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: 33.12,-117.08 Latitude: 33.12 Longitude: -117.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 326 19.2 15.6 80 3.6 16.9 258 1 294.3 296.3 290.9 327.2 11.49 2 950 575 22.4 13.4 57 9.0 16.5 145 2 299.9 301.8 291.7 329.8 10.20 3 900 1046 22.9 3.8 29 19.1 12.0 196 2 305.1 306.1 289.4 322.1 5.58 4 850 1541 20.5 4.0 34 16.5 11.0 224 4 307.6 308.8 290.6 326.1 6.01 5 800 2061 17.0 6.3 49 10.7 10.6 228 4 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.3 7.50 6 750 2608 13.5 1.3 43 12.2 6.8 218 3 311.2 312.3 291.3 328.6 5.59 7 700 3184 8.6 -3.0 44 11.6 2.8 218 4 312.0 312.9 290.5 325.9 4.39 8 650 3791 2.9 -4.3 59 7.2 -0.6 204 9 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.8 4.28 9 600 4432 -2.2 -15.5 35 13.3 -7.0 194 8 313.6 314.0 288.7 319.9 1.90 10 550 5119 -5.1 -31.7 10 26.6 -11.5 179 8 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.8 0.49 11 500 5861 -9.2 -39.3 7 30.0 -14.9 203 15 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.7 0.25 12 450 6668 -13.7 -44.1 6 30.3 -18.5 215 23 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.17 13 400 7554 -18.8 -51.2 4 32.4 -22.7 219 33 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.09 14 350 8536 -25.0 -55.8 4 30.8 -27.8 226 40 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.06 15 300 9639 -32.3 -57.3 7 25.0 -34.1 224 57 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 16 250 10902 -40.1 -62.0 8 21.9 -41.1 216 73 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 17 200 12393 -49.7 -71.1 6 21.3 -50.2 226 73 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14221 -61.4 -79.6 7 18.2 -61.6 223 49 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16668 -70.7 -82.1 17 11.4 -70.8 263 7 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.45 m Freezing level: 621.48 mb = 4156.68 m = 13637.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.48 mb = 3684.76 m = 12088.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.19 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.98 mb = 788.67 m = 2587.48 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 12.57 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.80 mb = 3581.96 m = 11751.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.03 C = 98.66 F Cap Strength: 8.01 C Lifted Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.81 C Showalter Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.74 C Cross Totals Index: 13.24 C K Index: 22.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 70.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8342.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.71 mb = 2377.43 m = 7799.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.8 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 231.8 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.61 Bulk Shear: 4.04 m/s