MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 33.95,-118.98 Latitude: 33.95 Longitude: -118.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 42 20.9 13.8 64 7.2 16.4 266 5 293.4 295.1 289.2 321.5 9.85 1 1000 113 20.2 12.7 62 7.5 15.5 269 5 293.4 295.0 288.7 319.8 9.25 2 950 560 24.4 -1.2 18 25.6 11.2 215 5 302.0 302.7 286.5 313.3 3.69 3 900 1031 22.5 10.2 46 12.2 14.8 140 4 304.7 306.3 291.9 330.9 8.74 4 850 1526 19.7 10.0 54 9.7 13.6 121 8 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.3 9.11 5 800 2046 16.4 9.2 62 7.3 11.9 115 12 308.7 310.4 293.4 336.5 9.14 6 750 2593 13.0 8.2 73 4.8 10.0 100 15 310.7 312.4 294.0 338.8 9.17 7 700 3170 9.3 6.1 81 3.1 7.4 93 13 312.8 314.4 294.1 339.1 8.49 8 650 3781 5.7 2.2 78 3.5 3.7 115 7 315.4 316.8 293.6 337.2 6.91 9 600 4433 2.3 -4.4 61 6.7 -1.0 155 5 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.7 4.60 10 550 5131 -0.8 -26.2 13 25.3 -8.4 208 8 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.0 0.82 11 500 5886 -5.3 -35.3 7 30.0 -12.2 223 10 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.38 12 450 6701 -12.4 -31.7 18 19.3 -16.8 238 15 327.7 327.8 291.7 329.9 0.60 13 400 7586 -20.6 -32.9 32 12.3 -22.9 232 20 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.4 0.60 14 350 8555 -29.8 -34.4 64 4.6 -30.5 229 29 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.59 15 300 9638 -36.2 -50.6 21 14.5 -37.2 206 56 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.12 16 250 10892 -40.9 -62.9 8 22.0 -41.9 213 68 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.03 17 200 12376 -50.9 -69.5 9 18.6 -51.4 215 73 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14198 -62.8 -78.5 10 15.7 -62.9 214 57 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16643 -68.4 -81.5 13 13.1 -68.5 206 22 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.10 m Freezing level: 563.28 mb = 4945.79 m = 16226.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.66 mb = 4289.52 m = 14073.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.21 % Est. max temperature: 34.00 C = 93.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.90 mb = 964.57 m = 3164.54 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 542.77 mb = 5236.01 m = 17178.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.20 C = 124.15 F Cap Strength: 11.26 C Lifted Index: 11.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.49 C Showalter Index: 3.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 15.27 C K Index: 31.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10655.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.21 mb = 2567.69 m = 8424.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.0 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 167.0 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -15.1 tot: -7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.75 Bulk Shear: 16.21 m/s