MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 18.31,-123.20 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -123.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.3 23.6 91 1.6 24.1 60 16 297.3 300.6 296.8 350.7 18.43 1 1000 117 24.2 22.6 91 1.6 23.0 61 20 297.3 300.5 296.2 348.1 17.53 2 950 565 21.4 20.7 96 0.7 20.9 83 19 298.9 301.9 295.9 346.7 16.41 3 900 1034 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 99 17 301.5 304.2 295.6 345.1 14.80 4 850 1526 17.6 15.2 86 2.5 16.0 110 16 304.6 307.0 295.0 343.0 12.87 5 800 2044 15.4 11.9 80 3.5 13.1 113 16 307.5 309.6 294.5 340.8 11.00 6 750 2590 12.7 8.1 73 4.6 9.9 112 17 310.4 312.1 293.9 338.2 9.08 7 700 3167 9.7 4.8 72 4.9 6.8 112 18 313.2 314.7 293.6 337.2 7.73 8 650 3779 6.1 1.5 72 4.6 3.5 116 19 315.9 317.2 293.5 336.7 6.58 9 600 4431 2.3 -2.7 69 5.0 -0.3 117 19 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.6 5.22 10 550 5130 -1.2 -6.7 66 5.5 -3.8 114 19 322.6 323.4 293.4 336.5 4.21 11 500 5885 -5.4 -9.9 70 4.5 -7.4 119 18 326.4 327.2 294.0 338.5 3.60 12 450 6704 -10.5 -11.7 91 1.2 -11.1 133 18 330.0 330.7 294.7 341.8 3.46 13 400 7602 -15.4 -16.5 91 1.1 -15.8 150 16 335.0 335.5 295.3 344.2 2.63 14 350 8600 -21.1 -24.3 75 3.2 -22.0 160 20 340.4 340.7 295.7 346.0 1.53 15 300 9720 -29.4 -34.4 62 5.0 -30.2 160 12 344.0 344.1 295.9 346.7 0.69 16 250 10992 -40.2 -43.1 74 2.9 -40.4 163 8 346.4 346.4 296.1 347.7 0.34 17 200 12473 -52.9 -58.2 52 5.3 -53.0 195 12 349.0 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.07 18 150 14262 -67.9 -71.4 60 3.5 -67.9 146 8 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16631 -75.7 -81.8 38 6.1 -75.7 100 19 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.10 m Freezing level: 567.57 mb = 4884.57 m = 16025.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.59 mb = 4382.65 m = 14378.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.06 mb = 204.07 m = 669.50 ft T: 23.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.47 mb = 745.32 m = 2445.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.23 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 33.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 240.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.77 mb = 585.59 m = 1921.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.77 mb = 3015.64 m = 9893.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.77 mb = 8541.64 m = 28023.42 ft B at Equ Level: 239.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.77 mb = 13753.83 m = 45123.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.3 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 138.3 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 11.10 Bulk Shear: 21.70 m/s