MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 32.87,-117.05 Latitude: 32.87 Longitude: -117.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 985 240 21.1 17.0 77 4.1 18.4 285 2 295.6 297.8 292.1 331.5 12.49 2 950 553 21.1 15.9 72 5.2 17.6 101 2 298.6 300.7 292.7 333.6 12.04 3 900 1024 23.2 13.3 54 10.0 16.7 180 5 305.5 307.5 293.7 337.6 10.72 4 850 1522 21.5 10.7 50 10.8 14.6 188 6 308.7 310.5 293.7 337.7 9.55 5 800 2045 18.7 6.9 46 11.8 11.5 185 3 311.1 312.6 293.1 335.2 7.81 6 750 2595 14.8 3.8 48 11.0 8.4 269 2 312.6 313.9 292.7 333.6 6.72 7 700 3174 9.9 1.4 55 8.6 5.2 320 4 313.5 314.6 292.4 332.4 6.04 8 650 3784 5.0 -2.9 57 7.9 1.0 2 5 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.7 4.75 9 600 4432 0.3 -6.2 61 6.6 -2.7 80 2 316.5 317.3 291.5 329.4 4.00 10 550 5124 -4.9 -8.8 74 4.0 -6.6 198 3 318.3 319.0 291.7 329.9 3.56 11 500 5867 -9.6 -14.9 65 5.3 -11.6 216 7 321.3 321.8 291.5 329.3 2.40 12 450 6673 -13.5 -33.9 16 20.4 -17.7 199 12 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.48 13 400 7562 -19.1 -53.9 3 34.7 -22.9 207 16 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.06 14 350 8542 -24.4 -61.0 2 36.6 -27.4 194 25 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 15 300 9651 -30.7 -64.0 2 33.3 -32.7 197 29 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 16 250 10925 -37.6 -66.9 3 29.3 -38.9 221 43 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 17 200 12429 -48.9 -72.5 5 23.5 -49.4 228 43 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 14260 -61.6 -78.4 9 16.8 -61.8 201 33 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16696 -69.5 -81.7 15 12.2 -69.6 233 10 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.70 m Freezing level: 596.80 mb = 4476.40 m = 14686.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.74 mb = 3951.17 m = 12962.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.88 % Est. max temperature: 34.91 C = 94.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.29 mb = 763.53 m = 2504.98 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 8.36 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.50 mb = 3072.62 m = 10080.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.83 C = 101.90 F Cap Strength: 7.69 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.16 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 567.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.74 mb = 1595.60 m = 5234.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.74 mb = 5012.60 m = 16445.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.74 mb = 6377.35 m = 20922.80 ft B at Equ Level: 62.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.74 mb = 7982.02 m = 26187.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 4.0 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 3.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 20.36 Bulk Shear: 3.13 m/s