MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 33.73,-117.67 Latitude: 33.73 Longitude: -117.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 987 232 23.5 17.3 68 6.2 19.4 254 1 297.8 300.1 293.0 334.7 12.72 2 950 563 23.1 15.6 63 7.4 18.1 66 2 300.6 302.8 293.2 335.4 11.85 3 900 1033 21.2 14.9 67 6.3 17.0 125 1 303.4 305.6 294.0 338.7 11.91 4 850 1528 19.0 14.3 74 4.8 15.8 219 4 306.1 308.3 294.9 342.4 12.11 5 800 2047 16.1 11.3 73 4.9 13.0 227 2 308.4 310.3 294.4 340.4 10.56 6 750 2594 13.0 7.4 69 5.6 9.6 93 2 310.7 312.3 293.6 337.3 8.66 7 700 3171 9.7 2.7 62 7.0 5.7 129 7 313.2 314.4 292.8 333.9 6.64 8 650 3782 6.2 -6.1 41 12.3 0.3 165 8 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.0 3.72 9 600 4434 2.8 -18.4 19 21.2 -4.8 182 6 319.4 319.7 290.1 324.5 1.49 10 550 5133 -0.5 -30.5 8 30.0 -8.6 228 3 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.5 0.55 11 500 5889 -3.9 -35.8 6 32.0 -11.4 243 6 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.36 12 450 6712 -9.5 -41.8 5 32.3 -15.6 227 5 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.22 13 400 7609 -16.1 -49.0 4 32.8 -20.7 248 10 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.11 14 350 8597 -24.6 -47.6 10 23.0 -27.3 254 12 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.2 0.15 15 300 9697 -34.1 -51.5 15 17.5 -35.4 260 20 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.11 16 250 10945 -44.2 -57.3 22 13.1 -44.7 253 22 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.07 17 200 12407 -54.6 -64.6 28 10.0 -54.8 250 31 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14196 -65.4 -74.4 28 8.9 -65.5 242 38 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16623 -69.4 -82.6 13 13.1 -69.5 265 23 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.11 m Freezing level: 557.18 mb = 5032.43 m = 16510.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.97 mb = 3820.50 m = 12534.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.96 mb = 1023.94 m = 3359.33 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 17.95 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2783.17 m = 9131.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.90 F Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lifted Index: 4.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.07 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 30.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4104.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.15 mb = 1556.34 m = 5106.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.3 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 212.3 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -1.5 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.17 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s