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: 32.77,-117.03 Latitude: 32.77 Longitude: -117.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 989 225 20.2 16.2 78 4.0 17.5 264 2 294.2 296.3 291.1 327.9 11.76 2 950 576 22.2 13.0 56 9.1 16.3 156 3 299.7 301.5 291.4 329.0 9.98 3 900 1046 22.6 5.1 32 17.5 12.4 189 4 304.8 305.9 289.8 323.3 6.12 4 850 1541 20.1 5.9 39 14.2 11.7 213 4 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.0 6.84 5 800 2061 16.8 6.9 52 9.9 10.9 222 4 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.1 7.84 6 750 2608 13.2 2.8 49 10.4 7.3 201 2 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.4 6.27 7 700 3184 8.7 -2.3 46 11.1 3.1 192 3 312.2 313.0 290.7 326.7 4.60 8 650 3791 3.1 -4.3 58 7.5 -0.4 188 7 312.5 313.3 290.6 326.0 4.27 9 600 4433 -2.2 -13.1 43 10.9 -6.4 187 10 313.5 314.0 289.1 321.1 2.32 10 550 5119 -5.1 -31.5 11 26.4 -11.4 184 10 318.1 318.2 288.7 319.8 0.50 11 500 5862 -8.7 -39.4 6 30.7 -14.6 204 17 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.25 12 450 6671 -13.4 -44.5 5 31.1 -18.3 214 23 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.16 13 400 7558 -18.6 -49.7 5 31.1 -22.5 219 33 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.10 14 350 8541 -24.6 -55.5 4 31.0 -27.5 227 41 335.6 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 15 300 9645 -32.1 -56.8 7 24.6 -33.9 222 58 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.06 16 250 10909 -40.0 -62.3 7 22.3 -41.1 217 71 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 17 200 12401 -49.7 -70.9 7 21.2 -50.1 228 70 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14227 -61.7 -79.3 8 17.6 -61.9 220 49 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16669 -71.0 -82.0 18 11.0 -71.1 280 6 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.42 m Freezing level: 620.74 mb = 4166.34 m = 13668.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.39 mb = 3710.59 m = 12173.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.26 % Est. max temperature: 33.48 C = 92.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.54 mb = 737.25 m = 2418.78 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 13.27 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.42 mb = 3440.12 m = 11286.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.21 C = 100.77 F Cap Strength: 8.04 C Lifted Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Showalter Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 14.56 C K Index: 23.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7350.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.84 mb = 2062.67 m = 6767.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.6 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 225.6 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.79 Bulk Shear: 3.02 m/s