MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 35.99,-114.94 Latitude: 35.99 Longitude: -114.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 571 SFC 937 687 23.0 14.0 57 9.1 17.1 35 5 301.7 303.7 292.6 333.5 10.75 3 900 1041 20.2 12.6 61 7.7 15.3 22 7 302.3 304.2 292.4 332.6 10.21 4 850 1532 16.8 11.0 69 5.8 13.1 27 9 303.8 305.6 292.5 332.9 9.77 5 800 2047 14.0 8.8 71 5.2 10.8 51 7 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.1 8.93 6 750 2589 11.8 5.7 67 6.0 8.2 54 7 309.3 310.8 292.5 333.0 7.70 7 700 3164 8.3 1.4 62 6.9 4.5 29 17 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.5 6.06 8 650 3771 3.6 -1.3 70 4.9 1.1 24 19 313.0 314.1 291.7 329.9 5.36 9 600 4417 0.4 -5.3 65 5.7 -2.3 16 8 316.6 317.5 291.8 330.5 4.30 10 550 5112 -2.6 -16.9 32 14.4 -7.8 259 12 321.0 321.4 290.9 327.3 1.84 11 500 5863 -5.8 -43.0 3 37.3 -12.9 253 21 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.7 0.17 12 450 6680 -10.8 -45.5 4 34.6 -16.6 244 28 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 13 400 7572 -18.4 -35.8 20 17.4 -21.7 236 35 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.45 14 350 8551 -26.5 -43.3 19 16.8 -28.6 233 41 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.24 15 300 9651 -32.1 -57.9 6 25.7 -33.9 228 49 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 16 250 10917 -39.7 -67.0 4 27.3 -40.8 224 58 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 17 200 12411 -50.4 -69.9 8 19.6 -50.8 225 57 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 14231 -63.7 -75.3 19 11.5 -63.8 220 53 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16664 -68.9 -81.5 15 12.6 -69.0 190 10 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.83 m Freezing level: 592.68 mb = 4519.09 m = 14826.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.05 mb = 3971.86 m = 13030.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.14 mb = 1835.34 m = 6021.39 ft T: 15.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 3.14 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.81 mb = 3071.61 m = 10077.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.59 C Cross Totals Index: 16.80 C K Index: 26.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5540.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.67 mb = 2081.59 m = 6829.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.3 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 356.3 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -36.2 tot: -33.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 17.81 m/s