MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.92,-117.83 Latitude: 33.92 Longitude: -117.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 997 171 23.2 14.8 59 8.4 17.8 261 1 296.7 298.6 291.0 327.6 10.69 2 950 586 22.2 8.3 41 13.9 13.8 83 1 299.7 301.0 289.0 321.0 7.22 3 900 1055 21.7 0.5 24 21.2 10.4 202 4 303.9 304.7 287.9 317.3 4.41 4 850 1548 18.9 5.2 41 13.7 11.0 220 5 306.0 307.2 290.5 325.9 6.55 5 800 2066 16.0 3.6 44 12.4 8.9 64 1 308.2 309.4 290.9 327.3 6.21 6 750 2611 12.6 0.1 42 12.5 5.9 55 7 310.3 311.2 290.6 326.2 5.13 7 700 3185 8.1 -1.9 49 10.0 3.0 63 11 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.4 4.76 8 650 3791 2.6 -2.7 68 5.3 -0.0 80 13 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.1 4.83 9 600 4432 -2.9 -3.5 95 0.6 -3.1 105 12 312.8 313.8 291.2 328.4 4.93 10 550 5119 -4.4 -19.1 31 14.7 -9.3 171 11 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.0 1.53 11 500 5864 -8.3 -31.6 13 23.3 -13.8 201 8 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.9 0.54 12 450 6674 -12.5 -38.6 9 26.1 -17.4 227 18 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.30 13 400 7561 -19.7 -29.3 42 9.6 -21.8 243 29 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.4 0.85 14 350 8541 -24.4 -24.6 98 0.2 -24.5 214 46 335.8 336.1 294.6 341.2 1.49 15 300 9648 -32.5 -32.5 100 -0.0 -32.6 201 56 339.5 339.7 295.0 342.6 0.83 16 250 10903 -43.4 -43.4 100 -0.0 -43.4 202 67 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.8 0.33 17 200 12371 -52.6 -53.0 96 0.4 -52.6 218 94 349.5 349.5 296.7 350.1 0.14 18 150 14201 -58.9 -79.6 5 20.6 -59.2 251 55 368.5 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16662 -69.6 -82.6 13 13.0 -69.7 221 19 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.93 m Freezing level: 626.08 mb = 4097.76 m = 13443.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.64 mb = 3782.93 m = 12411.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.43 mb = 1244.85 m = 4084.11 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.29 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.07 mb = 3777.52 m = 12393.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.47 C = 101.24 F Cap Strength: 8.65 C Lifted Index: 7.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.03 C Showalter Index: 4.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 13.57 C K Index: 22.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9209.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.24 mb = 2429.91 m = 7972.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.8 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 149.8 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.5 neg: -4.6 tot: 17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.91 Bulk Shear: 5.71 m/s