MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 22.0,-114.1 Latitude: 22.00 Longitude: -114.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 24.4 20.1 77 4.4 21.4 35 2 296.4 299.1 294.1 339.0 14.75 1 1000 118 23.3 19.5 79 3.8 20.7 45 2 296.4 299.0 293.8 338.0 14.42 2 950 565 21.1 17.1 78 4.0 18.4 121 3 298.6 300.9 293.4 336.4 13.01 3 900 1035 22.1 12.0 53 10.1 15.5 121 5 304.2 306.1 292.7 333.6 9.81 4 850 1531 20.5 10.0 51 10.5 13.8 92 7 307.6 309.3 293.1 335.2 9.09 5 800 2053 17.7 9.0 57 8.7 12.3 80 11 310.1 311.8 293.8 337.8 9.06 6 750 2602 14.5 5.8 56 8.7 9.2 78 13 312.3 313.8 293.4 336.2 7.72 7 700 3182 10.6 5.4 70 5.1 7.5 78 16 314.2 315.7 294.1 339.4 8.08 8 650 3795 6.2 2.5 77 3.7 4.1 73 19 316.0 317.3 293.9 338.3 7.08 9 600 4446 1.6 -0.7 85 2.3 0.3 79 19 317.9 319.1 293.6 337.2 6.06 10 550 5144 -1.7 -6.8 68 5.2 -4.1 94 16 322.1 322.9 293.3 335.8 4.17 11 500 5898 -4.9 -18.0 35 13.1 -9.6 78 14 327.0 327.4 292.7 333.5 1.86 12 450 6719 -9.6 -23.9 30 14.3 -13.9 79 16 331.2 331.5 293.2 335.7 1.24 13 400 7620 -14.7 -30.6 25 15.9 -18.5 100 11 335.9 336.1 294.0 338.7 0.75 14 350 8619 -20.8 -42.6 12 21.9 -24.2 81 10 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.8 0.26 15 300 9738 -29.7 -43.8 24 14.1 -31.4 97 11 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.26 16 250 11008 -40.6 -48.2 44 7.6 -41.2 92 8 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.19 17 200 12487 -52.7 -55.5 72 2.8 -52.8 143 20 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.7 0.10 18 150 14278 -67.7 -71.2 61 3.5 -67.7 121 22 353.4 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.02 19 100 16657 -71.8 -83.3 16 11.5 -71.9 102 24 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.95 m Freezing level: 575.88 mb = 4782.94 m = 15691.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.44 mb = 4494.17 m = 14744.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.55 % Est. max temperature: 34.72 C = 94.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.29 mb = 553.06 m = 1814.48 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 5.40 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2792.11 m = 9160.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.98 C = 105.76 F Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lifted Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.93 C Showalter Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 14.90 C K Index: 30.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4516.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.32 mb = 1051.62 m = 3450.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.5 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 112.5 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -4.9 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 13.31 m/s