MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 149 1 950 592 SFC 922 851 26.6 6.5 28 20.2 14.5 210 1 306.8 308.0 290.8 326.8 6.57 3 900 1062 23.7 6.6 33 17.0 13.5 188 1 305.9 307.2 290.7 326.6 6.82 4 850 1557 19.7 5.7 40 14.0 11.4 149 2 306.7 308.0 290.9 327.3 6.76 5 800 2075 15.9 4.7 47 11.3 9.4 135 7 308.1 309.4 291.3 328.6 6.69 6 750 2620 11.8 2.7 53 9.1 6.7 122 11 309.4 310.6 291.3 328.6 6.20 7 700 3192 7.1 1.2 66 5.9 3.9 113 13 310.4 311.5 291.4 328.9 5.99 8 650 3797 2.4 0.7 89 1.7 1.5 121 11 311.7 312.8 292.0 331.0 6.20 9 600 4440 -1.4 -2.3 94 0.9 -1.8 149 10 314.5 315.6 292.2 331.6 5.41 10 550 5130 -4.9 -7.7 80 2.8 -6.1 183 12 318.3 319.1 292.0 330.9 3.89 11 500 5875 -7.8 -20.7 35 12.9 -11.9 184 15 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.6 1.47 12 450 6687 -12.3 -35.4 13 23.2 -17.0 222 12 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.4 0.42 13 400 7576 -18.8 -26.2 52 7.4 -20.7 246 22 330.5 330.7 292.9 334.5 1.12 14 350 8560 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 194 45 336.8 337.1 295.0 342.6 1.61 15 300 9667 -32.3 -32.2 100 -0.0 -32.3 197 50 339.9 340.1 295.1 343.1 0.85 16 250 10927 -41.9 -42.8 91 0.9 -42.0 209 64 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.1 0.35 17 200 12403 -51.3 -59.1 39 7.9 -51.5 222 71 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.9 0.07 18 150 14240 -59.5 -79.0 6 19.5 -59.7 233 42 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16684 -69.4 -82.5 13 13.1 -69.5 196 13 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.38 m Freezing level: 618.23 mb = 4205.77 m = 13798.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.38 mb = 4081.80 m = 13391.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.19 mb = 3367.01 m = 11046.47 ft T: 5.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 0.22 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.65 mb = 3926.15 m = 12880.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Showalter Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 13.49 C K Index: 27.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7727.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.48 mb = 3292.36 m = 10801.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.7 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 187.7 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 10.46 m/s