MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1008 60 27.4 17.3 54 10.0 20.5 323 14 299.9 302.1 293.4 336.3 12.45 1 1000 126 26.3 17.1 57 9.2 20.1 324 17 299.5 301.7 293.2 335.6 12.36 2 950 577 25.2 14.8 53 10.3 18.3 314 18 302.7 304.8 293.3 336.0 11.24 3 900 1051 23.3 12.1 50 11.1 16.1 273 8 305.5 307.4 293.2 335.3 9.93 4 850 1547 19.5 10.1 55 9.3 13.6 177 4 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.3 9.19 5 800 2066 15.6 9.7 68 5.9 11.9 162 10 307.8 309.6 293.4 336.5 9.46 6 750 2611 11.7 8.7 82 3.0 9.9 182 14 309.3 311.1 293.9 338.2 9.48 7 700 3186 8.3 6.3 88 1.9 7.1 200 19 311.6 313.3 293.9 338.2 8.60 8 650 3795 4.4 3.5 94 0.9 3.9 205 27 313.9 315.4 293.7 337.7 7.60 9 600 4443 0.4 0.2 99 0.1 0.3 204 31 316.6 317.8 293.6 337.2 6.51 10 550 5138 -2.9 -3.3 97 0.3 -3.1 204 35 320.6 321.7 293.9 338.3 5.47 11 500 5889 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.8 205 34 325.1 326.0 294.3 340.0 4.51 12 450 6706 -10.9 -11.4 96 0.5 -11.1 203 34 329.5 330.3 294.7 341.6 3.56 13 400 7603 -16.1 -16.3 99 0.2 -16.2 203 32 334.1 334.6 295.1 343.4 2.68 14 350 8596 -22.7 -22.7 100 0.0 -22.7 211 33 338.2 338.5 295.4 344.5 1.76 15 300 9708 -30.7 -30.8 100 0.0 -30.7 202 40 342.1 342.3 295.7 345.8 0.98 16 250 10976 -40.6 -46.0 56 5.4 -41.1 211 48 345.7 345.8 295.9 346.7 0.25 17 200 12462 -50.8 -57.2 46 6.4 -51.0 221 52 352.3 352.4 297.2 352.7 0.08 18 150 14283 -63.7 -77.2 14 13.5 -63.8 229 35 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16690 -73.6 -80.7 33 7.1 -73.6 184 20 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.18 m Freezing level: 594.19 mb = 4523.62 m = 14841.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.44 mb = 4503.87 m = 14776.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.32 % Est. max temperature: 33.91 C = 93.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.50 mb = 1340.33 m = 4397.37 ft T: 21.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 1.72 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.58 mb = 2693.58 m = 8837.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.18 C = 98.92 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 2.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: 2.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 16.67 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4931.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.65 mb = 1806.02 m = 5925.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.3 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 238.3 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.3 neg: -30.7 tot: 69.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 134.44 m/s