MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 25.06,-116.58 Latitude: 25.06 Longitude: -116.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -111 SFC 987 -0 23.1 22.5 96 0.6 22.6 332 12 297.3 300.5 296.3 348.3 17.61 2 950 337 21.6 21.3 98 0.3 21.4 346 16 299.1 302.2 296.4 348.9 17.05 3 900 807 20.6 19.1 91 1.5 19.5 349 18 302.7 305.6 296.4 349.0 15.64 4 850 1302 19.1 16.8 87 2.3 17.5 342 17 306.2 308.9 296.4 349.2 14.34 5 800 1824 17.9 14.4 80 3.4 15.5 324 17 310.2 312.7 296.6 350.0 13.05 6 750 2376 16.1 11.9 76 4.2 13.3 309 20 314.1 316.3 296.7 350.5 11.76 7 700 2962 14.1 9.1 72 5.0 10.9 301 22 318.1 320.1 296.8 351.0 10.44 8 650 3585 11.2 6.1 71 5.1 8.0 297 23 321.7 323.4 296.8 350.9 9.12 9 600 4251 7.9 2.7 70 5.2 4.8 293 21 325.3 326.8 296.8 350.7 7.79 10 550 4966 4.8 -0.6 68 5.4 1.7 271 20 329.8 331.1 297.1 352.0 6.66 11 500 5739 0.8 -4.3 69 5.1 -2.0 253 24 334.0 335.1 297.3 352.9 5.56 12 450 6578 -4.3 -8.7 71 4.5 -6.4 257 25 337.8 338.8 297.3 353.1 4.40 13 400 7499 -9.4 -14.7 66 5.3 -11.6 282 27 342.8 343.4 297.4 353.8 3.07 14 350 8517 -16.7 -21.1 69 4.4 -18.1 286 29 346.3 346.7 297.4 353.8 2.04 15 300 9656 -25.2 -30.1 63 5.0 -26.3 285 25 349.9 350.1 297.5 354.0 1.04 16 250 10951 -36.5 -41.4 60 4.9 -37.1 282 24 351.8 351.9 297.4 353.5 0.41 17 200 12455 -48.8 -50.8 79 2.0 -48.9 255 25 355.5 355.6 298.0 356.3 0.18 18 150 14277 -65.1 -65.3 97 0.2 -65.1 42 8 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.2 0.04 19 100 16638 -76.2 -81.0 47 4.8 -76.2 73 10 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.98 m Freezing level: 492.37 mb = 5866.90 m = 19248.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 526.72 mb = 5316.75 m = 17443.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.91 C = 91.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.33 mb = 71.55 m = 234.73 ft T: 22.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1317.99 m = 4324.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.68 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.83 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.36 C Cross Totals Index: 16.06 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3006.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.62 mb = 563.28 m = 1848.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.9 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 330.9 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -12.3 tot: -12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 23.10 m/s