MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 31.41,-114.53 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -114.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 9 30.4 25.8 77 4.6 27.0 142 9 302.8 306.7 299.8 365.9 21.21 1 1000 84 29.8 23.9 71 5.9 25.4 145 10 302.9 306.5 298.6 359.5 19.04 2 950 542 28.4 16.8 50 11.6 20.4 168 9 306.0 308.3 295.3 344.3 12.77 3 900 1021 26.7 12.0 40 14.8 17.0 178 6 309.1 310.9 294.0 338.9 9.81 4 850 1523 23.6 11.7 47 12.0 15.8 78 2 310.9 312.8 294.8 342.2 10.19 5 800 2050 19.8 9.0 50 10.8 13.0 43 6 312.3 314.0 294.4 340.3 9.07 6 750 2602 15.5 7.4 59 8.1 10.5 44 10 313.4 315.0 294.4 340.3 8.66 7 700 3183 10.5 4.4 66 6.2 6.9 70 14 314.2 315.6 293.7 337.7 7.51 8 650 3795 5.8 -0.2 65 6.0 2.6 66 16 315.6 316.7 292.8 334.0 5.83 9 600 4445 1.2 -3.6 70 4.8 -1.2 31 14 317.5 318.5 292.6 333.2 4.88 10 550 5142 -2.2 -10.3 54 8.1 -5.7 16 7 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.0 3.18 11 500 5893 -6.7 -12.1 66 5.3 -8.9 325 7 324.8 325.4 293.1 335.0 3.04 12 450 6708 -11.8 -21.2 46 9.4 -14.7 320 12 328.4 328.7 292.7 333.9 1.56 13 400 7600 -17.0 -32.2 26 15.2 -20.3 276 13 332.9 333.0 293.1 335.3 0.64 14 350 8588 -24.2 -39.3 23 15.1 -26.5 268 9 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.5 0.36 15 300 9692 -32.6 -33.6 91 1.0 -32.7 307 12 339.5 339.6 294.9 342.3 0.75 16 250 10949 -42.9 -43.3 95 0.5 -42.9 255 9 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.6 0.33 17 200 12418 -53.4 -64.6 24 11.2 -53.7 263 25 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14216 -65.4 -72.0 40 6.6 -65.5 251 24 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16628 -70.8 -82.0 18 11.2 -70.9 260 22 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.49 m Freezing level: 582.37 mb = 4690.66 m = 15389.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.89 mb = 4232.86 m = 13887.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.02 % Est. max temperature: 38.20 C = 100.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.55 mb = 592.63 m = 1944.32 ft T: 28.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 26.99 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.68 mb = 2684.49 m = 8807.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.11 C = 106.00 F Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 18.39 C K Index: 35.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1014.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 291.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.33 mb = 1726.48 m = 5664.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.33 mb = 3357.69 m = 11015.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.33 mb = 12565.29 m = 41224.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1006.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.33 mb = 15779.95 m = 51770.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 55.3 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 85.3 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.6 neg: -1.7 tot: 36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 38.39 Bulk Shear: 26.42 m/s