MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 86 1 950 525 SFC 915 848 19.7 11.7 60 8.0 14.6 257 4 300.4 302.1 291.2 328.3 9.47 3 900 988 19.4 12.0 62 7.4 14.7 262 3 301.5 303.4 291.9 330.6 9.84 4 850 1479 18.5 8.3 51 10.3 12.3 353 2 305.6 307.1 291.7 329.9 8.08 5 800 1997 16.5 4.1 44 12.4 9.4 32 10 308.7 309.9 291.3 328.5 6.44 6 750 2543 12.2 2.3 51 9.9 6.7 42 16 309.8 310.9 291.3 328.4 6.03 7 700 3116 7.4 -0.8 56 8.1 3.1 50 23 310.7 311.7 290.8 326.8 5.18 8 650 3721 2.5 -3.8 63 6.3 -0.6 53 27 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.8 4.45 9 600 4362 -2.4 -7.6 68 5.1 -4.7 50 27 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.8 3.61 10 550 5047 -6.8 -12.9 62 6.1 -9.1 43 27 316.0 316.5 290.1 324.4 2.57 11 500 5785 -10.9 -20.0 47 9.1 -13.7 40 28 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.1 1.56 12 450 6587 -15.8 -26.2 40 10.4 -18.3 40 31 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.9 1.00 13 400 7464 -22.0 -31.0 44 9.0 -23.7 39 33 326.5 326.6 291.5 329.1 0.72 14 350 8432 -29.3 -37.7 44 8.3 -30.4 36 38 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.8 0.43 15 300 9513 -37.2 -48.2 31 11.0 -38.1 27 36 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.16 16 250 10756 -43.3 -62.1 11 18.8 -44.0 38 24 341.6 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.04 17 200 12229 -51.5 -69.2 10 17.7 -51.9 23 25 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14070 -57.6 -79.3 5 21.7 -57.9 256 5 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16573 -66.6 -83.4 8 16.8 -66.7 289 9 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.06 m Freezing level: 624.71 mb = 4045.11 m = 13271.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.67 mb = 3625.04 m = 11893.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.57 mb = 1864.15 m = 6115.89 ft T: 17.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 6.22 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.89 mb = 3305.98 m = 10846.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.41 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 29.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 277.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.72 mb = 2534.65 m = 8315.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 575.72 mb = 4687.32 m = 15378.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 525.72 mb = 5396.67 m = 17705.41 ft B at Equ Level: 30.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 435.72 mb = 6827.13 m = 22398.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 43.9 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 73.9 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 79.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 70.42 m/s