MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 20.34,-123.48 Latitude: 20.34 Longitude: -123.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -74 SFC 992 -0 25.0 23.4 91 1.6 23.9 92 44 298.9 302.3 297.3 353.2 18.60 2 950 377 22.4 22.1 98 0.3 22.2 103 63 299.9 303.2 297.1 352.4 17.90 3 900 848 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 111 66 302.4 305.5 297.1 351.9 16.75 4 850 1342 18.4 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 117 67 305.5 308.4 297.1 352.1 15.57 5 800 1862 17.1 15.3 89 1.8 15.9 117 70 309.4 312.0 297.0 351.4 13.82 6 750 2413 14.8 12.6 87 2.2 13.3 117 69 312.6 315.0 296.8 350.6 12.32 7 700 2996 12.5 9.0 79 3.5 10.3 116 68 316.4 318.4 296.4 348.9 10.38 8 650 3616 9.6 6.2 79 3.4 7.5 116 66 319.8 321.6 296.4 349.2 9.22 9 600 4278 5.8 3.7 87 2.0 4.5 116 61 322.8 324.4 296.5 349.7 8.36 10 550 4986 1.9 0.7 92 1.2 1.2 111 59 326.3 327.8 296.7 350.3 7.33 11 500 5752 -1.2 -3.3 86 2.1 -2.3 114 60 331.6 332.8 297.0 351.8 6.03 12 450 6588 -4.9 -8.6 76 3.6 -6.7 117 60 337.0 338.0 297.2 352.5 4.46 13 400 7506 -10.4 -14.6 71 4.3 -12.1 118 62 341.5 342.2 297.2 352.5 3.08 14 350 8521 -17.6 -21.0 75 3.4 -18.7 120 62 345.1 345.5 297.2 352.6 2.06 15 300 9657 -26.0 -27.5 87 1.5 -26.4 120 55 348.7 349.0 297.4 353.7 1.33 16 250 10948 -36.1 -36.2 99 0.1 -36.1 112 47 352.4 352.5 297.7 355.1 0.69 17 200 12455 -49.0 -49.0 100 0.0 -49.0 112 33 355.2 355.2 297.9 356.1 0.22 18 150 14273 -65.3 -65.5 97 0.2 -65.4 127 27 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.7 0.04 19 100 16631 -79.7 -82.9 59 3.2 -79.7 98 23 373.7 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.17 m Freezing level: 519.65 mb = 5451.08 m = 17883.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 533.05 mb = 5237.59 m = 17183.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.85 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.96 mb = 203.41 m = 667.33 ft T: 23.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 3.18 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 576.08 m = 1890.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.16 mb = 523.34 m = 1716.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.16 mb = 759.47 m = 2491.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 879.16 mb = 1050.10 m = 3445.18 ft B at Equ Level: 16.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 779.16 mb = 2087.34 m = 6848.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.8 at 64.0 knts Storm direction: 143.8 at 48.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 377.1 neg: -16.6 tot: 360.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 35.47 m/s