MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 22.36,-119.49 Latitude: 22.36 Longitude: -119.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 0 23.9 23.3 96 0.7 23.5 28 20 297.0 300.3 296.6 349.8 18.25 1 1000 7 24.0 23.3 96 0.7 23.5 30 20 297.1 300.4 296.7 350.1 18.28 2 950 456 21.8 21.9 100 -0.0 21.9 50 28 299.3 302.6 296.8 350.8 17.63 3 900 926 20.2 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 62 18 302.4 305.5 297.0 351.9 16.74 4 850 1420 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.1 32 16 305.2 308.1 297.0 351.6 15.49 5 800 1940 16.1 15.7 98 0.4 15.8 32 17 308.3 311.0 296.9 351.3 14.20 6 750 2489 13.6 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 31 17 311.4 313.8 296.7 350.5 12.77 7 700 3069 10.8 10.2 96 0.6 10.4 29 16 314.5 316.6 296.5 349.4 11.25 8 650 3686 7.7 7.2 97 0.5 7.4 35 16 317.7 319.6 296.3 348.7 9.85 9 600 4344 4.3 4.1 99 0.2 4.1 40 17 321.1 322.8 296.3 348.5 8.58 10 550 5049 0.6 0.6 100 0.0 0.6 41 18 324.8 326.3 296.3 348.6 7.28 11 500 5811 -2.6 -3.7 92 1.1 -3.2 49 20 329.8 331.0 296.5 349.3 5.83 12 450 6642 -6.4 -9.9 76 3.4 -8.0 46 21 335.2 336.0 296.4 349.1 4.02 13 400 7554 -12.4 -14.5 85 2.0 -13.3 32 19 338.8 339.5 296.6 349.8 3.12 14 350 8560 -19.3 -19.5 98 0.2 -19.4 48 14 342.7 343.2 296.9 351.1 2.33 15 300 9689 -27.3 -28.4 90 1.1 -27.6 54 15 346.8 347.1 297.0 351.5 1.22 16 250 10975 -37.7 -39.9 79 2.3 -37.9 71 13 350.1 350.2 297.1 352.0 0.47 17 200 12472 -50.0 -53.3 68 3.3 -50.2 94 10 353.6 353.6 297.5 354.1 0.13 18 150 14289 -64.9 -71.5 40 6.5 -65.0 137 5 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.02 19 100 16656 -79.1 -81.5 68 2.3 -79.1 147 10 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.77 m Freezing level: 540.32 mb = 5196.29 m = 17047.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 542.05 mb = 5165.22 m = 16946.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.65 % Est. max temperature: 32.12 C = 89.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.62 mb = 80.70 m = 264.76 ft T: 23.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 3.36 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.00 mb = 456.03 m = 1496.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.66 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.67 mb = 477.37 m = 1566.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 942.67 mb = 523.39 m = 1717.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 932.67 mb = 616.18 m = 2021.55 ft B at Equ Level: 20.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 302.67 mb = 9624.05 m = 31574.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.1 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 70.1 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -19.7 tot: 31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.98 Bulk Shear: 5.42 m/s