MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 28 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 152 SFC 990 240 21.7 14.8 65 6.9 17.2 270 2 295.7 297.6 290.7 326.7 10.75 2 950 596 20.8 12.2 58 8.6 15.4 181 1 298.3 300.1 290.5 325.9 9.45 3 900 1063 20.8 3.2 31 17.5 11.0 227 3 302.9 303.9 288.5 319.1 5.36 4 850 1556 19.5 1.2 29 18.3 9.6 289 6 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.7 4.91 5 800 2075 17.1 0.2 32 16.8 8.0 313 6 309.3 310.2 290.1 324.4 4.86 6 750 2621 13.2 -1.6 36 14.7 5.5 308 3 310.9 311.7 290.3 325.1 4.55 7 700 3196 8.1 0.2 57 7.9 3.9 189 3 311.5 312.5 291.4 328.8 5.55 8 650 3802 3.2 -2.7 65 5.9 0.3 180 7 312.6 313.5 291.1 327.8 4.83 9 600 4448 1.5 -30.3 7 31.8 -7.1 166 7 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.7 0.51 10 550 5144 -1.9 -39.6 4 37.7 -10.0 185 6 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.6 0.22 11 500 5894 -6.5 -46.5 3 39.9 -13.5 231 13 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.5 0.12 12 450 6709 -11.0 -51.6 2 40.6 -16.9 231 20 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.07 13 400 7604 -16.8 -49.4 4 32.6 -21.2 238 29 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 14 350 8591 -24.3 -37.0 30 12.7 -26.4 235 41 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.7 0.46 15 300 9699 -30.3 -30.3 100 -0.0 -30.3 204 58 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.5 1.02 16 250 10964 -42.0 -42.1 99 0.1 -42.0 204 62 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.2 0.38 17 200 12435 -53.6 -53.9 97 0.3 -53.7 224 73 347.8 347.9 296.3 348.4 0.12 18 150 14247 -60.2 -78.0 8 17.8 -60.3 258 51 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16693 -70.4 -81.4 18 11.0 -70.5 212 18 391.6 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.15 m Freezing level: 578.07 mb = 4753.18 m = 15594.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.27 mb = 3823.86 m = 12545.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.45 % Est. max temperature: 33.11 C = 91.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.26 mb = 1118.44 m = 3669.39 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 7.54 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.97 mb = 3579.11 m = 11742.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.12 C = 100.61 F Cap Strength: 9.28 C Lifted Index: 7.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.15 C Showalter Index: 8.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 7.73 C K Index: 19.38 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 38.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8788.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.35 mb = 2102.73 m = 6898.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.81 Bulk Shear: 2.30 m/s