MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 1 950 584 SFC 921 851 22.6 5.2 32 17.4 12.6 229 1 302.8 303.9 289.0 321.0 6.04 3 900 1051 21.5 3.5 31 18.0 11.4 201 2 303.7 304.7 288.8 320.3 5.48 4 850 1544 19.9 1.8 30 18.1 9.9 246 5 306.9 307.9 289.6 322.7 5.11 5 800 2062 16.6 0.6 34 16.0 7.9 271 3 308.9 309.8 290.1 324.3 4.99 6 750 2608 12.7 -0.7 40 13.4 5.6 62 4 310.4 311.3 290.4 325.5 4.85 7 700 3182 7.5 -1.3 53 8.8 2.9 79 8 310.8 311.8 290.7 326.4 4.97 8 650 3786 1.9 -1.2 80 3.1 0.3 95 9 311.1 312.2 291.2 328.0 5.40 9 600 4427 -2.4 -2.5 99 0.1 -2.4 130 13 313.4 314.4 291.7 330.0 5.30 10 550 5115 -4.9 -10.0 67 5.1 -7.0 155 16 318.3 318.9 291.4 328.9 3.26 11 500 5861 -7.2 -36.2 8 29.0 -13.4 178 8 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.6 0.35 12 450 6673 -12.4 -47.7 3 35.4 -17.7 217 10 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.11 13 400 7562 -18.9 -31.0 34 12.1 -21.5 253 29 330.4 330.5 292.5 333.0 0.72 14 350 8544 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 214 47 336.8 337.1 295.0 342.6 1.61 15 300 9654 -31.8 -31.8 100 0.0 -31.8 197 57 340.6 340.7 295.3 343.9 0.89 16 250 10913 -42.9 -42.9 100 -0.0 -42.9 203 65 342.3 342.3 295.2 343.6 0.35 17 200 12384 -52.3 -57.8 52 5.5 -52.5 220 81 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.08 18 150 14213 -59.3 -79.5 6 20.2 -59.5 249 45 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16668 -69.7 -82.5 14 12.8 -69.8 216 14 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.17 m Freezing level: 627.74 mb = 4071.45 m = 13357.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.32 mb = 3856.41 m = 12652.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.51 mb = 3046.06 m = 9993.52 ft T: 8.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.70 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.48 mb = 4473.48 m = 14676.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.25 C = 91.84 F Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lifted Index: 8.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.77 C Showalter Index: 7.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.03 C Cross Totals Index: 8.93 C K Index: 19.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 38.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8874.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 666.58 mb = 3580.68 m = 11747.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.3 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 180.3 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -3.8 tot: 39.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.34 Bulk Shear: 8.05 m/s