MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 106 SFC 963 436 31.6 17.5 43 14.0 21.7 243 4 308.0 310.5 296.2 347.9 13.20 2 950 559 30.6 16.7 43 13.9 20.9 245 5 308.2 310.6 295.8 346.6 12.66 3 900 1040 26.2 15.5 52 10.7 18.8 241 4 308.5 310.9 295.8 346.1 12.39 4 850 1541 22.1 13.6 59 8.5 16.4 203 6 309.3 311.5 295.4 344.7 11.62 5 800 2064 17.4 12.1 71 5.4 13.9 195 8 309.7 311.8 295.2 343.7 11.14 6 750 2612 12.6 10.3 86 2.2 11.1 189 9 310.2 312.2 294.9 342.5 10.56 7 700 3188 8.7 5.6 81 3.1 6.9 198 10 312.2 313.7 293.7 337.5 8.18 8 650 3799 5.6 0.5 70 5.1 2.8 220 8 315.3 316.4 292.9 334.6 6.11 9 600 4449 0.9 -3.6 72 4.5 -1.4 207 8 317.2 318.1 292.4 332.8 4.87 10 550 5143 -3.6 -16.3 36 12.8 -8.2 182 12 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.4 1.94 11 500 5891 -6.1 -29.2 14 23.1 -12.2 186 16 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.0 0.68 12 450 6708 -10.7 -43.4 5 32.7 -16.5 200 14 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.18 13 400 7605 -15.4 -44.1 7 28.7 -20.0 219 15 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.7 0.19 14 350 8600 -21.8 -44.1 11 22.3 -25.0 238 24 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.22 15 300 9720 -28.6 -53.6 7 25.0 -30.9 233 36 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.09 16 250 10998 -38.9 -62.8 6 23.9 -40.1 239 33 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 17 200 12486 -51.5 -66.7 15 15.2 -51.8 243 31 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14297 -64.5 -76.1 19 11.7 -64.6 246 26 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16708 -71.0 -80.2 24 9.2 -71.1 187 14 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.57 m Freezing level: 590.02 mb = 4587.62 m = 15051.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4226.78 m = 13867.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.13 mb = 2212.99 m = 7260.39 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 21.56 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.05 mb = 2589.16 m = 8494.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.75 C = 92.74 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 38.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 314.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.89 mb = 2390.16 m = 7841.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.89 mb = 2896.59 m = 9503.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.89 mb = 8706.56 m = 28564.47 ft B at Equ Level: 313.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.89 mb = 12324.54 m = 40434.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.6 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 227.6 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 47.52 Bulk Shear: 6.62 m/s