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: 6.55,-117.18 Latitude: 6.55 Longitude: -117.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 25.1 21.1 78 4.0 22.3 191 13 297.2 300.1 295.0 342.8 15.75 1 1000 111 23.8 19.8 78 4.0 21.1 191 14 297.0 299.6 294.2 339.4 14.70 2 950 557 19.7 18.8 95 0.8 19.1 192 13 297.1 299.8 294.1 339.2 14.56 3 900 1022 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 209 9 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.6 13.29 4 850 1510 15.6 14.6 93 1.1 15.0 275 7 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.2 12.38 5 800 2024 13.6 11.9 90 1.7 12.6 307 9 305.7 307.7 294.0 338.8 11.05 6 750 2567 11.4 9.0 85 2.4 9.9 310 8 308.9 310.8 293.9 338.3 9.65 7 700 3143 8.7 6.8 88 1.9 7.5 314 5 312.1 313.8 294.2 339.6 8.89 8 650 3754 5.6 4.4 92 1.1 4.9 339 4 315.3 316.8 294.5 340.7 8.13 9 600 4406 2.4 0.2 86 2.2 1.2 357 4 318.9 320.1 294.2 339.6 6.49 10 550 5105 -0.8 -7.7 60 6.9 -4.0 344 8 323.2 323.9 293.3 336.1 3.91 11 500 5866 -1.6 -29.0 10 27.4 -9.5 305 9 331.1 331.3 292.7 333.7 0.69 12 450 6694 -7.9 -36.7 8 28.8 -14.3 282 10 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.37 13 400 7597 -14.9 -33.2 19 18.4 -18.9 264 3 335.7 335.8 293.8 337.9 0.58 14 350 8593 -21.9 -33.0 36 11.1 -24.1 80 4 339.2 339.4 294.7 341.8 0.68 15 300 9711 -29.5 -39.2 38 9.7 -30.9 94 23 343.8 343.9 295.6 345.5 0.42 16 250 10988 -39.2 -46.4 46 7.2 -39.8 62 18 347.8 347.8 296.4 348.7 0.24 17 200 12472 -52.4 -57.6 54 5.1 -52.6 62 28 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.08 18 150 14263 -68.0 -69.8 77 1.8 -68.0 61 51 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16603 -80.3 -85.6 41 5.3 -80.3 74 32 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.03 m Freezing level: 562.16 mb = 4935.20 m = 16191.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.44 mb = 4562.13 m = 14967.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.24 mb = 509.35 m = 1671.09 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.78 C/km ThetaE index: 5.17 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.15 mb = 766.50 m = 2514.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.85 C = 78.53 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 5.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: 5.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.21 C Cross Totals Index: 16.16 C K Index: 29.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.33 mb = 690.98 m = 2266.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.33 mb = 923.85 m = 3030.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 880.33 mb = 1210.71 m = 3972.09 ft B at Equ Level: 6.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 840.33 mb = 1607.24 m = 5273.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.8 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 317.8 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 36.28 m/s