MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-123.59 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -123.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 1 24.6 21.1 81 3.5 22.1 7 8 296.7 299.5 294.8 342.1 15.73 1 1000 115 23.5 20.1 82 3.3 21.1 8 9 296.6 299.3 294.3 339.9 14.99 2 950 561 20.6 17.5 83 3.1 18.5 31 7 298.1 300.5 293.6 337.0 13.39 3 900 1027 17.3 16.2 93 1.2 16.5 50 7 299.4 301.7 293.6 337.2 12.94 4 850 1517 18.5 9.4 55 9.1 12.8 26 4 305.5 307.1 292.2 331.8 8.73 5 800 2035 16.2 5.2 48 10.9 9.7 20 3 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.7 6.95 6 750 2581 13.5 2.8 48 10.7 7.4 105 1 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.6 6.24 7 700 3159 10.3 2.3 58 8.0 5.8 170 4 313.9 315.1 292.9 334.2 6.47 8 650 3773 6.9 2.8 75 4.1 4.5 191 5 316.8 318.2 294.2 339.6 7.22 9 600 4428 3.5 -1.1 72 4.6 1.0 215 6 320.2 321.3 294.1 339.2 5.89 10 550 5129 -0.7 -3.5 81 2.9 -2.1 209 7 323.3 324.4 294.5 340.9 5.37 11 500 5887 -4.1 -8.7 70 4.6 -6.2 178 8 328.0 328.8 294.6 341.3 3.95 12 450 6711 -8.6 -16.0 55 7.4 -11.5 162 11 332.4 332.9 294.6 340.9 2.44 13 400 7615 -14.2 -24.0 44 9.7 -17.1 164 6 336.5 336.8 294.7 341.5 1.38 14 350 8613 -21.6 -33.7 33 12.1 -24.0 163 8 339.7 339.8 294.8 342.1 0.64 15 300 9729 -30.3 -38.9 43 8.6 -31.5 138 7 342.6 342.7 295.4 344.4 0.44 16 250 10997 -40.7 -51.2 31 10.5 -41.4 134 10 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.1 0.14 17 200 12476 -52.6 -61.0 36 8.4 -52.8 119 11 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.05 18 150 14274 -66.7 -70.5 59 3.8 -66.7 84 19 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 19 100 16632 -75.7 -81.7 38 6.0 -75.7 119 20 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.83 m Freezing level: 557.92 mb = 5018.27 m = 16463.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.95 mb = 4646.41 m = 15243.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.23 mb = 449.98 m = 1476.30 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 7.48 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.68 mb = 1020.90 m = 3349.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: 3.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: 6.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.57 C Cross Totals Index: 13.49 C K Index: 23.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4273.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.26 mb = 816.88 m = 2680.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.4 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 199.4 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.0 neg: -6.6 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 23.99 m/s