MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 32.73,-115.26 Latitude: 32.73 Longitude: -115.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 60 27.0 17.3 55 9.7 20.4 316 19 299.4 301.7 293.2 335.6 12.39 1 1000 135 25.7 17.0 59 8.7 19.8 316 23 298.9 301.1 293.0 334.6 12.26 2 950 585 23.9 15.3 58 8.6 18.2 309 24 301.5 303.6 293.2 335.6 11.58 3 900 1058 23.2 12.5 51 10.7 16.3 289 11 305.5 307.4 293.3 336.0 10.17 4 850 1554 20.4 9.7 50 10.7 13.6 130 1 307.5 309.1 292.9 334.5 8.91 5 800 2075 16.6 8.0 57 8.6 11.3 120 9 308.9 310.4 293.0 334.7 8.45 6 750 2621 12.4 7.7 73 4.7 9.5 144 16 310.0 311.7 293.6 337.1 8.84 7 700 3196 8.0 6.5 90 1.5 7.1 167 20 311.3 312.9 293.9 338.0 8.68 8 650 3805 4.6 4.2 97 0.4 4.4 188 25 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.0 7.97 9 600 4454 0.6 0.6 100 0.1 0.6 192 31 316.9 318.1 293.8 338.0 6.66 10 550 5148 -3.4 -3.8 97 0.4 -3.6 196 37 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.1 5.26 11 500 5898 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.5 -7.1 206 39 324.7 325.6 294.1 339.3 4.42 12 450 6714 -11.1 -11.6 96 0.5 -11.3 211 35 329.3 330.0 294.6 341.2 3.50 13 400 7610 -16.5 -16.7 98 0.2 -16.6 210 31 333.6 334.1 295.0 342.7 2.59 14 350 8602 -22.9 -23.2 98 0.2 -23.0 208 26 337.8 338.2 295.3 344.0 1.69 15 300 9713 -31.1 -31.8 93 0.7 -31.2 203 34 341.5 341.7 295.5 344.9 0.89 16 250 10978 -41.2 -42.9 84 1.7 -41.3 211 45 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.2 0.35 17 200 12465 -50.7 -59.0 37 8.3 -51.0 213 54 352.5 352.5 297.3 352.8 0.07 18 150 14285 -63.3 -77.4 13 14.0 -63.4 241 36 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16696 -71.0 -81.6 19 10.7 -71.0 138 15 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.02 m Freezing level: 592.08 mb = 4563.71 m = 14972.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.77 mb = 4550.49 m = 14929.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.37 % Est. max temperature: 34.72 C = 94.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.15 mb = 1301.03 m = 4268.42 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 1.47 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2745.54 m = 9007.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.91 C = 100.24 F Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lifted Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: 2.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 16.54 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4914.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.19 mb = 1674.44 m = 5493.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.7 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.1 neg: -51.5 tot: 121.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 198.69 m/s