MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 18.65,-116.74 Latitude: 18.65 Longitude: -116.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26.7 24.0 85 2.7 24.7 201 10 298.8 302.2 297.4 353.8 18.85 1 1000 107 25.7 22.8 84 2.9 23.6 202 12 298.8 302.0 296.7 350.5 17.73 2 950 557 22.1 20.2 89 1.9 20.8 220 14 299.6 302.5 295.7 346.0 15.88 3 900 1027 20.1 16.1 77 4.1 17.4 229 15 302.3 304.6 294.4 340.3 12.87 4 850 1519 18.2 9.4 57 8.7 12.7 224 16 305.2 306.8 292.1 331.5 8.76 5 800 2037 15.9 7.8 59 8.1 10.9 217 18 308.1 309.6 292.6 333.4 8.33 6 750 2583 12.8 9.4 80 3.4 10.7 218 19 310.5 312.4 294.6 340.9 9.93 7 700 3161 10.0 3.5 64 6.5 6.3 222 19 313.6 315.0 293.2 335.7 7.06 8 650 3774 7.4 -1.4 54 8.7 2.7 221 17 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.3 5.32 9 600 4429 3.3 -1.6 70 4.9 0.7 213 12 319.9 321.0 293.9 338.3 5.69 10 550 5130 -1.0 -4.8 75 3.8 -2.9 196 11 322.9 323.9 294.0 338.9 4.88 11 500 5886 -4.3 -12.2 54 8.0 -7.6 164 11 327.8 328.4 293.8 338.0 2.99 12 450 6710 -8.5 -18.7 44 10.1 -12.1 119 6 332.5 332.9 294.1 339.3 1.94 13 400 7612 -15.4 -20.4 66 5.0 -17.0 48 5 334.9 335.3 294.7 341.7 1.89 14 350 8606 -22.6 -24.7 83 2.1 -23.2 101 6 338.3 338.6 295.2 343.6 1.48 15 300 9717 -31.2 -32.8 86 1.5 -31.5 156 7 341.3 341.5 295.4 344.4 0.81 16 250 10983 -41.1 -41.6 94 0.6 -41.1 165 18 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.6 0.40 17 200 12460 -52.5 -57.0 58 4.5 -52.7 109 11 349.6 349.7 296.6 350.0 0.09 18 150 14256 -67.3 -68.6 83 1.3 -67.2 4 37 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16607 -79.1 -81.0 73 2.0 -79.1 67 29 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.05 m Freezing level: 561.49 mb = 4968.54 m = 16300.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.89 mb = 4565.92 m = 14979.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.89 mb = 339.31 m = 1113.20 ft T: 23.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 22.30 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1261.95 m = 4140.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.78 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 6.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 13.69 C K Index: 25.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 201.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.08 mb = 769.53 m = 2524.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.08 mb = 4133.42 m = 13560.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 472.08 mb = 6335.64 m = 20785.96 ft B at Equ Level: 50.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.08 mb = 13772.87 m = 45186.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.0 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 244.0 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.7 neg: -1.7 tot: 17.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 211.79 Bulk Shear: 0.95 m/s