MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 40.22,-122.27 Latitude: 40.22 Longitude: -122.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 978 309 21.0 12.8 59 8.2 15.8 340 1 296.1 297.8 289.9 323.7 9.56 2 950 561 24.0 11.7 46 12.3 16.2 32 1 301.6 303.2 291.3 328.6 9.13 3 900 1033 22.8 8.2 39 14.6 13.9 151 4 305.0 306.4 291.1 327.9 7.59 4 850 1528 19.9 5.3 38 14.6 11.3 172 11 307.0 308.2 290.9 327.1 6.58 5 800 2047 16.6 4.3 44 12.2 9.5 179 11 308.8 310.1 291.4 328.9 6.54 6 750 2593 12.9 2.0 47 10.9 6.9 198 8 310.6 311.7 291.4 329.0 5.91 7 700 3168 8.5 -0.3 54 8.8 3.8 232 3 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.7 5.35 8 650 3776 3.6 -3.2 61 6.8 0.2 266 4 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.7 4.64 9 600 4420 -1.3 -8.4 58 7.1 -4.4 287 5 314.6 315.2 290.4 325.4 3.38 10 550 5107 -6.1 -15.2 49 9.0 -9.4 300 10 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.9 2.14 11 500 5843 -12.7 -20.6 51 8.0 -15.0 308 12 317.6 317.9 289.6 322.6 1.48 12 450 6640 -17.2 -26.4 45 9.2 -19.4 253 11 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.1 0.98 13 400 7513 -22.8 -37.2 26 14.5 -25.0 225 10 325.4 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.39 14 350 8479 -30.0 -49.8 13 19.8 -31.7 241 13 328.2 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.12 15 300 9556 -38.5 -53.3 20 14.8 -39.4 219 15 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.09 16 250 10783 -48.0 -59.9 24 11.9 -48.4 202 22 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12242 -49.4 -74.4 4 24.9 -50.0 209 29 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14107 -54.3 -80.3 3 26.0 -54.7 215 19 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 19 100 16646 -61.6 -83.6 4 22.0 -61.8 149 8 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.52 m Freezing level: 613.52 mb = 4245.40 m = 13928.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.89 mb = 3801.72 m = 12472.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.68 C = 90.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.27 mb = 1363.52 m = 4473.42 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.34 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.50 mb = 3569.99 m = 11712.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.51 C = 99.52 F Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.11 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.55 C Cross Totals Index: 17.96 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 604.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.63 mb = 2407.21 m = 7897.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 501.63 mb = 5818.28 m = 19088.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 481.63 mb = 6126.47 m = 20099.71 ft B at Equ Level: 31.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.63 mb = 7300.29 m = 23950.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -2.7 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.38 Bulk Shear: 9.59 m/s