MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 30 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 106 SFC 986 226 22.7 16.4 68 6.3 18.5 319 2 297.0 299.1 292.2 331.6 11.98 2 950 552 22.9 15.2 62 7.6 17.8 18 2 300.4 302.5 292.9 334.2 11.52 3 900 1024 22.2 13.3 57 8.9 16.4 356 2 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.5 10.73 4 850 1520 20.7 8.9 47 11.8 13.3 175 1 307.8 309.4 292.6 333.4 8.43 5 800 2041 17.7 6.0 46 11.8 10.7 154 3 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.6 7.33 6 750 2589 13.9 3.2 48 10.7 7.8 128 5 311.6 312.9 292.2 331.7 6.44 7 700 3167 10.0 -4.6 35 14.7 2.8 127 7 313.6 314.3 290.5 325.9 3.87 8 650 3778 6.8 -16.2 18 23.0 -2.0 146 8 316.6 317.0 289.4 322.2 1.66 9 600 4431 4.2 -24.9 10 29.1 -5.1 163 7 321.0 321.1 289.9 323.9 0.85 10 550 5134 0.9 -35.2 5 36.1 -8.2 177 4 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.35 11 500 5891 -4.9 -32.3 10 27.4 -11.8 204 7 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.9 0.51 12 450 6708 -12.0 -31.8 18 19.7 -16.6 218 10 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.3 0.59 13 400 7595 -19.6 -34.8 25 15.2 -22.4 218 18 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.4 0.50 14 350 8570 -28.0 -37.9 38 9.9 -29.3 229 30 331.1 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.42 15 300 9660 -34.3 -56.3 9 22.0 -35.7 229 42 337.0 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.06 16 250 10916 -41.7 -59.3 13 17.6 -42.5 221 52 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 17 200 12397 -51.3 -68.8 11 17.4 -51.7 217 52 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14212 -63.8 -76.5 16 12.7 -63.9 222 43 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16639 -69.1 -81.3 16 12.2 -69.2 265 11 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.35 m Freezing level: 542.27 mb = 5251.07 m = 17227.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.01 mb = 3515.57 m = 11533.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.99 % Est. max temperature: 34.03 C = 93.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.71 mb = 1026.36 m = 3367.29 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3129.23 m = 10266.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.07 C = 102.32 F Cap Strength: 6.78 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.08 C Showalter Index: 4.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 13.76 C K Index: 19.76 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5502.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.68 mb = 1706.90 m = 5600.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.5 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 187.5 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: -1.9 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.71 Bulk Shear: 6.33 m/s