MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 31.42,-114.41 Latitude: 31.42 Longitude: -114.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 2 30.5 27.2 83 3.3 28.0 135 11 303.2 307.4 300.9 372.1 23.08 1 1000 49 30.1 25.8 78 4.3 26.9 137 12 303.3 307.2 300.1 367.1 21.41 2 950 509 31.7 14.7 36 17.0 20.1 153 14 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.2 11.12 3 900 993 29.4 12.3 35 17.1 17.9 156 12 311.8 313.7 294.9 342.6 10.00 4 850 1499 25.7 10.2 37 15.6 15.6 156 11 313.1 314.9 294.7 341.6 9.20 5 800 2029 21.7 8.4 43 13.3 13.3 142 10 314.2 315.9 294.6 341.3 8.68 6 750 2584 17.1 6.5 50 10.6 10.6 126 10 315.1 316.7 294.5 340.7 8.15 7 700 3168 12.2 4.2 58 8.1 7.5 123 10 316.0 317.5 294.1 339.3 7.40 8 650 3784 7.5 -0.8 56 8.3 3.1 131 9 317.4 318.5 293.1 335.2 5.57 9 600 4439 3.9 -13.2 27 17.1 -3.2 185 6 320.6 321.0 291.2 328.3 2.30 10 550 5140 -0.2 -25.1 13 24.8 -7.9 196 4 323.8 324.0 290.9 327.0 0.91 11 500 5895 -5.4 -31.4 11 25.9 -12.0 188 6 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.4 0.56 12 450 6711 -11.3 -30.4 19 19.1 -15.9 211 6 329.0 329.2 292.1 331.5 0.68 13 400 7603 -17.9 -29.5 36 11.6 -20.5 238 9 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.8 0.83 14 350 8589 -23.9 -42.4 17 18.4 -26.5 244 11 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.5 0.26 15 300 9694 -32.2 -54.3 9 22.1 -33.9 247 19 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.08 16 250 10960 -39.9 -62.6 7 22.7 -40.9 237 19 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 17 200 12445 -51.9 -70.6 9 18.7 -52.2 220 21 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14249 -65.6 -75.3 25 9.7 -65.6 202 17 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16659 -72.0 -81.6 22 9.6 -72.1 224 9 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.88 m Freezing level: 552.94 mb = 5098.85 m = 16728.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.54 mb = 4097.98 m = 13444.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.52 % Est. max temperature: 40.28 C = 104.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.82 mb = 426.20 m = 1398.27 ft T: 31.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 45.08 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.23 mb = 2985.91 m = 9796.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.10 C = 109.58 F Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.59 C K Index: 33.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 888.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.14 mb = 2070.43 m = 6792.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.14 mb = 3769.86 m = 12368.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.14 mb = 12084.72 m = 39647.56 ft B at Equ Level: 885.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.14 mb = 16031.30 m = 52595.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.3 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 179.3 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -9.3 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 374.65 Bulk Shear: 2.37 m/s