MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 31.37,-114.09 Latitude: 31.37 Longitude: -114.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 4 30.1 24.1 70 6.0 25.6 149 9 302.2 305.7 298.4 358.3 18.97 1 1000 112 29.2 21.8 64 7.4 23.8 153 10 302.3 305.4 297.0 351.4 16.62 2 950 568 27.3 16.4 51 10.9 19.8 186 11 304.9 307.2 294.8 342.1 12.44 3 900 1045 24.4 14.2 53 10.2 17.5 193 7 306.7 308.8 294.6 341.0 11.38 4 850 1543 21.5 11.2 52 10.3 14.8 219 3 308.7 310.5 294.0 338.7 9.88 5 800 2066 17.8 8.1 53 9.6 11.8 231 4 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.2 8.52 6 750 2614 13.7 4.2 53 9.5 8.2 200 4 311.4 312.7 292.5 332.8 6.91 7 700 3191 9.2 0.5 54 8.7 4.5 182 6 312.7 313.8 291.9 330.6 5.69 8 650 3800 5.0 -4.2 51 9.2 0.5 191 9 314.6 315.4 291.2 328.3 4.31 9 600 4449 0.8 -9.3 47 10.1 -3.6 213 13 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.3 3.16 10 550 5142 -3.2 -12.8 47 9.7 -7.0 209 21 320.3 320.8 291.4 329.0 2.59 11 500 5891 -7.0 -25.3 22 18.4 -12.2 202 22 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.0 0.98 12 450 6705 -11.3 -43.7 5 32.4 -16.9 213 24 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.18 13 400 7600 -16.3 -32.7 23 16.5 -19.8 221 35 333.8 334.0 293.3 336.1 0.61 14 350 8592 -23.1 -30.1 53 7.0 -24.6 223 39 337.7 337.9 294.6 341.0 0.90 15 300 9705 -29.5 -59.2 4 29.7 -31.7 222 43 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 16 250 10980 -38.9 -63.3 6 24.4 -40.1 231 43 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 17 200 12471 -50.7 -62.7 23 12.0 -51.0 231 40 352.5 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.04 18 150 14287 -64.7 -72.0 36 7.3 -64.7 246 34 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.02 19 100 16691 -71.9 -80.5 26 8.6 -71.9 250 5 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.33 m Freezing level: 589.96 mb = 4587.96 m = 15052.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.36 mb = 3871.00 m = 12699.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.81 % Est. max temperature: 36.10 C = 96.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.32 mb = 771.41 m = 2530.83 ft T: 26.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 31.00 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.70 mb = 2471.33 m = 8107.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.00 C = 102.21 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 18.16 C K Index: 30.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 395.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.86 mb = 1646.66 m = 5402.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.86 mb = 3251.47 m = 10667.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.86 mb = 9129.83 m = 29953.16 ft B at Equ Level: 395.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.86 mb = 12635.56 m = 41454.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.0 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 231.0 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -8.8 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 68.98 Bulk Shear: 5.74 m/s