MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 133 SFC 990 226 28.7 17.3 50 11.4 20.8 229 4 302.7 305.1 294.4 340.2 12.66 2 950 584 24.3 16.4 61 8.0 18.9 191 4 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.6 12.42 3 900 1055 20.3 15.1 72 5.2 16.8 163 4 302.4 304.7 293.9 338.3 12.11 4 850 1547 17.4 13.0 75 4.4 14.5 167 4 304.4 306.4 293.7 337.5 11.11 5 800 2064 14.9 11.5 80 3.4 12.7 207 4 307.0 309.0 294.2 339.4 10.74 6 750 2609 12.0 8.9 81 3.1 10.0 206 9 309.6 311.4 294.0 338.9 9.58 7 700 3185 9.5 3.6 66 6.0 6.1 204 15 313.0 314.4 293.1 335.1 7.09 8 650 3797 6.2 -2.2 55 8.4 1.8 203 17 315.9 316.9 292.2 331.8 4.99 9 600 4449 3.0 -7.4 46 10.4 -1.9 197 17 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.5 3.65 10 550 5150 0.6 -33.6 6 34.2 -8.2 225 11 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.41 11 500 5907 -4.5 -31.9 10 27.4 -11.5 255 16 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.4 0.53 12 450 6725 -11.8 -33.1 15 21.4 -16.5 251 22 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.4 0.52 13 400 7612 -19.5 -37.5 19 18.0 -22.6 244 27 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.38 14 350 8590 -26.1 -46.6 13 20.5 -28.4 224 35 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.17 15 300 9689 -33.0 -56.1 8 23.0 -34.7 221 43 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 16 250 10952 -39.9 -63.4 6 23.4 -41.0 213 50 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 17 200 12439 -51.2 -59.0 39 7.8 -51.5 210 49 351.7 351.7 297.1 352.0 0.07 18 150 14252 -64.9 -71.8 38 6.9 -65.0 210 42 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.02 19 100 16672 -70.6 -81.2 19 10.6 -70.6 156 17 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.27 m Freezing level: 544.22 mb = 5237.48 m = 17183.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.53 mb = 4109.30 m = 13481.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.68 mb = 1661.51 m = 5451.07 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 13.13 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2434.59 m = 7987.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.72 C = 94.50 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: 2.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.95 C Cross Totals Index: 17.51 C K Index: 28.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 442.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.60 mb = 1652.13 m = 5420.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 424.60 mb = 7162.46 m = 23498.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.60 mb = 8911.04 m = 29235.34 ft B at Equ Level: 40.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.60 mb = 9814.51 m = 32199.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.44 Bulk Shear: 6.66 m/s