MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 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 66 1 950 507 SFC 913 850 25.4 10.1 38 15.3 15.7 321 3 306.4 308.0 292.3 332.1 8.50 3 900 975 23.2 10.8 45 12.4 15.3 327 3 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.6 9.04 4 850 1470 19.7 8.0 47 11.7 12.5 6 5 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.8 7.93 5 800 1988 15.3 6.1 54 9.2 9.9 16 9 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.1 7.41 6 750 2531 10.9 4.0 62 6.9 6.9 23 12 308.4 309.7 291.5 329.2 6.81 7 700 3102 6.1 1.6 73 4.5 3.7 27 16 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.2 6.13 8 650 3705 1.7 -2.9 72 4.5 -0.6 34 21 310.9 311.8 290.5 325.8 4.77 9 600 4346 -1.6 -11.2 48 9.6 -5.5 33 24 314.3 314.8 289.7 323.1 2.71 10 550 5034 -5.1 -18.8 33 13.8 -9.6 30 27 318.0 318.3 289.8 323.3 1.57 11 500 5776 -10.0 -22.8 34 12.8 -13.7 28 29 320.8 321.1 290.3 325.0 1.22 12 450 6578 -16.3 -26.6 41 10.3 -18.8 30 30 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.1 0.97 13 400 7452 -22.8 -33.6 37 10.8 -24.7 33 36 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.3 0.56 14 350 8416 -29.9 -40.6 35 10.6 -31.2 37 50 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.6 0.32 15 300 9498 -36.4 -52.9 17 16.5 -37.5 38 49 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.09 16 250 10747 -42.2 -63.4 8 21.2 -43.0 26 33 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 17 200 12230 -50.0 -71.5 6 21.5 -50.4 25 17 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14075 -57.1 -80.4 4 23.3 -57.4 324 9 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16577 -67.3 -83.3 9 16.0 -67.4 302 7 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.22 m Freezing level: 624.55 mb = 4031.07 m = 13225.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.71 mb = 3621.25 m = 11880.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.75 mb = 2769.17 m = 9085.09 ft T: 8.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 9.54 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.55 mb = 3177.44 m = 10424.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.37 C = 83.06 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 0.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.68 C Cross Totals Index: 17.99 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.51 mb = 2828.91 m = 9281.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 468.51 mb = 6271.04 m = 20574.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.51 mb = 8243.08 m = 27043.91 ft B at Equ Level: 26.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.51 mb = 9078.20 m = 29783.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.4 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 58.4 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 40.01 m/s