MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 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 122 SFC 987 240 21.7 17.2 75 4.5 18.7 236 3 296.0 298.3 292.3 332.3 12.61 2 950 565 20.1 16.2 79 3.8 17.5 147 2 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.3 12.31 3 900 1036 22.6 12.9 54 9.7 16.3 150 4 304.8 306.8 293.3 336.0 10.42 4 850 1532 20.4 8.7 47 11.7 13.1 166 5 307.5 309.1 292.5 332.8 8.34 5 800 2052 17.4 5.2 45 12.2 10.2 204 4 309.7 311.0 292.0 331.2 6.97 6 750 2600 13.4 3.5 51 9.9 7.7 228 5 311.1 312.3 292.1 331.4 6.55 7 700 3176 8.8 1.9 62 6.9 4.9 226 4 312.2 313.4 292.2 331.8 6.28 8 650 3784 3.6 -1.0 72 4.6 1.2 198 3 313.0 314.1 291.7 330.2 5.46 9 600 4429 -1.0 -6.1 68 5.1 -3.4 185 7 314.9 315.7 291.1 327.9 4.05 10 550 5117 -5.5 -13.7 52 8.2 -8.6 195 15 317.5 318.0 290.4 325.5 2.41 11 500 5857 -9.8 -29.5 18 19.7 -14.5 199 14 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.5 0.67 12 450 6667 -12.8 -50.4 3 37.6 -18.0 214 10 327.1 327.2 291.0 327.5 0.08 13 400 7553 -19.3 -52.5 4 33.2 -23.0 217 19 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.07 14 350 8533 -25.0 -56.2 4 31.2 -27.8 217 27 335.0 335.1 293.1 335.3 0.05 15 300 9638 -32.0 -58.0 6 26.1 -33.8 214 35 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.05 16 250 10912 -37.1 -68.1 3 31.1 -38.5 229 55 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 17 200 12416 -49.1 -72.4 5 23.3 -49.6 231 48 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14240 -62.3 -78.4 10 16.1 -62.4 230 46 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16683 -70.8 -82.5 16 11.7 -70.9 142 11 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.65 m Freezing level: 610.98 mb = 4287.05 m = 14064.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.96 mb = 3947.21 m = 12950.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.75 C = 92.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.11 mb = 815.18 m = 2674.45 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 4.82 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.98 mb = 2871.70 m = 9421.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.25 C = 99.05 F Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.46 C K Index: 31.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 452.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.44 mb = 1506.80 m = 4943.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.44 mb = 4329.34 m = 14203.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 487.44 mb = 6052.72 m = 19857.77 ft B at Equ Level: 67.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 407.44 mb = 7414.55 m = 24325.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.4 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 225.4 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 23.46 Bulk Shear: 2.88 m/s