MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 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 124 1 950 567 SFC 920 852 26.7 9.3 33 17.4 15.8 213 3 307.2 308.7 292.2 331.6 8.03 3 900 1038 24.3 9.4 39 14.9 15.0 191 2 306.5 308.1 292.2 331.5 8.26 4 850 1535 20.4 7.6 44 12.8 12.6 141 4 307.5 309.0 292.0 331.0 7.73 5 800 2054 16.3 6.0 51 10.3 10.2 85 4 308.5 309.9 292.0 331.0 7.34 6 750 2599 12.0 4.6 61 7.4 7.7 66 5 309.6 310.9 292.1 331.5 7.12 7 700 3173 7.6 3.2 74 4.3 5.1 68 9 310.9 312.2 292.3 332.3 6.92 8 650 3779 3.1 1.5 90 1.6 2.2 87 7 312.5 313.7 292.5 333.0 6.59 9 600 4425 0.0 -1.2 91 1.2 -0.6 167 3 316.1 317.2 293.0 334.7 5.84 10 550 5118 -3.5 -6.2 82 2.7 -4.8 202 10 320.0 320.8 292.9 334.2 4.38 11 500 5867 -6.9 -19.8 35 12.9 -11.2 209 15 324.6 324.9 291.7 330.1 1.58 12 450 6681 -11.9 -42.7 6 30.8 -17.2 229 15 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.20 13 400 7570 -18.4 -46.3 7 27.9 -22.2 238 23 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 14 350 8553 -24.5 -32.2 49 7.7 -26.0 220 36 335.7 335.9 293.9 338.5 0.73 15 300 9660 -32.0 -32.9 92 0.8 -32.2 206 52 340.2 340.4 295.1 343.2 0.80 16 250 10920 -41.4 -45.7 63 4.3 -41.8 210 58 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.6 0.26 17 200 12412 -49.2 -73.8 4 24.6 -49.7 219 60 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 14239 -62.2 -78.1 10 15.9 -62.3 230 41 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16670 -70.5 -82.2 16 11.7 -70.6 183 21 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.87 m Freezing level: 599.95 mb = 4425.25 m = 14518.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.88 mb = 4279.67 m = 14040.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.89 mb = 3032.79 m = 9949.97 ft T: 8.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 0.61 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.57 mb = 3609.94 m = 11843.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 14.54 C K Index: 30.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5825.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.73 mb = 3069.77 m = 10071.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.3 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 212.3 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -5.5 tot: 10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.54 Bulk Shear: 3.77 m/s