MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 34.45,-118.57 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -118.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 579 SFC 944 638 28.4 13.9 41 14.5 18.7 208 7 306.6 308.6 294.0 338.7 10.65 3 900 1054 23.3 12.9 52 10.5 16.5 206 7 305.6 307.5 293.5 336.8 10.42 4 850 1549 19.1 11.6 62 7.5 14.3 210 6 306.1 308.0 293.4 336.6 10.12 5 800 2069 16.9 7.9 56 8.9 11.4 216 5 309.1 310.7 293.0 334.8 8.41 6 750 2616 13.1 5.7 61 7.4 8.7 192 5 310.8 312.3 292.9 334.6 7.70 7 700 3192 8.9 2.7 65 6.1 5.4 190 7 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.1 6.67 8 650 3802 5.4 -8.2 37 13.6 -0.7 196 10 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.3 3.16 9 600 4452 3.1 -24.2 11 27.3 -5.6 191 11 319.7 319.8 289.6 322.8 0.90 10 550 5152 -0.2 -32.6 7 32.4 -8.6 191 9 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.45 11 500 5908 -4.3 -38.9 5 34.6 -11.8 214 9 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.26 12 450 6728 -10.1 -42.7 5 32.6 -16.0 214 15 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.20 13 400 7623 -17.1 -50.8 4 33.6 -21.5 224 16 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.09 14 350 8608 -25.1 -54.0 5 28.9 -27.8 230 20 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.3 0.07 15 300 9706 -34.7 -51.3 17 16.6 -35.9 240 24 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.11 16 250 10951 -44.5 -57.5 22 13.0 -45.1 238 27 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.1 0.06 17 200 12410 -54.5 -65.3 25 10.8 -54.7 243 44 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14200 -64.8 -75.1 23 10.3 -64.9 245 48 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16638 -68.6 -82.8 11 14.2 -68.7 264 13 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.18 m Freezing level: 553.08 mb = 5108.73 m = 16760.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.03 mb = 3725.90 m = 12223.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.01 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.62 mb = 2463.55 m = 8082.41 ft T: 14.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 15.91 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3166.71 m = 10389.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.96 C = 93.13 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 15.90 C K Index: 28.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3871.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.86 mb = 2438.66 m = 8000.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.3 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 231.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.06 Bulk Shear: 0.42 m/s