MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 109 1 950 555 SFC 918 853 29.8 13.0 36 16.8 18.5 229 8 310.4 312.4 294.8 342.0 10.29 3 900 1029 26.4 12.9 43 13.6 17.4 223 8 308.7 310.7 294.4 340.4 10.42 4 850 1529 22.0 10.9 49 11.0 14.8 207 9 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.8 9.71 5 800 2052 17.8 8.6 55 9.1 12.1 197 9 310.1 311.8 293.6 337.2 8.82 6 750 2600 13.2 6.3 63 6.8 9.0 198 9 310.9 312.4 293.2 335.6 8.03 7 700 3176 8.2 3.8 73 4.5 5.7 195 9 311.6 313.0 292.7 333.9 7.19 8 650 3784 3.6 -0.9 72 4.5 1.3 201 10 313.1 314.1 291.9 330.5 5.54 9 600 4428 -0.9 -6.6 65 5.7 -3.6 203 12 315.0 315.8 291.0 327.5 3.88 10 550 5117 -5.3 -14.7 48 9.4 -8.8 210 11 317.8 318.2 290.3 325.2 2.22 11 500 5859 -8.7 -23.9 28 15.3 -13.0 224 9 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.3 1.11 12 450 6668 -13.6 -28.3 28 14.7 -17.2 212 14 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.1 0.82 13 400 7552 -19.6 -33.0 29 13.5 -22.2 216 18 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.8 0.59 14 350 8530 -25.5 -38.1 30 12.6 -27.4 223 27 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.9 0.41 15 300 9633 -32.0 -43.8 30 11.8 -33.3 224 36 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.3 0.26 16 250 10897 -39.5 -52.2 25 12.8 -40.4 225 57 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.9 0.12 17 200 12396 -48.6 -73.2 4 24.6 -49.2 221 58 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 14229 -61.0 -78.7 8 17.8 -61.1 230 31 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16683 -69.2 -82.6 13 13.4 -69.2 188 20 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.97 m Freezing level: 610.29 mb = 4295.67 m = 14093.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.54 mb = 3952.14 m = 12966.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.64 mb = 2956.53 m = 9699.80 ft T: 10.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 16.78 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.27 mb = 3160.75 m = 10369.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.61 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 291.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.54 mb = 2888.23 m = 9475.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.54 mb = 3540.69 m = 11616.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.54 mb = 8747.34 m = 28698.28 ft B at Equ Level: 288.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.54 mb = 10909.43 m = 35791.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.4 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 237.4 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 239.30 Bulk Shear: 1.22 m/s