MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 33.44,-117.51 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -117.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 977 286 26.8 18.4 60 8.4 20.9 109 7 301.9 304.4 294.9 342.5 13.76 2 950 536 25.6 16.5 57 9.0 19.4 97 9 303.1 305.5 294.4 340.3 12.54 3 900 1011 24.0 14.2 54 9.8 17.4 87 9 306.2 308.4 294.4 340.4 11.38 4 850 1510 21.7 11.3 52 10.4 15.0 74 8 308.9 310.8 294.1 339.3 9.97 5 800 2034 18.6 8.5 52 10.0 12.3 61 6 310.9 312.6 293.8 337.9 8.76 6 750 2585 14.4 5.6 55 8.9 9.1 52 5 312.3 313.7 293.3 335.8 7.60 7 700 3164 10.2 3.0 61 7.1 6.1 30 6 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.1 6.82 8 650 3777 6.0 0.2 66 5.8 2.8 17 7 315.7 316.9 293.0 334.6 5.98 9 600 4429 2.2 -3.4 66 5.6 -0.6 29 9 318.7 319.7 293.0 334.7 4.97 10 550 5127 -2.5 -7.2 70 4.7 -4.7 38 9 321.1 321.9 292.9 334.3 4.04 11 500 5876 -7.7 -11.5 74 3.8 -9.2 35 6 323.6 324.3 292.9 334.3 3.18 12 450 6688 -13.1 -17.1 72 4.0 -14.5 19 3 326.8 327.2 292.9 334.4 2.22 13 400 7575 -18.9 -22.7 72 3.8 -20.0 296 2 330.4 330.7 293.3 335.9 1.54 14 350 8556 -25.6 -31.3 59 5.7 -26.7 275 6 334.3 334.4 293.6 337.2 0.80 15 300 9653 -34.7 -39.8 60 5.1 -35.3 263 12 336.5 336.5 293.8 338.0 0.40 16 250 10898 -44.7 -49.7 57 5.0 -45.0 261 14 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.16 17 200 12356 -54.9 -58.0 69 3.1 -55.0 275 14 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.08 18 150 14149 -64.2 -73.4 27 9.2 -64.3 259 31 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16609 -67.2 -83.0 9 15.9 -67.2 6 6 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.95 m Freezing level: 576.52 mb = 4756.96 m = 15606.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.04 mb = 4307.61 m = 14132.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.42 % Est. max temperature: 34.66 C = 94.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.49 mb = 1352.59 m = 4437.58 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 5.78 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.31 mb = 2970.81 m = 9746.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.07 C = 100.52 F Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.05 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 242.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 345.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.05 mb = 1947.80 m = 6390.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 563.05 mb = 4938.96 m = 16203.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.05 mb = 11082.57 m = 36359.70 ft B at Equ Level: 237.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.05 mb = 12907.81 m = 42347.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 48.5 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 78.5 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -7.3 tot: -7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 39.09 Bulk Shear: 6.20 m/s