MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 20.29,-128.73 Latitude: 20.29 Longitude: -128.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -67 SFC 992 -0 24.5 23.7 96 0.8 23.9 182 10 298.3 301.7 297.4 353.4 18.93 2 950 383 22.1 22.0 100 0.0 22.1 188 14 299.6 302.8 297.0 351.6 17.80 3 900 854 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 19.9 184 14 302.4 305.4 296.8 350.7 16.34 4 850 1348 18.4 17.7 95 0.8 17.9 189 16 305.4 308.3 296.8 350.7 15.13 5 800 1868 16.3 15.5 95 0.8 15.7 196 17 308.5 311.1 296.8 350.7 13.94 6 750 2416 13.6 13.3 98 0.3 13.4 203 16 311.3 313.8 296.8 350.8 12.88 7 700 2996 10.9 10.8 99 0.1 10.8 204 15 314.5 316.8 296.8 350.8 11.67 8 650 3614 8.1 7.9 98 0.3 8.0 204 13 318.2 320.2 296.8 350.7 10.32 9 600 4273 5.2 4.7 97 0.5 4.9 207 12 322.1 323.8 296.8 350.8 8.95 10 550 4980 1.2 1.0 98 0.2 1.1 212 12 325.5 327.0 296.6 350.0 7.50 11 500 5743 -2.7 -3.5 94 0.8 -3.1 214 12 329.8 330.9 296.5 349.6 5.94 12 450 6574 -6.3 -7.6 90 1.3 -7.0 222 10 335.3 336.3 297.0 351.8 4.80 13 400 7489 -10.4 -13.3 79 2.9 -11.7 223 5 341.4 342.1 297.4 353.6 3.42 14 350 8506 -16.6 -20.9 69 4.3 -18.0 129 1 346.4 346.8 297.5 354.0 2.06 15 300 9647 -24.6 -34.8 38 10.2 -26.6 40 3 350.8 350.9 297.4 353.4 0.67 16 250 10944 -35.8 -46.6 32 10.8 -36.8 64 9 352.9 353.0 297.5 353.9 0.23 17 200 12452 -48.7 -58.8 30 10.1 -49.1 120 9 355.7 355.7 297.9 356.0 0.07 18 150 14274 -64.7 -73.3 30 8.6 -64.7 107 7 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16635 -79.8 -82.7 62 2.9 -79.8 116 15 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.49 m Freezing level: 534.64 mb = 5214.62 m = 17108.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 537.09 mb = 5170.48 m = 16963.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.09 mb = 92.01 m = 301.86 ft T: 23.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 2.65 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.16 mb = 520.28 m = 1706.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 38.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.38 mb = 499.56 m = 1638.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.38 mb = 2389.10 m = 7838.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 472.38 mb = 6190.85 m = 20310.93 ft B at Equ Level: 43.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.38 mb = 7443.05 m = 24419.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.7 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 230.7 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 26.54 Bulk Shear: 1.69 m/s