MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 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 116 SFC 986 241 28.8 9.4 30 19.4 16.8 292 4 303.2 304.6 290.5 325.8 7.55 2 950 568 26.5 5.3 26 21.2 14.1 304 3 304.1 305.2 289.3 321.9 5.88 3 900 1042 23.9 9.2 39 14.7 14.7 217 4 306.1 307.7 291.9 330.8 8.14 4 850 1539 20.9 10.3 51 10.5 14.1 196 8 308.0 309.8 293.4 336.3 9.32 5 800 2060 17.3 8.5 56 8.9 11.8 166 8 309.6 311.3 293.4 336.3 8.72 6 750 2608 12.8 7.8 72 5.0 9.7 181 6 310.5 312.2 293.8 337.9 8.92 7 700 3184 8.8 6.2 84 2.6 7.2 207 10 312.2 313.9 294.0 338.7 8.55 8 650 3794 4.5 3.5 93 1.0 3.9 244 14 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.8 7.58 9 600 4442 0.4 -0.2 96 0.6 0.1 218 18 316.6 317.8 293.4 336.6 6.32 10 550 5138 -2.5 -4.5 86 2.0 -3.5 198 19 321.1 322.1 293.6 337.3 4.97 11 500 5889 -7.1 -8.2 92 1.1 -7.6 198 25 324.4 325.2 293.9 338.1 4.13 12 450 6703 -12.4 -14.4 85 2.0 -13.1 193 18 327.7 328.3 293.6 337.2 2.79 13 400 7593 -17.6 -17.7 99 0.1 -17.6 200 24 332.2 332.7 294.4 340.5 2.39 14 350 8581 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 203 32 336.8 337.2 295.0 342.7 1.62 15 300 9695 -29.7 -29.7 100 0.0 -29.7 209 46 343.6 343.8 296.1 347.7 1.09 16 250 10967 -39.8 -40.1 97 0.3 -39.8 206 52 346.9 347.0 296.4 348.7 0.47 17 200 12454 -50.8 -65.4 16 14.6 -51.1 227 49 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.03 18 150 14268 -63.9 -75.3 20 11.4 -64.0 222 41 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16685 -72.7 -80.6 30 7.8 -72.8 186 18 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.48 m Freezing level: 593.01 mb = 4539.62 m = 14893.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.90 mb = 4456.95 m = 14622.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.07 C = 93.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.47 mb = 2692.09 m = 8832.21 ft T: 12.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 3.87 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 616.41 mb = 4223.83 m = 13857.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.33 C = 106.40 F Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lifted Index: 6.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.88 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 17.41 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7722.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.34 mb = 2991.48 m = 9814.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.0 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 236.0 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -4.9 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 22.03 m/s