MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 146 1 950 589 SFC 922 851 25.9 5.3 27 20.6 13.8 280 1 306.1 307.2 290.1 324.5 6.06 3 900 1058 23.1 5.3 32 17.8 12.7 326 0 305.3 306.5 290.0 324.1 6.21 4 850 1552 19.2 4.5 38 14.7 10.7 109 2 306.3 307.5 290.3 325.3 6.23 5 800 2070 15.5 4.8 49 10.7 9.3 124 7 307.6 308.9 291.2 328.2 6.74 6 750 2613 11.3 3.4 58 7.9 6.8 117 11 308.8 310.0 291.4 328.8 6.51 7 700 3185 6.6 1.8 71 4.8 4.0 131 10 309.8 311.0 291.5 329.1 6.24 8 650 3790 2.9 0.4 84 2.5 1.5 183 13 312.2 313.4 292.0 331.2 6.07 9 600 4434 -0.8 -3.4 83 2.6 -2.1 195 18 315.2 316.1 292.0 330.9 4.97 10 550 5125 -3.6 -12.0 52 8.4 -7.0 196 19 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.9 2.76 11 500 5873 -7.0 -30.0 14 23.0 -12.8 183 19 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.8 0.63 12 450 6687 -11.9 -29.5 21 17.7 -16.2 209 11 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.0 0.73 13 400 7576 -19.3 -22.9 73 3.6 -20.3 245 16 329.9 330.2 293.1 335.2 1.51 14 350 8560 -23.4 -23.5 100 0.0 -23.4 192 41 337.2 337.5 295.1 343.1 1.65 15 300 9670 -31.4 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 192 53 341.1 341.3 295.4 344.6 0.92 16 250 10935 -41.4 -41.4 100 -0.0 -41.4 210 60 344.5 344.6 295.8 346.1 0.41 17 200 12407 -52.7 -54.7 80 1.9 -52.8 221 77 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.7 0.11 18 150 14238 -59.4 -79.4 6 20.0 -59.6 243 38 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16679 -69.2 -82.6 13 13.3 -69.3 193 14 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.05 m Freezing level: 611.12 mb = 4290.63 m = 14076.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.76 mb = 4057.05 m = 13310.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.17 mb = 3419.25 m = 11217.89 ft T: 5.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 0.39 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.18 mb = 4311.73 m = 14145.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lifted Index: 6.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: 6.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 11.55 C K Index: 26.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 76.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8108.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.97 mb = 3361.76 m = 11029.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.7 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 208.7 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 57.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 22.79 m/s