MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.26,-113.76 Latitude: 33.26 Longitude: -113.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 84 SFC 964 407 29.8 13.3 36 16.5 18.8 288 3 306.1 307.9 293.3 336.1 9.98 2 950 537 30.9 12.3 32 18.6 18.7 299 4 308.6 310.3 293.7 337.4 9.50 3 900 1018 27.9 10.6 34 17.3 16.7 317 5 310.3 312.0 293.7 337.8 8.95 4 850 1521 23.7 9.4 40 14.3 14.6 325 5 310.9 312.6 293.8 337.8 8.74 5 800 2047 19.4 6.9 44 12.5 11.7 281 2 311.8 313.3 293.3 336.1 7.85 6 750 2598 15.6 3.4 44 12.1 8.5 233 5 313.5 314.7 292.8 333.9 6.54 7 700 3179 11.3 0.5 47 10.8 5.4 232 7 315.0 316.1 292.5 333.0 5.67 8 650 3793 6.9 -4.9 43 11.8 1.1 224 11 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.10 9 600 4445 2.3 -9.8 40 12.1 -3.0 218 12 318.8 319.4 291.4 328.8 3.03 10 550 5143 -1.2 -23.2 17 22.0 -8.2 228 7 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.4 1.07 11 500 5897 -5.2 -30.7 11 25.5 -11.8 268 6 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.8 0.59 12 450 6714 -11.7 -33.2 15 21.5 -16.4 274 11 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.5 0.52 13 400 7602 -19.5 -38.4 17 18.9 -22.7 262 17 329.6 329.7 292.0 330.9 0.35 14 350 8581 -25.3 -50.4 8 25.1 -27.9 236 27 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 15 300 9684 -32.0 -53.9 10 21.9 -33.7 226 39 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.6 0.08 16 250 10950 -40.3 -57.0 15 16.7 -41.2 221 42 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 17 200 12434 -51.5 -62.1 27 10.7 -51.8 214 43 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.5 0.04 18 150 14241 -64.9 -73.7 28 8.8 -65.0 229 38 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16654 -71.6 -80.6 25 8.9 -71.7 218 15 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.29 m Freezing level: 567.15 mb = 4903.60 m = 16087.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.71 mb = 3961.37 m = 12996.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.76 % Est. max temperature: 35.20 C = 95.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.26 mb = 2504.56 m = 8216.97 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.48 mb = 3938.82 m = 12922.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.79 C = 105.43 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: 2.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.44 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 14.62 C K Index: 27.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 508.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.26 mb = 3068.43 m = 10066.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 404.26 mb = 7521.82 m = 24677.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 384.26 mb = 7896.02 m = 25905.25 ft B at Equ Level: 15.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 354.26 mb = 8492.01 m = 27860.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -1.9 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.16 Bulk Shear: 4.81 m/s