MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 32.94,-112.24 Latitude: 32.94 Longitude: -112.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 125 SFC 965 436 30.5 17.2 45 13.3 21.2 212 1 306.8 309.2 295.6 345.5 12.88 2 950 577 28.3 16.7 50 11.5 20.3 203 2 305.9 308.2 295.3 344.0 12.71 3 900 1053 23.6 15.8 62 7.8 18.2 193 3 305.8 308.1 295.1 343.6 12.60 4 850 1549 19.1 14.5 75 4.6 16.0 194 4 306.1 308.4 295.0 343.0 12.28 5 800 2069 15.9 11.3 74 4.6 12.9 193 5 308.1 310.0 294.3 340.0 10.55 6 750 2614 12.2 8.5 78 3.8 9.9 181 7 309.8 311.6 293.9 338.3 9.31 7 700 3190 8.6 5.1 79 3.4 6.5 174 12 312.0 313.5 293.4 336.4 7.90 8 650 3800 4.8 2.0 82 2.8 3.2 174 15 314.4 315.7 293.3 335.8 6.82 9 600 4448 0.8 -2.1 81 2.8 -0.7 182 15 317.0 318.1 292.9 334.5 5.48 10 550 5142 -3.8 -7.5 75 3.8 -5.5 187 15 319.6 320.4 292.4 332.5 3.95 11 500 5889 -7.6 -14.2 59 6.6 -10.1 190 18 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.3 2.54 12 450 6703 -11.9 -24.9 33 13.0 -15.5 202 21 328.3 328.5 292.3 332.3 1.12 13 400 7594 -17.9 -30.7 32 12.8 -20.7 197 22 331.8 331.9 292.9 334.5 0.74 14 350 8582 -22.7 -31.7 44 9.0 -24.6 202 27 338.1 338.3 294.6 341.0 0.77 15 300 9700 -27.5 -57.1 4 29.6 -30.1 227 28 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.06 16 250 10985 -38.1 -62.3 6 24.2 -39.3 224 25 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.04 17 200 12478 -50.4 -71.0 7 20.6 -50.8 239 27 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14295 -64.2 -77.1 15 13.0 -64.3 241 30 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16703 -74.0 -80.5 36 6.5 -74.0 116 5 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.77 m Freezing level: 591.64 mb = 4564.46 m = 14975.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.70 mb = 4331.71 m = 14211.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.55 mb = 2115.93 m = 6941.95 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.21 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.48 mb = 2463.83 m = 8083.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.11 C = 91.59 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 334.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.33 mb = 2054.46 m = 6740.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.33 mb = 3114.79 m = 10219.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.33 mb = 8448.85 m = 27718.98 ft B at Equ Level: 333.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.33 mb = 11083.58 m = 36363.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.8 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 214.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 29.20 Bulk Shear: 11.45 m/s