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: 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 136 SFC 978 326 27.2 12.9 41 14.3 17.9 232 8 302.2 304.0 291.9 330.6 9.58 2 950 584 24.6 10.0 40 14.5 15.5 220 7 302.1 303.6 290.7 326.3 8.15 3 900 1054 21.2 8.5 44 12.7 13.4 209 6 303.3 304.8 290.7 326.5 7.74 4 850 1548 19.8 7.4 44 12.4 12.3 220 4 306.9 308.3 291.7 330.0 7.60 5 800 2068 17.0 6.2 49 10.8 10.6 214 2 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.3 7.47 6 750 2615 13.1 4.3 55 8.8 8.0 134 3 310.8 312.1 292.3 332.3 6.95 7 700 3190 8.1 2.8 69 5.3 5.1 107 5 311.5 312.7 292.3 332.3 6.72 8 650 3797 2.7 -0.1 82 2.8 1.3 105 6 312.1 313.2 291.8 330.4 5.87 9 600 4439 -1.3 -12.2 43 10.9 -5.6 145 4 314.7 315.1 289.6 322.8 2.50 10 550 5130 -2.9 -36.4 6 33.5 -10.4 208 7 320.7 320.7 289.3 321.8 0.31 11 500 5878 -7.7 -41.2 5 33.5 -14.0 249 16 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.4 0.21 12 450 6689 -13.0 -45.4 5 32.4 -18.0 242 30 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.15 13 400 7577 -18.1 -27.3 45 9.2 -20.4 231 51 331.4 331.6 293.1 335.1 1.02 14 350 8563 -24.0 -27.0 77 2.9 -24.7 219 53 336.3 336.6 294.5 340.7 1.20 15 300 9669 -32.5 -32.7 98 0.2 -32.6 214 56 339.6 339.7 295.0 342.6 0.82 16 250 10930 -40.4 -52.2 27 11.8 -41.2 214 76 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.12 17 200 12419 -50.7 -67.4 12 16.7 -51.1 220 73 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 18 150 14239 -62.3 -77.5 11 15.2 -62.4 218 52 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16678 -69.7 -82.3 14 12.6 -69.8 205 24 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.06 m Freezing level: 615.64 mb = 4238.34 m = 13905.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.88 mb = 3910.09 m = 12828.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.84 mb = 2133.03 m = 6998.04 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 4.25 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.53 mb = 3554.27 m = 11660.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.76 C = 98.17 F Cap Strength: 7.08 C Lifted Index: 4.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.80 C Showalter Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 15.09 C K Index: 29.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7230.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.59 mb = 2518.06 m = 8261.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -5.9 tot: -4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 28.09 Bulk Shear: 0.30 m/s