MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.26,-116.84 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -116.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 534 SFC 901 995 23.8 9.5 40 14.3 14.8 102 5 306.0 307.5 292.0 330.9 8.27 3 900 1001 22.4 9.7 44 12.7 14.4 94 5 304.6 306.1 291.6 329.8 8.40 4 850 1494 18.0 7.6 51 10.4 11.7 88 6 305.0 306.5 291.2 328.3 7.73 5 800 2009 14.0 5.5 56 8.5 9.0 82 8 306.0 307.4 291.0 327.5 7.08 6 750 2550 9.8 2.4 60 7.4 5.8 71 9 307.2 308.3 290.5 325.9 6.09 7 700 3119 5.3 -1.0 64 6.3 2.1 72 12 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.1 5.09 8 650 3719 0.9 -4.8 66 5.6 -1.7 72 17 309.9 310.7 289.6 322.9 4.13 9 600 4358 -3.0 -12.3 49 9.2 -6.6 68 21 312.6 313.1 288.9 320.7 2.49 10 550 5041 -7.2 -18.6 40 11.4 -10.8 58 20 315.6 315.9 289.0 321.0 1.61 11 500 5777 -11.5 -24.3 34 12.8 -14.9 58 19 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.7 1.07 12 450 6577 -16.8 -28.9 35 12.0 -19.5 58 18 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.8 0.78 13 400 7449 -23.7 -30.6 53 6.8 -25.0 54 24 324.2 324.3 290.8 326.8 0.75 14 350 8409 -31.4 -37.6 54 6.2 -32.2 44 30 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.0 0.43 15 300 9482 -38.6 -47.9 37 9.3 -39.2 35 33 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.17 16 250 10720 -43.8 -62.3 11 18.5 -44.5 21 22 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12197 -50.3 -71.2 7 20.9 -50.7 4 18 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14038 -57.9 -78.1 6 20.2 -58.1 243 1 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16547 -66.1 -83.3 7 17.2 -66.2 226 7 399.9 399.9 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.35 m Freezing level: 638.83 mb = 3861.76 m = 12669.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.82 mb = 3439.51 m = 11284.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.97 mb = 2784.33 m = 9134.82 ft T: 7.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 10.26 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.68 mb = 3203.77 m = 10510.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.31 C = 79.35 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5935.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.06 mb = 2817.21 m = 9242.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 65.4 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 95.4 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 13.43 m/s