MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 29 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 122 SFC 988 226 21.9 17.9 78 4.1 19.2 12 2 296.1 298.5 292.8 334.0 13.15 2 950 569 22.0 16.6 71 5.5 18.4 78 2 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.3 12.58 3 900 1038 19.7 14.8 73 4.9 16.4 164 5 301.8 304.0 293.5 336.7 11.85 4 850 1529 17.1 12.4 74 4.7 14.1 199 8 304.1 306.1 293.3 336.0 10.70 5 800 2045 14.5 10.8 79 3.7 12.1 210 14 306.6 308.5 293.7 337.5 10.25 6 750 2589 11.4 9.7 89 1.7 10.3 211 15 308.9 310.9 294.3 339.8 10.15 7 700 3164 9.2 6.4 83 2.8 7.5 211 12 312.6 314.3 294.1 339.4 8.63 8 650 3776 6.1 1.7 73 4.4 3.6 201 12 315.8 317.1 293.5 336.8 6.65 9 600 4428 1.9 -3.2 69 5.2 -0.7 199 13 318.4 319.3 292.9 334.5 5.03 10 550 5126 -0.1 -33.2 6 33.2 -8.6 221 12 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.6 0.42 11 500 5881 -5.2 -41.0 4 35.8 -12.4 232 16 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.21 12 450 6699 -10.8 -41.7 6 30.9 -16.4 238 21 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.5 0.22 13 400 7591 -18.0 -33.8 24 15.8 -21.2 234 27 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.6 0.55 14 350 8573 -26.1 -40.2 25 14.1 -28.1 221 38 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.33 15 300 9672 -32.6 -57.0 7 24.4 -34.3 223 41 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.06 16 250 10936 -40.2 -66.0 5 25.7 -41.3 218 50 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 17 200 12427 -50.3 -63.1 21 12.8 -50.7 214 50 353.2 353.2 297.4 353.3 0.04 18 150 14244 -64.1 -72.9 29 8.9 -64.1 213 41 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16656 -71.5 -81.0 23 9.4 -71.6 228 21 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.16 m Freezing level: 551.48 mb = 5105.57 m = 16750.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.99 mb = 4320.25 m = 14173.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.94 mb = 744.40 m = 2442.24 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 14.26 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.88 mb = 2259.25 m = 7412.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.35 C = 92.03 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Showalter Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.54 C K Index: 31.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5081.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.86 mb = 1320.31 m = 4331.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.9 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 240.9 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.9 neg: -2.8 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 23.41 m/s