MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 77 1 950 518 SFC 914 851 25.7 9.9 37 15.8 15.7 339 3 306.6 308.2 292.3 332.1 8.40 3 900 987 22.8 10.3 45 12.5 14.9 339 3 305.0 306.6 292.1 331.4 8.78 4 850 1480 18.1 8.8 55 9.3 12.4 3 4 305.2 306.7 291.9 330.5 8.41 5 800 1996 14.8 6.1 56 8.7 9.7 25 9 306.9 308.3 291.6 329.5 7.41 6 750 2538 10.4 4.3 66 6.1 6.9 28 12 307.9 309.2 291.5 329.1 6.95 7 700 3108 5.5 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 33 14 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.3 6.42 8 650 3710 1.5 -2.5 75 3.9 -0.5 33 20 310.6 311.5 290.6 326.0 4.92 9 600 4350 -2.3 -8.1 64 5.9 -4.8 32 23 313.5 314.2 290.2 324.6 3.46 10 550 5037 -5.8 -15.6 46 9.8 -9.3 29 25 317.2 317.6 290.0 324.1 2.06 11 500 5777 -10.3 -20.4 43 10.1 -13.4 24 24 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.6 1.51 12 450 6579 -16.4 -26.9 40 10.5 -18.8 21 26 322.7 322.8 290.6 326.0 0.94 13 400 7453 -23.2 -36.1 30 12.9 -25.2 18 31 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.5 0.44 14 350 8416 -30.2 -43.5 26 13.2 -31.6 24 40 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.23 15 300 9495 -37.0 -53.3 17 16.3 -38.0 28 46 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.09 16 250 10743 -42.0 -63.0 8 21.1 -42.8 10 25 343.6 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.03 17 200 12226 -50.0 -71.5 6 21.5 -50.5 12 17 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14079 -56.3 -81.0 3 24.7 -56.6 303 11 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16579 -67.6 -83.3 9 15.6 -67.7 310 10 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.83 m Freezing level: 630.38 mb = 3961.31 m = 12996.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.71 mb = 3638.95 m = 11938.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.80 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.45 mb = 2824.49 m = 9266.60 ft T: 7.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 7.98 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.37 mb = 3044.93 m = 9989.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.64 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.44 C Cross Totals Index: 19.14 C K Index: 33.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.58 mb = 2687.33 m = 8816.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.58 mb = 3940.00 m = 12926.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 581.58 mb = 4596.38 m = 15079.80 ft B at Equ Level: 6.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 541.58 mb = 5156.65 m = 16917.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 26.7 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 56.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 31.17 m/s