MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 27 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 95 SFC 962 436 32.6 16.8 39 15.9 21.5 250 5 309.2 311.5 296.0 347.3 12.57 2 950 549 30.9 16.3 42 14.6 20.8 248 5 308.5 310.9 295.7 346.1 12.39 3 900 1030 26.2 15.4 51 10.8 18.8 242 5 308.5 310.8 295.7 345.8 12.30 4 850 1530 21.6 14.3 63 7.4 16.7 228 5 308.8 311.1 295.6 345.6 12.11 5 800 2053 17.2 12.5 74 4.7 14.1 198 6 309.5 311.7 295.4 344.5 11.48 6 750 2601 12.6 10.2 85 2.4 11.1 183 8 310.3 312.3 294.9 342.4 10.51 7 700 3177 9.3 5.4 77 3.8 7.0 190 11 312.7 314.3 293.8 337.8 8.08 8 650 3789 6.2 0.8 68 5.4 3.2 206 10 315.9 317.1 293.2 335.7 6.25 9 600 4441 1.8 -3.3 69 5.1 -0.8 204 11 318.2 319.1 292.9 334.2 4.99 10 550 5137 -2.8 -14.0 42 11.2 -7.1 193 13 320.8 321.3 291.3 328.7 2.36 11 500 5886 -6.8 -21.6 30 14.8 -11.5 186 17 324.8 325.0 291.6 329.5 1.36 12 450 6702 -10.8 -35.3 11 24.6 -16.0 195 16 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.3 0.42 13 400 7597 -16.2 -42.1 9 25.8 -20.5 207 21 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.8 0.24 14 350 8591 -21.5 -50.5 5 28.9 -25.1 227 26 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.1 0.11 15 300 9713 -27.9 -57.8 4 29.9 -30.4 232 38 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 16 250 10994 -38.7 -64.1 5 25.4 -39.9 237 31 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.03 17 200 12484 -51.0 -68.8 10 17.8 -51.4 237 30 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14298 -64.6 -75.2 22 10.7 -64.7 243 26 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16703 -72.7 -80.3 31 7.6 -72.7 160 12 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.10 m Freezing level: 580.46 mb = 4712.71 m = 15461.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.05 mb = 4305.65 m = 14125.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.53 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.03 mb = 2432.36 m = 7980.09 ft T: 14.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 18.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.22 mb = 2609.48 m = 8561.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.77 C = 92.79 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 274.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.60 mb = 2403.90 m = 7886.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.60 mb = 3146.07 m = 10321.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.60 mb = 8536.05 m = 28005.06 ft B at Equ Level: 272.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.60 mb = 11475.82 m = 37649.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.8 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 227.8 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 34.30 Bulk Shear: 8.01 m/s