MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 132 1 950 574 SFC 920 851 24.0 11.3 45 12.8 15.9 218 3 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.8 9.17 3 900 1043 22.4 10.6 47 11.8 14.9 201 2 304.6 306.2 292.1 331.4 8.94 4 850 1536 18.9 8.9 52 10.0 12.7 101 3 306.0 307.5 292.1 331.4 8.43 5 800 2054 15.3 7.7 61 7.6 10.6 51 4 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.5 8.26 6 750 2598 11.2 6.4 72 4.9 8.3 45 6 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.4 8.05 7 700 3171 7.4 4.7 83 2.7 5.8 44 6 310.6 312.1 292.9 334.2 7.66 8 650 3778 3.7 2.4 91 1.3 2.9 29 1 313.1 314.5 293.0 335.0 7.01 9 600 4425 0.8 -3.3 74 4.2 -1.3 267 5 317.1 318.1 292.6 333.1 5.00 10 550 5120 -2.8 -7.1 73 4.2 -4.8 228 8 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.2 4.10 11 500 5871 -6.7 -11.2 70 4.5 -8.5 213 11 324.9 325.6 293.3 335.8 3.26 12 450 6685 -12.0 -29.8 21 17.8 -16.3 222 11 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.8 0.72 13 400 7576 -17.6 -45.8 7 28.2 -21.7 245 18 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 14 350 8560 -25.1 -47.1 11 21.9 -27.7 230 28 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.16 15 300 9666 -31.1 -46.4 21 15.2 -32.7 205 52 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.3 0.20 16 250 10933 -39.8 -63.8 6 24.1 -40.8 206 59 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 17 200 12426 -49.9 -71.4 6 21.5 -50.4 217 56 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14249 -63.1 -78.1 11 15.0 -63.2 204 38 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16681 -69.2 -81.6 15 12.4 -69.2 200 16 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.58 m Freezing level: 588.43 mb = 4585.83 m = 15045.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.04 mb = 4224.78 m = 13860.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.44 mb = 2459.12 m = 8067.87 ft T: 12.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 0.43 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.25 mb = 3393.02 m = 11131.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 3.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 15.53 C K Index: 31.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6485.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.49 mb = 2692.53 m = 8833.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -13.7 tot: -12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.81 Bulk Shear: 2.46 m/s