MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 82 1 950 522 SFC 915 849 21.4 11.5 53 10.0 15.1 277 1 302.2 303.9 291.7 329.9 9.33 3 900 987 20.8 11.7 56 9.1 15.0 329 1 303.0 304.8 292.2 331.6 9.63 4 850 1479 18.7 8.7 52 10.0 12.5 24 6 305.7 307.3 291.9 330.8 8.32 5 800 1997 15.9 4.9 48 11.0 9.5 28 12 308.1 309.4 291.4 328.9 6.78 6 750 2541 11.7 2.5 53 9.2 6.6 38 18 309.3 310.5 291.2 328.2 6.12 7 700 3114 6.8 0.4 64 6.4 3.4 44 22 310.0 311.1 291.0 327.5 5.62 8 650 3717 2.2 -4.0 64 6.1 -0.8 45 24 311.4 312.3 290.3 325.2 4.39 9 600 4359 -1.7 -10.9 50 9.1 -5.4 42 25 314.1 314.7 289.7 323.1 2.78 10 550 5046 -5.8 -17.0 41 11.2 -9.6 40 27 317.2 317.6 289.8 323.4 1.83 11 500 5786 -10.7 -22.4 37 11.8 -14.0 37 29 320.0 320.3 290.1 324.4 1.27 12 450 6588 -16.0 -28.0 35 12.0 -18.8 38 33 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.85 13 400 7463 -22.6 -31.8 43 9.2 -24.3 42 39 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.1 0.67 14 350 8429 -29.5 -36.6 50 7.1 -30.5 43 42 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.8 0.48 15 300 9512 -36.5 -43.8 46 7.4 -37.1 39 35 334.0 334.0 293.0 335.0 0.26 16 250 10758 -42.7 -62.3 10 19.6 -43.5 40 31 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 17 200 12236 -51.0 -70.3 8 19.3 -51.4 16 19 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14072 -57.4 -80.1 4 22.7 -57.7 331 7 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16576 -67.1 -83.4 8 16.2 -67.2 290 7 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.90 m Freezing level: 622.09 mb = 4075.47 m = 13370.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.62 mb = 3597.64 m = 11803.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.96 mb = 2114.15 m = 6936.11 ft T: 15.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.48 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.97 mb = 3195.82 m = 10484.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 31.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5734.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.96 mb = 2586.11 m = 8484.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.2 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 69.2 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 68.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 54.05 m/s