MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 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 128 1 950 571 SFC 920 852 26.0 9.6 36 16.4 15.7 192 3 306.4 308.0 292.0 331.3 8.20 3 900 1041 23.5 9.4 41 14.1 14.7 180 3 305.7 307.3 291.9 330.6 8.24 4 850 1536 19.2 8.2 49 11.1 12.5 136 3 306.3 307.8 291.9 330.7 8.05 5 800 2053 15.0 7.4 61 7.5 10.4 97 4 307.1 308.6 292.2 331.8 8.12 6 750 2597 10.9 6.6 74 4.4 8.3 78 3 308.4 310.0 292.6 333.3 8.15 7 700 3169 6.7 4.8 88 1.9 5.6 114 1 309.9 311.3 292.7 333.6 7.72 8 650 3774 3.3 2.7 95 0.7 2.9 215 5 312.7 314.1 293.0 335.0 7.15 9 600 4421 0.2 -1.2 91 1.4 -0.5 226 12 316.3 317.5 293.0 334.9 5.86 10 550 5115 -3.0 -6.6 76 3.6 -4.7 225 17 320.5 321.4 292.9 334.4 4.25 11 500 5865 -6.5 -14.8 52 8.3 -9.7 207 16 325.1 325.5 292.6 333.3 2.42 12 450 6679 -12.5 -23.7 38 11.3 -15.7 218 11 327.6 327.8 292.3 332.0 1.25 13 400 7568 -18.1 -42.1 10 24.0 -21.8 253 14 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.24 14 350 8553 -24.0 -28.6 66 4.6 -25.0 211 34 336.4 336.6 294.4 340.2 1.04 15 300 9664 -30.9 -30.9 100 0.0 -30.9 205 48 341.8 342.0 295.6 345.4 0.97 16 250 10932 -40.7 -42.3 85 1.6 -40.8 199 64 345.6 345.7 296.0 347.1 0.37 17 200 12416 -50.2 -71.4 6 21.2 -50.7 219 60 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14240 -62.3 -78.5 10 16.1 -62.5 212 37 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16670 -70.3 -81.7 17 11.4 -70.4 194 19 391.9 391.9 304.0 392.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.69 m Freezing level: 597.06 mb = 4461.66 m = 14637.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.34 mb = 4322.56 m = 14181.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.75 mb = 2903.38 m = 9525.40 ft T: 8.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 0.67 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.02 mb = 3477.69 m = 11409.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Showalter Index: 4.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 14.74 C K Index: 32.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6396.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.81 mb = 2891.26 m = 9485.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -8.1 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 5.28 m/s