MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 6Z 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 119 SFC 986 241 26.0 12.2 42 13.9 17.2 355 5 300.4 302.0 290.9 327.1 9.06 2 950 569 25.9 11.0 39 14.9 16.5 19 5 303.5 305.1 291.6 329.5 8.72 3 900 1045 25.5 10.9 40 14.6 16.1 123 4 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.5 9.13 4 850 1544 21.3 9.2 46 12.1 13.7 183 7 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.7 8.60 5 800 2066 17.4 8.7 57 8.7 12.0 200 10 309.7 311.3 293.5 336.8 8.85 6 750 2614 13.2 7.5 68 5.8 9.7 206 16 310.9 312.6 293.7 337.7 8.69 7 700 3191 9.1 5.4 77 3.7 6.9 206 16 312.6 314.1 293.7 337.6 8.05 8 650 3801 4.4 3.0 90 1.5 3.6 204 20 314.0 315.4 293.5 336.8 7.31 9 600 4449 0.4 -0.1 96 0.6 0.1 198 26 316.6 317.9 293.5 336.7 6.34 10 550 5143 -3.4 -3.8 97 0.4 -3.6 194 29 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.1 5.26 11 500 5892 -7.4 -7.8 97 0.4 -7.6 192 27 324.0 324.9 293.9 338.1 4.26 12 450 6707 -11.4 -13.1 87 1.7 -12.1 192 17 328.9 329.5 294.1 339.4 3.09 13 400 7602 -16.7 -18.2 88 1.5 -17.2 190 21 333.3 333.8 294.6 341.3 2.28 14 350 8594 -22.6 -23.7 90 1.2 -22.9 204 24 338.3 338.7 295.3 344.2 1.61 15 300 9708 -30.5 -30.5 100 0.0 -30.4 206 42 342.5 342.7 295.8 346.3 1.01 16 250 10980 -39.5 -43.1 68 3.7 -39.8 201 52 347.4 347.5 296.4 348.7 0.34 17 200 12469 -50.7 -68.1 11 17.4 -51.1 221 46 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 18 150 14286 -63.8 -75.3 19 11.6 -63.8 218 38 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16696 -71.2 -80.7 23 9.5 -71.3 193 14 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.70 m Freezing level: 594.21 mb = 4529.40 m = 14860.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.17 mb = 4473.37 m = 14676.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.92 % Est. max temperature: 34.42 C = 93.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.40 mb = 2018.87 m = 6623.52 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 0.95 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.07 mb = 3575.41 m = 11730.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.09 C = 102.36 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.30 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.69 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: 34.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6419.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.65 mb = 2561.47 m = 8403.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.0 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 227.0 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 63.65 m/s