MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-124.46 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -124.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 24.0 20.2 79 3.8 21.3 4 10 296.2 298.9 294.1 339.1 14.91 1 1000 104 23.0 19.2 79 3.7 20.4 4 11 296.1 298.7 293.5 336.8 14.15 2 950 549 19.0 17.8 93 1.2 18.2 4 9 296.4 298.9 293.2 335.7 13.61 3 900 1012 17.4 14.7 84 2.7 15.6 14 8 299.4 301.6 292.7 333.7 11.73 4 850 1504 18.9 10.3 57 8.6 13.4 35 9 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.9 9.29 5 800 2023 16.7 5.8 49 10.9 10.2 33 9 308.9 310.3 292.0 331.1 7.25 6 750 2570 13.8 -2.6 32 16.3 5.4 30 6 311.5 312.3 290.2 324.8 4.23 7 700 3147 10.4 -4.9 34 15.3 2.8 208 1 314.0 314.7 290.6 326.1 3.78 8 650 3759 5.9 -5.8 43 11.7 0.3 202 8 315.6 316.4 291.1 327.9 3.81 9 600 4410 3.3 -22.0 14 25.3 -5.2 205 12 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.8 1.10 10 550 5112 0.7 -36.3 4 37.1 -8.3 188 9 325.0 325.0 290.6 326.1 0.31 11 500 5871 -2.8 -46.0 2 43.2 -11.2 143 3 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.12 12 450 6697 -7.8 -39.7 6 31.9 -14.5 77 6 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.27 13 400 7604 -12.7 -47.7 4 34.9 -18.4 27 10 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 14 350 8608 -20.0 -48.1 6 28.1 -23.9 31 5 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.3 0.14 15 300 9730 -29.1 -50.2 11 21.1 -31.2 70 8 344.4 344.4 295.5 344.9 0.13 16 250 11004 -39.2 -42.6 70 3.4 -39.5 117 7 347.8 347.9 296.5 349.2 0.36 17 200 12494 -51.1 -54.4 68 3.3 -51.2 85 6 351.8 351.8 297.1 352.3 0.12 18 150 14297 -66.6 -68.2 80 1.6 -66.6 74 15 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.03 19 100 16651 -80.3 -82.2 73 1.9 -80.3 59 16 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.44 m Freezing level: 539.77 mb = 5266.92 m = 17279.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.15 mb = 3794.66 m = 12449.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.25 mb = 482.73 m = 1583.74 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.04 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.42 mb = 2486.46 m = 8157.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.02 C = 102.23 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: 5.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.99 C Showalter Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.69 C Cross Totals Index: 13.13 C K Index: 16.68 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4931.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.88 mb = 741.40 m = 2432.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.3 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 124.3 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -9.0 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 21.16 m/s