MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 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 108 SFC 964 436 33.1 16.5 37 16.6 21.5 282 4 309.5 311.8 296.0 346.9 12.31 2 950 562 30.7 16.0 41 14.7 20.5 278 4 308.4 310.6 295.5 345.0 12.10 3 900 1042 26.0 15.0 51 10.9 18.5 259 3 308.3 310.5 295.4 344.7 12.04 4 850 1542 21.1 14.1 64 7.1 16.4 226 3 308.3 310.5 295.4 344.6 11.97 5 800 2064 16.3 12.9 81 3.3 14.1 201 4 308.5 310.7 295.3 344.3 11.81 6 750 2610 11.7 11.0 96 0.7 11.3 186 7 309.3 311.3 295.0 342.9 11.06 7 700 3185 8.3 7.0 91 1.3 7.5 185 13 311.7 313.4 294.2 339.5 9.01 8 650 3795 5.3 1.6 77 3.7 3.2 187 14 315.0 316.2 293.3 335.9 6.64 9 600 4445 1.3 -3.2 72 4.5 -1.0 191 13 317.6 318.6 292.7 333.7 5.03 10 550 5140 -3.3 -7.8 71 4.5 -5.4 195 14 320.1 320.9 292.4 332.7 3.86 11 500 5888 -7.5 -17.4 45 9.9 -11.0 194 19 323.9 324.2 291.9 330.5 1.94 12 450 6702 -11.6 -31.6 17 20.0 -16.3 201 18 328.6 328.8 291.9 330.9 0.61 13 400 7593 -17.5 -37.3 16 19.8 -21.1 205 24 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.7 0.39 14 350 8583 -22.4 -36.3 27 14.0 -24.9 210 25 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.5 0.49 15 300 9704 -27.4 -63.1 2 35.7 -30.2 231 31 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 16 250 10987 -38.3 -66.8 3 28.5 -39.5 238 31 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 17 200 12478 -50.6 -70.3 8 19.7 -51.0 238 29 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 18 150 14295 -64.2 -77.0 16 12.8 -64.3 241 33 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16701 -73.6 -80.7 33 7.1 -73.7 168 11 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.58 m Freezing level: 586.14 mb = 4637.70 m = 15215.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.57 mb = 4289.94 m = 14074.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.92 mb = 2520.70 m = 8269.90 ft T: 12.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 16.45 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.20 mb = 2517.58 m = 8259.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 41.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 371.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.52 mb = 2425.34 m = 7957.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.52 mb = 2592.53 m = 8505.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.52 mb = 8551.02 m = 28054.19 ft B at Equ Level: 370.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.52 mb = 11500.08 m = 37729.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.7 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 224.7 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 25.16 Bulk Shear: 14.76 m/s