MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.03,-117.46 Latitude: 35.03 Longitude: -117.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 554 SFC 924 797 27.0 10.8 36 16.2 16.6 293 8 307.0 308.6 292.7 333.8 8.84 3 900 1029 25.2 9.7 38 15.4 15.4 292 12 307.4 309.0 292.6 333.1 8.45 4 850 1528 22.3 7.5 39 14.8 13.2 284 11 309.5 310.9 292.5 333.0 7.66 5 800 2051 18.1 5.5 44 12.6 10.6 253 11 310.5 311.8 292.4 332.4 7.11 6 750 2600 14.0 0.9 41 13.1 6.8 243 15 311.8 312.8 291.4 328.8 5.46 7 700 3177 9.6 -4.5 37 14.0 2.7 254 16 313.1 313.8 290.5 325.5 3.92 8 650 3786 4.2 -5.3 50 9.5 -0.3 257 16 313.7 314.5 290.7 326.3 3.97 9 600 4430 -1.8 -9.4 56 7.6 -5.0 255 14 314.1 314.7 290.0 324.2 3.13 10 550 5117 -5.1 -15.3 45 10.2 -8.8 224 9 318.0 318.4 290.3 325.0 2.11 11 500 5861 -8.9 -25.0 26 16.1 -13.4 211 11 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.7 1.00 12 450 6668 -14.2 -34.4 16 20.2 -18.3 203 13 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.46 13 400 7551 -20.2 -45.1 9 24.8 -23.5 204 18 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.17 14 350 8525 -27.0 -53.7 6 26.7 -29.3 206 23 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 15 300 9623 -32.7 -59.0 5 26.3 -34.4 217 45 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.4 0.04 16 250 10884 -40.3 -63.6 6 23.4 -41.3 213 53 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 17 200 12381 -48.4 -73.5 4 25.0 -49.0 209 61 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 14225 -60.4 -78.6 7 18.2 -60.6 202 34 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16685 -68.1 -82.4 11 14.3 -68.2 218 13 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.34 m Freezing level: 614.85 mb = 4238.44 m = 13905.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3715.75 m = 12190.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.07 mb = 2836.39 m = 9305.62 ft T: 12.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 8.21 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.17 mb = 3770.83 m = 12371.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.54 C = 92.37 F Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.11 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.20 C Cross Totals Index: 16.40 C K Index: 24.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.23 mb = 3185.71 m = 10451.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.23 mb = 4373.15 m = 14347.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 554.23 mb = 5056.18 m = 16588.31 ft B at Equ Level: 17.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 494.23 mb = 5949.61 m = 19519.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -166.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -5.9 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 11.69 m/s