MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 26.28,-120.20 Latitude: 26.28 Longitude: -120.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 1 21.5 21.2 98 0.4 21.3 169 8 294.1 297.0 294.2 339.5 15.90 1 1000 60 21.3 21.1 99 0.2 21.2 173 9 294.5 297.3 294.4 340.2 15.99 2 950 505 20.4 20.0 97 0.4 20.1 201 10 297.9 300.7 295.1 343.3 15.65 3 900 974 19.9 18.2 90 1.7 18.7 206 9 302.0 304.7 295.6 345.5 14.74 4 850 1467 18.5 16.0 85 2.5 16.8 231 10 305.5 308.0 295.7 346.0 13.56 5 800 1987 17.0 13.2 78 3.8 14.5 251 11 309.3 311.6 295.7 346.0 12.05 6 750 2538 15.9 9.8 67 6.1 11.9 252 13 313.8 315.8 295.6 345.4 10.18 7 700 3123 13.6 6.2 61 7.3 9.0 240 16 317.5 319.1 295.4 344.5 8.55 8 650 3744 10.0 2.4 59 7.6 5.6 230 21 320.3 321.6 295.0 342.8 7.02 9 600 4405 5.4 -3.8 52 9.2 0.7 237 25 322.4 323.3 293.9 338.1 4.82 10 550 5110 1.5 -16.5 25 18.0 -5.5 255 18 325.8 326.2 292.4 332.4 1.91 11 500 5872 -2.1 -44.5 2 42.4 -10.7 287 17 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.15 12 450 6699 -8.2 -46.5 3 38.3 -14.9 267 22 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.13 13 400 7599 -15.9 -47.2 5 31.3 -20.5 255 18 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.14 14 350 8590 -23.1 -53.8 4 30.7 -26.3 234 17 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.07 15 300 9703 -29.9 -57.3 5 27.4 -32.0 220 31 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 16 250 10977 -38.9 -63.9 5 24.9 -40.1 215 30 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 17 200 12470 -50.5 -57.6 43 7.1 -50.7 213 23 352.8 352.8 297.3 353.2 0.08 18 150 14279 -65.9 -66.9 87 1.0 -66.0 235 27 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.03 19 100 16657 -74.3 -81.2 33 6.9 -74.3 187 12 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.32 m Freezing level: 529.38 mb = 5424.35 m = 17796.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.60 mb = 4477.95 m = 14691.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.85 mb = 43.98 m = 144.29 ft T: 21.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 14.99 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1829.39 m = 6001.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.60 C = 96.08 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.03 C Showalter Index: 2.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.07 C K Index: 29.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3284.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.68 mb = 526.50 m = 1727.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.25 Bulk Shear: 21.99 m/s