MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.73,-115.26 Latitude: 32.73 Longitude: -115.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 60 26.8 16.9 55 9.9 20.1 277 2 299.5 301.7 293.0 334.9 12.13 1 1000 112 27.7 16.5 51 11.2 20.1 280 3 300.8 303.0 293.3 335.7 11.87 2 950 565 26.6 14.4 47 12.2 18.5 279 5 304.2 306.2 293.5 336.8 10.92 3 900 1041 23.9 13.3 51 10.6 16.9 268 6 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.4 10.72 4 850 1538 20.4 12.3 60 8.0 15.1 233 8 307.5 309.5 294.3 339.7 10.66 5 800 2059 16.6 10.9 69 5.7 13.0 215 10 308.9 310.8 294.4 340.2 10.31 6 750 2606 12.8 8.1 73 4.8 9.9 215 12 310.5 312.2 293.9 338.3 9.05 7 700 3183 9.2 4.0 70 5.3 6.2 223 16 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.4 7.28 8 650 3793 5.4 1.2 75 4.1 3.1 229 19 315.0 316.3 293.2 335.4 6.46 9 600 4444 1.2 -0.7 87 1.9 0.2 228 21 317.5 318.7 293.6 336.9 6.08 10 550 5139 -2.9 -3.5 95 0.6 -3.2 218 22 320.6 321.7 293.8 338.0 5.36 11 500 5890 -6.2 -11.6 66 5.3 -8.5 212 23 325.4 326.1 293.3 336.0 3.15 12 450 6707 -11.2 -22.6 38 11.4 -14.7 224 27 329.1 329.4 292.8 334.0 1.38 13 400 7601 -17.2 -40.7 11 23.5 -21.1 235 27 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.27 14 350 8584 -25.3 -45.4 14 20.1 -27.8 229 34 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.19 15 300 9691 -30.7 -56.5 6 25.8 -32.7 214 50 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.06 16 250 10962 -39.1 -58.0 12 18.9 -40.2 215 50 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.06 17 200 12457 -50.4 -69.6 8 19.3 -50.8 215 38 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 18 150 14268 -65.3 -72.3 37 7.0 -65.3 198 37 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16673 -71.1 -80.8 23 9.6 -71.2 209 12 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.89 m Freezing level: 585.31 mb = 4647.97 m = 15249.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.12 mb = 4481.95 m = 14704.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.67 C = 94.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.19 mb = 1334.05 m = 4376.77 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 4.85 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 2984.38 m = 9791.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.32 C = 102.78 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 33.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4520.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.24 mb = 1992.24 m = 6536.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.3 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 254.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -3.9 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 22.30 m/s