.9 3.02 10 550 5131 0.0 -16.3 28 16.3 -6.2 106 6 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.8 1.95 11 500 5889 -3.7 -23.4 20 19.7 -10.0 107 6 328.6 328.8 292.4 332.7 1.16 12 450 6714 -8.0 -30.2 15 22.2 -13.8 98 6 333.2 333.4 293.3 335.8 0.69 13 400 7619 -13.7 -34.8 15 21.1 -18.3 76 5 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.1 0.50 14 350 8618 -21.5 -37.4 23 15.9 -24.3 65 8 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.5 0.44 15 300 9736 -29.6 -44.0 23 14.4 -31.3 65 17 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.26 16 250 11009 -39.9 -46.0 52 6.1 -40.4 63 34 346.7 346.8 296.1 347.7 0.25 17 200 12491 -52.4 -54.1 82 1.7 -52.5 49 39 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.3 0.12 18 150 14296 -64.1 -69.3 49 5.2 -64.1 40 17 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16710 -73.3 -81.3 29 7.9 -73.3 46 15 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.92 m Freezing level: 549.85 mb = 5133.77 m = 16842.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.80 mb = 4100.03 m = 13451.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.04 % Est. max temperature: 36.13 C = 97.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.14 mb = 452.32 m = 1483.98 ft T: 25.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 20.82 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.91 mb = 2449.56 m = 8036.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.65 C = 103.37 F Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 12.88 C K Index: 28.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 282.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.18 mb = 1346.41 m = 4417.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.18 mb = 3888.87 m = 12758.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 561.18 mb = 4969.31 m = 16303.30 ft B at Equ Level: 26.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 461.18 mb = 6521.87 m = 21396.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.2 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 171.2 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -8.2 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.44 Bulk Shear: 2.82 m/s