MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 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 26.8 8.5 31 18.3 15.5 209 5 307.1 308.6 291.7 330.2 7.58 3 900 1050 23.9 8.7 38 15.3 14.5 201 4 306.2 307.6 291.7 329.9 7.85 4 850 1545 19.5 7.3 45 12.3 12.1 169 3 306.6 308.0 291.6 329.5 7.55 5 800 2063 15.7 5.8 52 9.8 9.9 106 5 307.8 309.2 291.7 330.0 7.26 6 750 2607 11.8 4.9 62 6.9 7.8 97 7 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.7 7.25 7 700 3180 7.3 3.2 76 4.0 5.0 109 7 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.9 6.91 8 650 3786 2.8 1.2 89 1.6 2.0 125 9 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.2 6.44 9 600 4431 -0.6 -1.2 96 0.6 -0.9 168 8 315.4 316.5 292.8 334.0 5.86 10 550 5122 -4.3 -5.9 88 1.6 -5.1 183 12 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.5 4.48 11 500 5869 -7.4 -20.4 35 13.0 -11.6 192 13 324.0 324.3 291.5 329.2 1.51 12 450 6682 -12.0 -34.7 13 22.7 -16.9 217 12 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.44 13 400 7571 -18.9 -29.1 40 10.2 -21.2 243 21 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.5 0.86 14 350 8555 -23.6 -24.1 96 0.5 -23.7 203 42 336.9 337.3 295.0 342.6 1.56 15 300 9664 -31.6 -31.7 100 0.0 -31.6 192 52 340.8 341.0 295.3 344.2 0.90 16 250 10926 -41.8 -41.8 100 -0.0 -41.8 207 64 343.9 344.0 295.6 345.4 0.39 17 200 12408 -49.2 -72.5 5 23.3 -49.7 216 63 354.8 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 14240 -61.7 -78.4 9 16.7 -61.9 241 46 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16680 -68.9 -82.5 12 13.7 -68.9 191 18 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.98 m Freezing level: 608.76 mb = 4317.85 m = 14166.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.98 mb = 4219.06 m = 13841.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.48 mb = 3139.31 m = 10299.43 ft T: 7.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 0.71 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.45 mb = 3655.75 m = 11993.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 14.71 C K Index: 30.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6251.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.61 mb = 3067.22 m = 10062.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.6 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 198.6 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 3.91 m/s