MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 33.66,-116.73 Latitude: 33.66 Longitude: -116.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 556 SFC 910 931 27.6 16.3 50 11.4 19.8 175 5 309.0 311.4 296.2 348.2 12.90 3 900 1030 27.2 16.0 50 11.2 19.4 180 4 309.5 311.9 296.3 348.4 12.79 4 850 1533 23.4 14.6 58 8.8 17.4 152 2 310.7 313.0 296.3 348.4 12.35 5 800 2059 19.5 12.8 65 6.7 15.0 141 4 311.9 314.1 296.1 347.8 11.67 6 750 2613 16.7 8.5 58 8.2 11.5 98 6 314.7 316.5 295.3 343.8 9.33 7 700 3197 12.8 4.7 58 8.1 7.9 63 12 316.6 318.1 294.6 340.9 7.69 8 650 3815 8.0 1.7 64 6.3 4.5 55 19 318.1 319.4 294.1 339.3 6.69 9 600 4470 3.0 -1.0 75 4.0 0.8 54 25 319.5 320.7 294.0 338.6 5.94 10 550 5169 -1.9 -3.8 86 2.0 -2.9 55 28 321.9 322.9 294.0 338.9 5.24 11 500 5922 -6.0 -8.4 83 2.5 -7.1 59 24 325.7 326.6 294.1 339.3 4.05 12 450 6741 -10.4 -13.0 81 2.6 -11.5 66 21 330.1 330.7 294.5 340.8 3.11 13 400 7638 -16.0 -17.1 91 1.1 -16.4 92 17 334.1 334.6 295.0 342.9 2.49 14 350 8630 -22.8 -23.5 94 0.7 -23.0 99 14 338.1 338.4 295.3 344.0 1.64 15 300 9742 -31.2 -32.4 89 1.2 -31.4 124 12 341.3 341.5 295.4 344.5 0.84 16 250 11005 -41.8 -42.9 89 1.1 -41.9 163 13 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.3 0.35 17 200 12476 -53.9 -57.4 65 3.5 -54.0 151 6 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14274 -63.8 -74.7 21 10.9 -63.9 61 13 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16716 -68.4 -82.0 13 13.5 -68.5 46 11 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.69 m Freezing level: 569.36 mb = 4898.33 m = 16070.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.62 mb = 4623.79 m = 15169.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.66 C = 90.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.18 mb = 2373.72 m = 7787.70 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 9.80 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.79 mb = 3392.41 m = 11129.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.54 C = 95.97 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 35.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 602.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.26 mb = 2621.04 m = 8599.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.26 mb = 4145.53 m = 13600.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.26 mb = 12657.77 m = 41527.60 ft B at Equ Level: 594.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.26 mb = 14942.05 m = 49021.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 61.8 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 91.8 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: -3.6 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 14.54 Bulk Shear: 41.41 m/s