MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 29 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 1006 60 27.7 17.3 53 10.5 20.6 322 5 300.4 302.6 293.5 336.8 12.41 1 1000 113 27.8 16.8 51 11.0 20.3 325 6 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.5 12.11 2 950 567 26.7 13.7 45 13.0 18.1 335 8 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.5 10.43 3 900 1042 23.6 13.2 52 10.4 16.7 293 7 305.8 307.8 293.7 337.7 10.64 4 850 1539 20.3 11.8 58 8.4 14.8 258 6 307.4 309.3 294.0 338.6 10.32 5 800 2059 16.7 10.2 65 6.5 12.6 221 9 309.0 310.8 294.0 338.9 9.82 6 750 2606 12.8 8.7 76 4.2 10.2 207 14 310.5 312.3 294.2 339.4 9.43 7 700 3183 8.9 6.0 82 2.9 7.1 216 22 312.3 313.9 293.9 338.3 8.40 8 650 3794 5.5 1.7 77 3.8 3.4 232 28 315.2 316.5 293.4 336.3 6.69 9 600 4445 1.9 -0.6 83 2.5 0.5 239 27 318.3 319.5 293.8 337.8 6.09 10 550 5143 -1.6 -4.0 83 2.4 -2.8 238 24 322.2 323.2 294.1 339.1 5.17 11 500 5897 -5.8 -9.2 77 3.4 -7.3 240 19 326.0 326.7 294.0 338.7 3.81 12 450 6715 -11.7 -13.8 84 2.1 -12.5 227 20 328.6 329.2 294.0 338.6 2.94 13 400 7607 -17.4 -19.7 82 2.3 -18.1 211 27 332.3 332.7 294.1 339.4 2.01 14 350 8596 -23.3 -33.9 37 10.6 -25.3 208 37 337.3 337.4 294.2 339.7 0.62 15 300 9707 -30.7 -46.7 19 16.1 -32.3 203 48 342.2 342.2 295.0 343.0 0.19 16 250 10977 -40.1 -51.0 30 10.9 -40.8 209 52 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.1 0.14 17 200 12469 -49.7 -68.9 9 19.2 -50.2 224 43 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 18 150 14288 -64.4 -75.5 20 11.1 -64.5 215 30 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16685 -72.1 -80.7 26 8.6 -72.2 207 16 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.60 m Freezing level: 572.67 mb = 4826.63 m = 15835.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.81 mb = 4555.15 m = 14944.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.76 % Est. max temperature: 34.55 C = 94.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.75 mb = 1399.27 m = 4590.71 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.60 mb = 2987.10 m = 9800.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.09 C = 102.36 F Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lifted Index: 2.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.66 C K Index: 35.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5046.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.03 mb = 2026.88 m = 6649.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.3 neg: -9.1 tot: 46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 47.68 m/s