MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 18.24,-124.77 Latitude: 18.24 Longitude: -124.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.3 21.0 82 3.3 22.0 19 20 296.5 299.3 294.7 341.6 15.65 1 1000 107 23.1 19.6 81 3.5 20.7 19 23 296.3 298.9 293.9 338.2 14.54 2 950 552 19.1 18.6 97 0.5 18.7 21 23 296.5 299.1 293.8 337.8 14.31 3 900 1016 16.5 16.1 97 0.4 16.3 30 20 298.6 300.9 293.4 336.2 12.93 4 850 1506 18.2 13.5 74 4.7 15.1 59 18 305.2 307.3 294.2 339.6 11.51 5 800 2026 17.1 12.2 73 4.9 13.9 61 19 309.4 311.5 295.2 343.7 11.25 6 750 2576 15.0 9.5 69 5.5 11.5 56 19 312.9 314.8 295.2 343.8 9.99 7 700 3158 11.8 5.3 64 6.6 7.9 52 22 315.6 317.1 294.5 340.7 7.99 8 650 3774 8.3 -1.1 52 9.4 3.2 50 24 318.3 319.4 293.3 335.8 5.44 9 600 4431 4.5 -6.7 44 11.2 -0.9 51 26 321.3 322.1 292.8 334.0 3.85 10 550 5135 0.7 -12.7 36 13.4 -5.0 54 27 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.8 2.62 11 500 5894 -3.5 -20.7 25 17.2 -9.4 57 30 328.8 329.1 292.8 334.0 1.48 12 450 6718 -8.5 -29.3 17 20.8 -14.0 58 33 332.5 332.7 293.2 335.3 0.75 13 400 7621 -14.2 -30.2 24 16.0 -18.1 61 32 336.5 336.7 294.1 339.4 0.77 14 350 8621 -21.1 -34.5 29 13.4 -23.7 64 26 340.3 340.5 295.0 342.6 0.59 15 300 9739 -29.5 -43.3 25 13.8 -31.2 62 26 343.8 343.8 295.5 344.9 0.28 16 250 11016 -38.6 -54.6 17 16.0 -39.6 50 24 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.09 17 200 12507 -51.1 -57.7 45 6.7 -51.3 45 26 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.2 0.08 18 150 14315 -65.8 -69.6 58 3.9 -65.8 106 19 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16662 -82.1 -85.2 59 3.1 -82.1 95 35 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.89 m Freezing level: 541.81 mb = 5259.13 m = 17254.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.03 mb = 4281.71 m = 14047.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.34 mb = 422.35 m = 1385.65 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.59 mb = 701.98 m = 2303.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.80 C Showalter Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.69 C Cross Totals Index: 16.98 C K Index: 28.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.81 mb = 645.03 m = 2116.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.81 mb = 876.38 m = 2875.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 894.81 mb = 1065.95 m = 3497.16 ft B at Equ Level: 6.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 874.81 mb = 1259.50 m = 4132.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 48.8 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 78.8 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 24.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 17.12 m/s