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: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 536 SFC 916 851 24.9 8.3 35 16.6 14.7 246 9 305.6 307.0 291.3 328.4 7.52 3 900 1004 22.4 8.5 41 13.9 13.9 249 10 304.6 306.0 291.1 327.9 7.76 4 850 1497 18.3 5.3 42 13.0 10.7 245 9 305.3 306.5 290.3 325.2 6.58 5 800 2012 14.3 2.5 45 11.8 7.8 241 8 306.4 307.5 289.9 323.9 5.74 6 750 2553 10.3 0.7 52 9.5 5.2 247 6 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.3 5.39 7 700 3123 6.5 -1.5 56 8.1 2.4 242 6 309.7 310.6 290.3 324.9 4.89 8 650 3727 3.0 -5.3 54 8.3 -0.9 226 13 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.9 3.96 9 600 4373 1.2 -12.9 34 14.1 -4.5 239 24 317.5 318.0 290.4 325.3 2.36 10 550 5068 -2.6 -19.5 26 16.9 -8.3 242 27 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.1 1.49 11 500 5816 -8.2 -22.3 31 14.1 -12.5 255 24 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.5 1.28 12 450 6623 -14.4 -28.1 30 13.8 -17.7 266 26 325.2 325.3 291.2 328.2 0.84 13 400 7505 -21.0 -35.1 27 14.2 -23.4 261 33 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.48 14 350 8476 -28.3 -44.6 19 16.3 -30.2 259 41 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.21 15 300 9565 -34.4 -56.9 8 22.5 -35.8 267 45 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.06 16 250 10821 -40.9 -64.8 6 23.9 -41.8 261 53 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 17 200 12313 -47.9 -73.7 4 25.8 -48.5 270 47 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 14171 -57.9 -80.2 4 22.2 -58.2 262 38 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16644 -68.6 -82.6 12 14.0 -68.7 275 16 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.45 m Freezing level: 583.95 mb = 4596.21 m = 15079.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.74 mb = 3556.50 m = 11668.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.06 mb = 2923.97 m = 9592.95 ft T: 7.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 4.44 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 597.66 mb = 4404.38 m = 14449.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.67 C = 98.01 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.64 C Showalter Index: 5.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 13.51 C K Index: 23.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7535.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.76 mb = 3020.17 m = 9908.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -6.7 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 6.62 m/s