MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 579 SFC 921 851 27.6 8.2 29 19.4 15.6 232 4 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.7 7.44 3 900 1051 24.5 8.4 36 16.1 14.6 223 3 306.7 308.2 291.7 330.1 7.69 4 850 1546 19.7 7.2 44 12.6 12.1 196 2 306.8 308.2 291.6 329.6 7.49 5 800 2064 15.2 6.1 54 9.2 9.8 134 3 307.4 308.8 291.7 329.9 7.38 6 750 2607 11.0 4.7 65 6.3 7.3 97 5 308.5 309.9 291.8 330.4 7.14 7 700 3179 7.0 2.9 76 4.0 4.7 88 9 310.2 311.5 292.0 331.1 6.77 8 650 3785 2.9 1.1 88 1.8 1.9 90 10 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.1 6.38 9 600 4429 -0.8 -2.5 89 1.6 -1.7 165 4 315.2 316.2 292.3 332.0 5.33 10 550 5120 -4.2 -8.0 75 3.8 -5.9 221 10 319.1 319.8 292.1 331.5 3.81 11 500 5867 -7.5 -22.6 29 15.1 -12.1 207 13 323.9 324.2 291.2 328.2 1.24 12 450 6680 -11.9 -33.1 15 21.2 -16.6 229 10 328.2 328.4 291.7 330.2 0.52 13 400 7568 -18.8 -22.3 74 3.5 -19.8 242 20 330.6 330.9 293.4 336.2 1.60 14 350 8556 -22.6 -22.8 99 0.1 -22.7 193 48 338.2 338.6 295.4 344.6 1.75 15 300 9668 -31.1 -31.2 99 0.1 -31.1 194 52 341.6 341.8 295.6 345.2 0.95 16 250 10932 -42.0 -42.0 100 0.0 -42.0 200 62 343.7 343.7 295.6 345.2 0.38 17 200 12410 -50.3 -70.6 7 20.4 -50.7 216 66 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14240 -61.3 -78.7 8 17.4 -61.4 236 37 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16678 -69.0 -82.3 13 13.4 -69.0 179 19 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.01 m Freezing level: 611.20 mb = 4284.75 m = 14057.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.49 mb = 4119.85 m = 13516.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.72 mb = 3264.66 m = 10710.68 ft T: 6.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 1.12 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.30 mb = 3680.99 m = 12076.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.62 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Showalter Index: 3.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 14.64 C K Index: 30.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6626.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.61 mb = 3124.82 m = 10251.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.4 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 209.4 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 3.99 m/s