MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 33.89,-116.88 Latitude: 33.89 Longitude: -116.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 544 SFC 910 925 29.5 15.0 41 14.5 19.5 190 5 311.0 313.2 296.0 347.3 11.85 3 900 1020 27.1 15.0 48 12.1 18.8 175 4 309.4 311.7 295.7 345.9 11.99 4 850 1521 22.6 13.2 55 9.4 16.3 158 5 309.8 312.0 295.3 344.3 11.29 5 800 2045 18.7 10.5 59 8.2 13.4 149 6 311.1 313.0 294.7 341.8 10.02 6 750 2596 14.3 7.7 64 6.6 10.2 152 7 312.1 313.8 294.1 339.4 8.81 7 700 3174 9.6 4.9 72 4.7 6.8 149 7 313.1 314.6 293.7 337.3 7.77 8 650 3785 5.4 0.7 72 4.6 2.8 146 7 315.0 316.2 293.0 334.7 6.23 9 600 4435 1.0 -3.4 72 4.5 -1.2 146 8 317.3 318.3 292.6 333.2 4.96 10 550 5129 -3.0 -9.2 62 6.2 -5.7 146 6 320.5 321.2 292.2 331.9 3.45 11 500 5878 -7.4 -17.2 45 9.8 -10.9 145 4 324.0 324.4 291.9 330.7 1.98 12 450 6689 -12.8 -25.5 34 12.7 -16.2 129 3 327.1 327.3 292.0 330.9 1.06 13 400 7577 -19.1 -31.1 34 12.0 -21.6 214 2 330.2 330.4 292.5 332.8 0.71 14 350 8556 -26.4 -35.7 41 9.3 -27.9 225 7 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.1 0.52 15 300 9651 -34.5 -50.2 19 15.7 -35.7 277 11 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.13 16 250 10897 -44.3 -55.8 27 11.5 -44.8 270 18 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.08 17 200 12353 -55.7 -61.4 49 5.7 -55.9 264 26 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14140 -64.2 -72.7 30 8.5 -64.3 259 25 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16603 -67.8 -82.9 10 15.2 -67.9 284 8 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.66 m Freezing level: 587.22 mb = 4612.36 m = 15132.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.97 mb = 4234.78 m = 13893.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.35 mb = 2749.74 m = 9021.34 ft T: 13.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 16.53 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.79 mb = 3069.54 m = 10070.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 38.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 816.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.79 mb = 2721.92 m = 8930.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.79 mb = 3488.88 m = 11446.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.79 mb = 12230.88 m = 40127.06 ft B at Equ Level: 814.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.79 mb = 14834.78 m = 48669.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.5 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 178.5 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -144.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1212.02 Bulk Shear: 0.67 m/s