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: 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 125 SFC 977 327 20.8 16.8 78 4.0 18.1 16 2 295.9 298.2 292.2 331.7 12.43 2 950 570 21.9 16.1 69 5.8 18.0 58 2 299.4 301.6 293.0 335.0 12.18 3 900 1038 19.5 14.7 74 4.7 16.3 151 3 301.6 303.7 293.4 336.3 11.78 4 850 1529 16.9 11.9 72 5.0 13.7 187 6 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.8 10.36 5 800 2044 14.4 10.4 77 3.9 11.9 205 9 306.5 308.3 293.4 336.5 9.97 6 750 2588 11.5 8.7 83 2.8 9.8 208 10 309.1 310.9 293.8 338.0 9.46 7 700 3164 9.1 5.9 81 3.2 7.2 211 9 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.4 8.36 8 650 3775 5.8 1.9 76 3.9 3.6 198 9 315.5 316.8 293.5 336.8 6.75 9 600 4426 1.7 -4.9 61 6.6 -1.5 200 14 318.1 319.0 292.4 332.5 4.44 10 550 5124 -0.1 -35.3 5 35.3 -8.7 219 11 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.3 0.34 11 500 5879 -5.3 -41.5 4 36.2 -12.5 236 16 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.20 12 450 6697 -11.0 -42.0 6 31.0 -16.6 237 22 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.21 13 400 7588 -18.2 -34.4 23 16.1 -21.4 232 28 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.2 0.52 14 350 8569 -26.4 -40.6 25 14.2 -28.3 222 39 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.32 15 300 9667 -32.9 -56.3 8 23.4 -34.5 223 42 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.06 16 250 10931 -40.3 -65.5 5 25.2 -41.3 218 53 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.02 17 200 12421 -50.4 -65.3 16 14.8 -50.8 216 53 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.03 18 150 14239 -63.9 -72.9 28 9.0 -64.0 216 44 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16656 -71.2 -81.1 22 9.9 -71.2 225 20 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.22 m Freezing level: 551.46 mb = 5103.82 m = 16744.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.75 mb = 4228.53 m = 13872.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.31 mb = 835.43 m = 2740.88 ft T: 20.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 1.52 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2414.39 m = 7921.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 3.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.22 C K Index: 31.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4717.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.06 mb = 1437.75 m = 4716.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.6 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 241.6 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 17.98 m/s