MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 1007 60 29.0 16.4 47 12.5 20.5 327 1 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.2 11.75 1 1000 120 28.2 16.3 48 12.0 20.1 326 1 301.4 303.5 293.3 335.8 11.69 2 950 574 26.3 14.8 49 11.5 18.6 295 3 303.9 305.9 293.6 337.2 11.18 3 900 1049 23.6 13.6 54 9.9 17.0 277 5 305.8 307.8 294.0 338.7 10.96 4 850 1545 20.2 12.2 60 8.1 15.0 261 7 307.3 309.3 294.1 339.2 10.54 5 800 2066 16.8 9.7 63 7.2 12.3 240 9 309.1 310.9 293.8 337.9 9.46 6 750 2613 13.4 6.4 63 7.0 9.2 217 12 311.1 312.7 293.3 336.1 8.08 7 700 3191 9.7 3.2 64 6.4 6.0 209 14 313.2 314.5 293.0 334.7 6.91 8 650 3802 5.6 0.5 69 5.2 2.8 215 17 315.3 316.5 293.0 334.7 6.11 9 600 4453 1.6 -3.4 69 5.0 -1.0 215 20 317.9 318.9 292.7 333.9 4.96 10 550 5149 -2.2 -10.0 55 7.8 -5.6 217 22 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.2 3.24 11 500 5902 -5.5 -24.7 21 19.1 -11.2 237 17 326.3 326.5 291.7 330.0 1.04 12 450 6719 -11.2 -36.0 11 24.8 -16.4 256 17 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.6 0.39 13 400 7610 -18.4 -35.9 20 17.4 -21.7 242 24 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.7 0.45 14 350 8590 -25.9 -45.1 15 19.1 -28.2 234 32 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.6 0.20 15 300 9693 -31.4 -59.0 5 27.5 -33.3 225 42 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.04 16 250 10961 -39.8 -58.5 12 18.7 -40.8 212 46 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.06 17 200 12451 -51.0 -62.6 24 11.6 -51.3 215 41 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.3 0.04 18 150 14258 -65.1 -72.7 34 7.6 -65.2 222 41 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16676 -70.9 -80.9 21 10.0 -71.0 168 15 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.92 m Freezing level: 579.27 mb = 4741.52 m = 15555.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.82 mb = 4281.09 m = 14045.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.82 % Est. max temperature: 34.57 C = 94.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.05 mb = 1656.71 m = 5435.34 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 9.22 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.94 mb = 3061.15 m = 10043.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.19 C = 104.33 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: 2.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 31.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4153.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.11 mb = 1968.78 m = 6459.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -5.4 tot: -1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 22.44 m/s