MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 18.28,-118.49 Latitude: 18.28 Longitude: -118.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 1 25.7 24.0 91 1.6 24.5 328 20 298.3 301.7 297.4 353.7 19.03 1 1000 57 25.0 23.3 90 1.7 23.8 329 23 298.1 301.4 296.9 351.2 18.25 2 950 507 21.5 21.3 99 0.2 21.4 334 24 299.0 302.1 296.4 348.8 17.08 3 900 976 19.9 18.9 94 0.9 19.2 343 21 302.0 304.8 296.1 347.7 15.48 4 850 1469 17.7 16.5 93 1.2 16.8 348 21 304.6 307.2 295.8 346.4 13.99 5 800 1987 15.3 14.2 94 1.0 14.6 350 21 307.4 309.8 295.8 346.2 12.86 6 750 2533 12.6 11.8 95 0.8 12.1 357 20 310.3 312.5 295.7 346.1 11.71 7 700 3111 9.9 9.3 96 0.5 9.5 6 18 313.4 315.4 295.8 346.2 10.59 8 650 3726 6.8 6.4 97 0.4 6.6 10 18 316.7 318.5 295.7 346.0 9.34 9 600 4381 3.3 3.2 99 0.1 3.2 13 19 319.9 321.5 295.7 345.7 8.08 10 550 5083 -0.4 -0.5 99 0.1 -0.5 13 21 323.6 324.9 295.6 345.4 6.72 11 500 5842 -3.8 -4.1 97 0.3 -4.0 14 22 328.4 329.6 296.0 347.3 5.65 12 450 6669 -7.7 -8.3 96 0.5 -8.0 21 19 333.5 334.4 296.4 349.1 4.57 13 400 7577 -12.8 -13.2 96 0.5 -12.9 25 16 338.4 339.1 296.7 350.5 3.45 14 350 8583 -19.2 -19.2 100 0.0 -19.2 23 16 342.9 343.4 297.0 351.6 2.39 15 300 9712 -27.3 -27.3 100 0.0 -27.3 35 16 347.0 347.2 297.1 352.1 1.36 16 250 10997 -37.7 -37.7 100 -0.0 -37.7 56 17 350.0 350.1 297.1 352.4 0.60 17 200 12491 -51.2 -52.0 91 0.8 -51.2 90 15 351.7 351.8 297.1 352.4 0.16 18 150 14292 -66.5 -67.5 86 1.1 -66.5 77 24 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.03 19 100 16655 -76.4 -82.9 35 6.5 -76.4 100 15 380.1 380.1 302.2 380.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.41 m Freezing level: 555.73 mb = 5002.44 m = 16412.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 556.77 mb = 4984.21 m = 16352.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.37 mb = 204.07 m = 669.51 ft T: 23.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 7.59 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.92 mb = 553.19 m = 1814.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 37.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.25 mb = 550.21 m = 1805.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.25 mb = 1669.84 m = 5478.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.25 mb = 6664.22 m = 21863.96 ft B at Equ Level: 134.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.25 mb = 10448.14 m = 34278.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.8 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 28.8 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 9.07 Bulk Shear: 14.88 m/s