MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 21.22,-116.66 Latitude: 21.22 Longitude: -116.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 1 24.8 22.5 87 2.4 23.2 11 14 297.1 300.2 295.9 346.8 17.20 1 1000 97 23.9 21.5 86 2.4 22.2 12 17 297.0 300.0 295.4 344.3 16.35 2 950 545 22.9 15.9 65 7.0 18.2 30 16 300.5 302.7 293.3 335.9 12.08 3 900 1016 21.9 15.1 65 6.8 17.4 50 15 304.1 306.3 294.3 340.1 12.10 4 850 1512 20.3 13.6 66 6.6 15.8 69 16 307.4 309.5 294.9 342.4 11.60 5 800 2034 18.0 12.5 70 5.5 14.3 80 18 310.3 312.5 295.6 345.2 11.43 6 750 2585 15.7 9.0 65 6.6 11.4 89 19 313.6 315.4 295.2 343.6 9.68 7 700 3169 12.8 2.6 50 10.2 6.9 92 22 316.6 317.9 293.7 337.5 6.59 8 650 3787 8.8 -2.1 46 10.9 3.0 86 22 318.9 319.9 293.1 335.1 5.03 9 600 4445 5.0 -5.5 47 10.5 -0.2 76 21 321.9 322.8 293.3 335.8 4.24 10 550 5150 1.2 -15.8 27 17.1 -5.5 75 23 325.6 326.0 292.4 332.5 2.02 11 500 5910 -3.0 -35.4 6 32.3 -10.9 78 21 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.8 0.38 12 450 6735 -8.3 -38.4 7 30.1 -14.7 78 21 332.8 332.9 292.8 334.0 0.31 13 400 7638 -14.0 -37.2 12 23.1 -18.7 70 20 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.3 0.39 14 350 8638 -20.6 -31.5 37 10.9 -23.0 92 13 341.0 341.2 295.3 344.0 0.79 15 300 9759 -29.4 -37.7 45 8.3 -30.7 94 16 344.0 344.1 295.7 345.9 0.50 16 250 11037 -38.8 -51.3 26 12.5 -39.7 74 15 348.4 348.5 296.4 349.0 0.14 17 200 12526 -51.5 -53.1 82 1.7 -51.5 104 9 351.2 351.3 297.0 351.8 0.14 18 150 14330 -66.4 -67.6 85 1.1 -66.4 112 14 355.6 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.03 19 100 16679 -80.6 -83.4 63 2.8 -80.6 91 21 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.83 m Freezing level: 535.42 mb = 5371.41 m = 17622.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.33 mb = 4399.03 m = 14432.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.88 % Est. max temperature: 34.43 C = 93.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.19 mb = 298.40 m = 978.98 ft T: 23.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.81 mb = 3074.88 m = 10088.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.98 C = 111.17 F Cap Strength: 5.34 C Lifted Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.19 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.28 C Cross Totals Index: 16.63 C K Index: 26.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3958.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.67 mb = 1116.06 m = 3661.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.8 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 103.8 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 37.60 m/s