MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 27 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 114 SFC 986 240 27.6 16.1 50 11.5 19.8 264 6 302.0 304.1 293.4 336.6 11.73 2 950 563 23.9 14.6 56 9.3 17.8 257 3 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.2 11.08 3 900 1034 22.5 11.8 51 10.7 15.6 204 3 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.7 9.70 4 850 1530 20.6 9.2 48 11.4 13.5 208 4 307.7 309.3 292.8 333.9 8.63 5 800 2051 17.4 6.5 49 10.9 10.9 222 5 309.7 311.2 292.6 333.2 7.62 6 750 2599 13.5 3.3 50 10.1 7.7 222 7 311.2 312.4 292.1 331.4 6.49 7 700 3175 8.8 0.9 58 7.9 4.5 210 9 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.5 5.85 8 650 3783 3.7 -1.9 67 5.6 0.8 199 14 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.3 5.13 9 600 4428 -0.7 -14.7 34 14.0 -6.0 205 15 315.3 315.7 289.4 322.1 2.04 10 550 5117 -4.8 -23.1 22 18.3 -10.2 220 13 318.4 318.6 289.4 322.1 1.09 11 500 5862 -7.5 -41.8 4 34.3 -13.9 205 13 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.19 12 450 6674 -12.6 -49.4 3 36.8 -17.9 206 16 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.09 13 400 7561 -18.8 -50.7 4 31.9 -22.7 210 24 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.9 0.09 14 350 8543 -25.4 -52.0 6 26.6 -28.0 222 33 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.09 15 300 9649 -31.0 -60.6 4 29.6 -33.0 221 51 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.04 16 250 10922 -38.3 -65.6 4 27.2 -39.6 224 63 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 17 200 12419 -49.4 -70.4 7 20.9 -50.0 222 55 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14243 -62.8 -79.5 9 16.7 -63.0 218 40 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16685 -69.0 -81.4 15 12.4 -69.1 200 16 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.61 m Freezing level: 607.74 mb = 4327.91 m = 14199.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.82 mb = 3860.00 m = 12663.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.87 C = 92.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.60 mb = 1697.62 m = 5569.56 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 11.89 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.62 mb = 3084.65 m = 10120.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.63 C = 99.73 F Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.09 C Cross Totals Index: 16.72 C K Index: 29.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 380.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.22 mb = 2006.03 m = 6581.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.22 mb = 4571.31 m = 14997.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.22 mb = 5271.60 m = 17295.07 ft B at Equ Level: 12.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 509.22 mb = 5719.30 m = 18763.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 7.17 m/s