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,-123.98 Latitude: 20.34 Longitude: -123.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -82 SFC 991 -0 25.0 23.3 90 1.7 23.8 50 47 298.9 302.3 297.3 352.9 18.49 2 950 368 22.3 22.0 98 0.3 22.1 60 66 299.8 303.1 297.1 352.0 17.82 3 900 839 20.1 20.1 100 -0.0 20.2 68 68 302.3 305.3 297.0 351.7 16.72 4 850 1332 18.1 18.1 100 0.0 18.1 78 66 305.1 308.0 297.0 351.6 15.57 5 800 1852 16.5 15.5 94 1.0 15.8 79 67 308.8 311.4 296.9 351.2 13.99 6 750 2402 14.8 11.8 82 3.0 12.8 82 66 312.6 314.9 296.3 348.5 11.65 7 700 2985 12.5 9.1 80 3.4 10.3 83 67 316.3 318.3 296.4 349.0 10.44 8 650 3605 9.3 6.8 85 2.4 7.8 85 64 319.4 321.3 296.6 349.9 9.61 9 600 4266 5.5 3.9 90 1.6 4.5 79 64 322.5 324.1 296.6 349.8 8.49 10 550 4974 1.4 0.6 94 0.9 0.9 79 65 325.8 327.2 296.5 349.5 7.27 11 500 5738 -1.5 -3.1 89 1.6 -2.3 86 65 331.3 332.5 297.0 351.7 6.10 12 450 6574 -4.8 -8.1 78 3.3 -6.4 90 61 337.2 338.1 297.3 353.1 4.61 13 400 7493 -10.3 -13.6 77 3.3 -11.8 94 55 341.5 342.2 297.4 353.4 3.34 14 350 8508 -17.4 -18.8 89 1.4 -17.9 98 55 345.3 345.8 297.5 354.3 2.47 15 300 9645 -25.4 -26.0 94 0.6 -25.5 106 53 349.6 349.9 297.8 355.4 1.53 16 250 10941 -35.7 -36.4 93 0.7 -35.8 97 48 353.0 353.2 297.8 355.7 0.68 17 200 12449 -49.1 -49.7 93 0.6 -49.1 86 40 355.1 355.1 297.9 355.9 0.20 18 150 14268 -64.8 -67.4 70 2.6 -64.9 108 25 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.03 19 100 16631 -80.1 -82.7 65 2.6 -80.1 94 22 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.77 m Freezing level: 525.48 mb = 5348.73 m = 17548.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 536.06 mb = 5179.76 m = 16993.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.36 mb = 209.41 m = 687.02 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 4.36 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.86 mb = 545.49 m = 1789.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 34.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.06 mb = 515.66 m = 1691.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.06 mb = 656.52 m = 2153.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.06 mb = 1443.45 m = 4735.68 ft B at Equ Level: 18.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.06 mb = 2412.73 m = 7915.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 78.2 at 65.2 knts Storm direction: 108.2 at 48.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 469.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 469.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 71.20 m/s