MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 27.2 24.1 83 3.2 24.9 138 7 299.6 303.1 297.8 355.4 19.03 1 1000 82 27.0 23.6 82 3.4 24.5 142 11 300.1 303.6 297.7 354.8 18.63 2 950 536 25.2 18.9 68 6.3 20.8 161 14 302.7 305.4 295.7 346.1 14.64 3 900 1011 24.4 11.7 45 12.6 16.2 166 11 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.8 9.66 4 850 1509 21.6 8.7 44 12.9 13.6 162 9 308.8 310.3 292.9 334.2 8.33 5 800 2032 18.2 8.1 52 10.1 11.9 156 9 310.5 312.1 293.4 336.6 8.48 6 750 2581 14.4 7.1 61 7.4 9.9 145 9 312.2 313.8 293.9 338.4 8.45 7 700 3161 10.6 3.3 60 7.3 6.3 137 9 314.2 315.5 293.3 335.9 6.93 8 650 3774 6.8 -3.5 48 10.3 1.5 139 9 316.6 317.5 292.0 331.2 4.54 9 600 4427 3.0 -9.3 40 12.3 -2.5 140 7 319.6 320.2 291.7 329.9 3.14 10 550 5127 -0.6 -15.3 32 14.6 -6.3 132 7 323.3 323.8 291.9 330.5 2.12 11 500 5884 -3.8 -22.2 22 18.4 -9.8 125 8 328.4 328.7 292.5 333.0 1.29 12 450 6709 -7.7 -29.5 16 21.8 -13.6 113 6 333.5 333.7 293.4 336.3 0.74 13 400 7614 -13.8 -35.7 14 21.9 -18.4 85 5 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.8 0.46 14 350 8614 -21.1 -38.3 20 17.2 -24.1 67 10 340.3 340.4 294.8 341.9 0.40 15 300 9733 -29.4 -41.3 31 11.9 -31.0 69 22 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.4 0.34 16 250 11008 -39.3 -49.8 32 10.5 -40.1 69 44 347.6 347.6 296.3 348.3 0.16 17 200 12491 -52.7 -53.8 88 1.1 -52.8 54 46 349.3 349.3 296.6 349.8 0.13 18 150 14294 -63.9 -70.4 41 6.4 -64.0 53 20 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.02 19 100 16707 -73.3 -81.4 28 8.1 -73.3 57 15 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.12 m Freezing level: 558.64 mb = 5006.06 m = 16423.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.91 mb = 4017.52 m = 13180.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.64 % Est. max temperature: 36.00 C = 96.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.12 mb = 405.43 m = 1330.15 ft T: 25.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 21.17 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2330.19 m = 7644.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.09 C = 102.36 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 12.48 C K Index: 26.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 260.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.01 mb = 1246.59 m = 4089.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.01 mb = 3761.64 m = 12341.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 501.01 mb = 5867.54 m = 19250.22 ft B at Equ Level: 60.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 341.01 mb = 8802.66 m = 28879.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.0 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 176.0 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.5 neg: -3.4 tot: 10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 55.94 Bulk Shear: 1.09 m/s