MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 136 1 950 579 SFC 921 852 27.1 7.3 28 19.8 15.0 232 2 307.5 308.8 291.3 328.7 6.97 3 900 1050 24.3 7.2 34 17.0 14.0 212 1 306.5 307.8 291.2 328.1 7.11 4 850 1546 19.8 6.2 41 13.6 11.7 146 3 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.2 7.01 5 800 2064 15.4 5.7 53 9.7 9.7 134 5 307.5 308.9 291.6 329.5 7.19 6 750 2607 11.0 4.7 65 6.3 7.3 134 5 308.5 309.9 291.8 330.4 7.14 7 700 3178 6.2 4.2 87 2.0 5.1 158 6 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.1 7.42 8 650 3783 2.7 2.2 96 0.5 2.4 196 11 312.0 313.3 292.7 333.5 6.92 9 600 4428 -0.2 -1.8 89 1.6 -1.0 206 17 315.8 316.9 292.7 333.6 5.59 10 550 5120 -4.1 -7.0 80 2.9 -5.4 206 17 319.3 320.1 292.4 332.7 4.12 11 500 5867 -7.3 -16.7 47 9.4 -10.6 198 16 324.2 324.6 292.0 331.2 2.07 12 450 6680 -12.6 -21.2 49 8.5 -15.3 228 7 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.8 1.57 13 400 7568 -18.4 -21.1 79 2.8 -19.2 243 19 331.1 331.5 293.7 337.3 1.77 14 350 8556 -23.3 -23.4 100 0.0 -23.3 200 41 337.3 337.7 295.1 343.4 1.67 15 300 9667 -30.9 -31.0 99 0.1 -30.9 196 52 341.8 342.0 295.6 345.4 0.96 16 250 10935 -40.7 -40.7 100 -0.0 -40.8 209 61 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.2 0.44 17 200 12414 -51.2 -63.1 23 11.9 -51.5 219 66 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.9 0.04 18 150 14241 -61.4 -78.6 8 17.2 -61.6 222 33 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16674 -69.1 -82.2 13 13.0 -69.2 175 18 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.61 m Freezing level: 604.01 mb = 4376.24 m = 14357.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.97 mb = 4229.41 m = 13875.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.75 mb = 3322.48 m = 10900.38 ft T: 5.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 0.61 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.97 mb = 3870.50 m = 12698.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.11 C = 89.80 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 4.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Showalter Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 13.49 C K Index: 31.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7001.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.19 mb = 3234.74 m = 10612.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.7 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 225.7 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 8.74 m/s