MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 18.58,-122.09 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -122.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 25.9 22.0 79 3.9 23.1 41 11 298.0 301.1 295.8 346.5 16.70 1 1000 106 24.8 20.8 78 4.0 22.0 41 12 298.0 300.8 295.1 343.3 15.65 2 950 554 20.7 19.5 93 1.2 19.9 42 12 298.2 301.0 294.9 342.4 15.22 3 900 1022 19.1 15.9 81 3.3 17.0 57 9 301.2 303.6 294.0 338.6 12.70 4 850 1513 17.6 13.7 78 3.9 15.0 90 7 304.6 306.7 294.1 339.4 11.66 5 800 2031 15.9 10.4 70 5.5 12.4 101 8 308.1 309.9 293.9 338.2 9.94 6 750 2578 13.5 6.6 63 6.9 9.3 92 8 311.2 312.7 293.4 336.4 8.17 7 700 3156 10.5 2.6 58 7.9 6.0 79 9 314.1 315.4 293.0 334.9 6.62 8 650 3770 7.3 -1.3 54 8.6 2.7 75 10 317.2 318.2 292.9 334.3 5.35 9 600 4425 3.8 -7.3 44 11.2 -1.4 83 10 320.5 321.3 292.4 332.6 3.67 10 550 5127 -0.0 -10.4 45 10.4 -4.6 88 11 324.0 324.7 292.9 334.6 3.14 11 500 5885 -3.4 -18.5 30 15.1 -8.9 81 11 328.9 329.3 293.1 335.1 1.78 12 450 6711 -7.8 -26.3 21 18.4 -13.2 68 11 333.4 333.6 293.6 337.1 1.00 13 400 7615 -14.5 -30.9 23 16.4 -18.4 61 9 336.2 336.3 294.0 338.9 0.73 14 350 8612 -21.8 -35.7 27 13.9 -24.4 38 5 339.3 339.4 294.6 341.3 0.52 15 300 9727 -30.2 -43.1 27 12.9 -31.8 116 2 342.7 342.8 295.3 343.9 0.28 16 250 10998 -40.2 -49.2 38 9.0 -40.9 225 5 346.3 346.3 296.0 347.0 0.17 17 200 12477 -53.2 -59.7 45 6.5 -53.4 207 7 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.06 18 150 14267 -67.8 -70.2 71 2.4 -67.8 143 10 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 19 100 16637 -76.4 -80.6 51 4.3 -76.4 104 14 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.03 m Freezing level: 550.53 mb = 5119.41 m = 16795.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.37 mb = 4191.53 m = 13751.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.91 mb = 490.90 m = 1610.55 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 7.91 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1505.27 m = 4938.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: 2.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.13 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.99 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 26.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2659.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.21 mb = 764.29 m = 2507.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.6 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 106.6 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 6.51 m/s