MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 18.58,-120.83 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -120.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 25.9 23.4 86 2.5 24.0 33 13 298.0 301.3 296.8 350.8 18.14 1 1000 106 25.0 22.1 84 2.9 22.9 36 16 298.1 301.2 296.1 347.5 17.00 2 950 556 22.3 19.4 84 2.9 20.3 61 15 299.8 302.6 295.3 343.9 15.09 3 900 1025 18.8 18.0 95 0.9 18.2 74 13 300.9 303.6 295.2 343.6 14.54 4 850 1516 17.9 13.8 77 4.0 15.2 95 14 304.9 307.0 294.3 340.0 11.77 5 800 2034 15.3 12.0 81 3.3 13.1 96 16 307.5 309.5 294.6 340.9 11.08 6 750 2579 12.6 9.6 82 3.0 10.7 89 18 310.2 312.1 294.6 340.9 10.03 7 700 3157 9.8 6.7 81 3.0 7.9 81 18 313.3 315.0 294.5 340.8 8.85 8 650 3770 6.6 3.7 82 2.9 4.9 77 18 316.4 317.9 294.5 340.7 7.70 9 600 4424 2.9 0.7 85 2.2 1.7 82 19 319.5 320.8 294.6 341.0 6.72 10 550 5125 -0.9 -3.3 83 2.5 -2.1 83 18 323.1 324.1 294.5 340.8 5.44 11 500 5882 -4.4 -11.2 59 6.9 -7.4 83 18 327.7 328.3 294.0 338.7 3.24 12 450 6705 -8.7 -21.2 36 12.4 -12.8 73 18 332.2 332.6 293.8 337.8 1.57 13 400 7608 -14.4 -31.7 21 17.4 -18.4 61 20 336.3 336.5 294.0 338.9 0.67 14 350 8605 -21.8 -39.5 19 17.7 -24.8 60 13 339.3 339.4 294.5 340.7 0.35 15 300 9721 -30.1 -42.9 28 12.8 -31.7 22 2 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.1 0.29 16 250 10993 -40.1 -51.4 29 11.3 -40.8 263 8 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.0 0.14 17 200 12472 -53.2 -58.2 54 5.1 -53.3 204 9 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.07 18 150 14260 -68.0 -70.9 67 2.9 -68.1 142 2 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 19 100 16622 -75.7 -80.6 46 4.9 -75.7 70 18 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.59 m Freezing level: 561.39 mb = 4965.15 m = 16289.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.20 mb = 4722.18 m = 15492.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.76 mb = 321.21 m = 1053.81 ft T: 23.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 10.73 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.62 mb = 951.71 m = 3122.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 2.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.24 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.35 mb = 774.53 m = 2541.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.35 mb = 4138.53 m = 13577.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.35 mb = 5703.39 m = 18711.69 ft B at Equ Level: 23.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 431.35 mb = 7029.34 m = 23061.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.5 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 110.5 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.3 neg: -3.2 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 13.43 m/s