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: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 567 SFC 919 851 24.3 12.8 49 11.5 16.8 146 2 304.7 306.6 293.1 335.1 10.16 3 900 1036 23.1 12.9 53 10.2 16.4 116 3 305.3 307.2 293.4 336.5 10.42 4 850 1532 20.1 11.0 56 9.1 14.3 132 4 307.2 309.0 293.5 336.8 9.78 5 800 2052 17.0 7.8 55 9.2 11.3 156 3 309.2 310.8 293.0 334.8 8.34 6 750 2599 13.1 5.2 59 7.8 8.5 187 2 310.7 312.2 292.7 333.7 7.43 7 700 3175 8.6 2.3 65 6.3 5.1 257 3 312.0 313.2 292.3 332.2 6.47 8 650 3783 3.5 -1.0 72 4.5 1.1 267 4 312.9 314.0 291.7 330.1 5.47 9 600 4427 -1.5 -5.6 73 4.1 -3.4 237 9 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.7 4.19 10 550 5114 -5.6 -16.7 41 11.1 -9.4 222 11 317.5 317.9 289.9 323.8 1.89 11 500 5855 -10.1 -29.0 20 18.9 -14.7 198 11 320.7 320.8 289.7 323.2 0.70 12 450 6661 -13.7 -45.9 5 32.2 -18.5 197 11 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.14 13 400 7545 -19.9 -50.8 5 31.0 -23.5 187 13 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.09 14 350 8522 -26.6 -55.3 5 28.7 -29.0 200 19 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 15 300 9619 -32.9 -59.1 5 26.2 -34.6 200 32 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 16 250 10882 -39.2 -66.3 4 27.1 -40.4 219 44 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 17 200 12385 -48.3 -73.1 4 24.7 -48.9 214 49 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 18 150 14220 -60.6 -79.2 7 18.6 -60.8 235 42 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16680 -68.8 -82.4 12 13.6 -68.9 133 14 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.46 m Freezing level: 615.09 mb = 4232.38 m = 13885.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.60 mb = 3937.75 m = 12918.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.24 mb = 2307.81 m = 7571.46 ft T: 15.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 13.60 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.39 mb = 3217.57 m = 10556.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.25 mb = 2573.81 m = 8444.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.25 mb = 3816.96 m = 12522.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 377.25 mb = 7973.33 m = 26158.92 ft B at Equ Level: 154.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.25 mb = 9919.90 m = 32545.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -3.8 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 22.30 Bulk Shear: 6.97 m/s