MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 19.04,-121.25 Latitude: 19.04 Longitude: -121.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -117 SFC 987 -0 25.3 24.4 95 0.9 24.6 219 37 299.6 303.2 298.2 357.7 19.85 2 950 335 22.8 22.6 99 0.2 22.7 227 50 300.3 303.7 297.6 354.7 18.52 3 900 806 20.7 20.6 99 0.1 20.6 232 50 302.9 306.0 297.5 353.9 17.21 4 850 1301 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 237 46 305.9 308.9 297.5 354.1 16.08 5 800 1822 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.7 239 39 309.1 311.9 297.6 354.5 14.96 6 750 2372 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 236 33 312.4 315.0 297.6 354.7 13.75 7 700 2954 12.0 11.8 98 0.2 11.9 230 30 315.8 318.2 297.7 354.9 12.53 8 650 3574 9.2 8.9 98 0.3 9.0 223 30 319.4 321.6 297.6 354.6 11.12 9 600 4236 6.1 5.8 98 0.4 5.9 213 30 323.2 325.1 297.5 354.4 9.68 10 550 4947 2.2 2.0 98 0.2 2.1 209 33 326.7 328.3 297.3 353.1 8.07 11 500 5713 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.4 210 35 331.6 333.0 297.6 354.5 6.86 12 450 6549 -5.1 -5.8 95 0.7 -5.5 213 36 336.8 338.0 297.8 355.8 5.52 13 400 7468 -9.8 -11.1 90 1.4 -10.4 211 36 342.3 343.1 298.1 356.8 4.09 14 350 8489 -15.5 -17.4 86 1.9 -16.2 208 36 347.9 348.5 298.3 358.1 2.80 15 300 9637 -22.8 -26.8 69 4.1 -23.9 198 29 353.3 353.6 298.5 358.8 1.42 16 250 10944 -34.0 -36.8 75 2.9 -34.4 182 23 355.6 355.7 298.4 358.2 0.65 17 200 12462 -47.4 -47.7 97 0.2 -47.4 175 22 357.6 357.7 298.4 358.7 0.26 18 150 14291 -64.3 -64.5 97 0.2 -64.3 184 20 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.5 0.04 19 100 16645 -78.7 -81.4 64 2.7 -78.7 89 19 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.28 m Freezing level: 517.57 mb = 5443.99 m = 17860.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 520.05 mb = 5397.06 m = 17706.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.20 mb = 113.45 m = 372.21 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.84 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 490.18 m = 1608.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.62 mb = 495.59 m = 1625.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.62 mb = 542.46 m = 1779.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.62 mb = 1634.39 m = 5362.09 ft B at Equ Level: 19.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 427.62 mb = 6947.43 m = 22793.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.9 neg: -37.7 tot: 86.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.66 Bulk Shear: 11.70 m/s