MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 30.59,-113.44 Latitude: 30.59 Longitude: -113.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 2 29.6 25.3 78 4.3 26.3 163 10 301.8 305.6 299.1 362.3 20.44 1 1000 94 28.9 23.1 71 5.8 24.6 166 12 302.1 305.4 297.8 355.5 18.09 2 950 550 26.3 19.0 64 7.3 21.1 166 11 303.8 306.6 296.1 347.6 14.72 3 900 1026 23.2 16.5 66 6.7 18.6 154 9 305.5 307.9 295.6 345.2 13.26 4 850 1522 19.7 13.9 69 5.8 15.8 149 8 306.8 309.0 294.9 342.5 11.86 5 800 2043 16.7 11.1 70 5.6 13.1 168 7 308.9 310.9 294.5 340.7 10.44 6 750 2590 13.3 8.1 71 5.2 10.1 201 8 311.0 312.7 294.1 339.0 9.10 7 700 3168 9.7 4.6 71 5.1 6.7 227 7 313.2 314.6 293.6 336.9 7.61 8 650 3780 5.8 -0.3 65 6.1 2.5 227 7 315.5 316.6 292.7 333.9 5.78 9 600 4430 1.6 -3.2 71 4.7 -0.9 208 10 317.9 318.9 292.8 334.1 5.05 10 550 5127 -2.3 -7.9 66 5.6 -4.8 206 12 321.4 322.1 292.8 334.0 3.85 11 500 5878 -6.4 -18.1 39 11.7 -10.5 185 16 325.2 325.6 292.2 331.6 1.84 12 450 6695 -10.7 -30.6 18 19.9 -15.6 172 14 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.2 0.66 13 400 7590 -16.7 -41.3 10 24.6 -20.8 192 17 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.26 14 350 8580 -22.6 -41.5 16 18.9 -25.5 187 18 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.4 0.29 15 300 9699 -28.2 -48.0 13 19.8 -30.4 229 20 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.3 0.16 16 250 10980 -38.1 -56.3 13 18.2 -39.3 251 30 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.07 17 200 12474 -50.2 -66.3 13 16.0 -50.7 252 26 353.2 353.2 297.4 353.3 0.03 18 150 14288 -65.0 -72.8 34 7.7 -65.1 219 17 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16693 -73.1 -80.1 34 7.0 -73.2 219 5 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.73 m Freezing level: 579.67 mb = 4713.60 m = 15464.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.64 mb = 4260.92 m = 13979.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.25 % Est. max temperature: 34.30 C = 93.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.12 mb = 549.03 m = 1801.27 ft T: 26.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 28.46 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1870.57 m = 6136.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.99 C = 96.78 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 35.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 706.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.23 mb = 1288.06 m = 4225.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.23 mb = 2610.09 m = 8563.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.23 mb = 9980.02 m = 32742.46 ft B at Equ Level: 704.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.23 mb = 15218.33 m = 49928.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.2 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 220.2 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -12.1 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 226.25 Bulk Shear: 3.12 m/s