MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 26.7 16.7 54 10.0 19.9 336 2 299.3 301.5 292.9 334.3 11.98 1 1000 109 27.7 16.3 50 11.4 20.0 326 2 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.4 11.75 2 950 563 26.6 14.6 48 12.0 18.5 285 5 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.1 11.04 3 900 1039 23.9 13.6 53 10.3 17.0 273 7 306.1 308.1 294.1 339.0 10.94 4 850 1536 20.3 12.5 61 7.9 15.2 251 8 307.5 309.5 294.3 340.0 10.77 5 800 2057 16.9 10.3 65 6.5 12.7 229 10 309.1 311.0 294.1 339.3 9.91 6 750 2604 13.4 6.6 64 6.8 9.3 219 14 311.1 312.7 293.4 336.4 8.20 7 700 3182 9.6 3.3 65 6.3 5.9 216 16 313.1 314.4 293.0 334.7 6.94 8 650 3793 5.4 1.2 74 4.3 3.1 221 17 315.1 316.4 293.2 335.4 6.43 9 600 4443 1.2 -0.9 86 2.1 0.0 221 18 317.5 318.6 293.4 336.5 5.96 10 550 5138 -3.1 -5.8 81 2.8 -4.4 212 22 320.4 321.3 293.1 335.1 4.50 11 500 5889 -6.2 -18.4 37 12.2 -10.5 230 21 325.4 325.8 292.2 331.6 1.79 12 450 6705 -11.2 -36.3 11 25.0 -16.4 246 21 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.38 13 400 7598 -17.6 -39.4 13 21.7 -21.4 239 27 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.3 0.31 14 350 8580 -25.6 -43.9 16 18.3 -27.9 231 35 334.2 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.22 15 300 9686 -30.6 -59.1 4 28.5 -32.7 220 46 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.04 16 250 10957 -39.4 -59.4 10 20.0 -40.4 216 47 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.05 17 200 12451 -50.4 -64.8 17 14.4 -50.8 215 38 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.03 18 150 14260 -65.5 -72.8 35 7.3 -65.5 208 40 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16668 -71.4 -80.8 23 9.4 -71.4 210 12 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.56 m Freezing level: 586.34 mb = 4632.99 m = 15199.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.78 mb = 4446.09 m = 14586.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.25 % Est. max temperature: 34.64 C = 94.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.55 mb = 1338.03 m = 4389.80 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 5.28 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.84 mb = 3053.20 m = 10016.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.01 C = 104.01 F Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lifted Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4336.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.35 mb = 1978.27 m = 6490.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -6.0 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 24.30 m/s