MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 78 1 950 519 SFC 914 850 26.2 9.3 34 16.9 15.6 98 3 307.1 308.6 292.2 331.5 8.05 3 900 988 23.2 10.0 43 13.2 14.8 105 3 305.4 307.0 292.0 331.2 8.57 4 850 1482 19.1 7.4 47 11.7 12.1 97 6 306.2 307.6 291.5 329.3 7.64 5 800 1999 15.3 4.9 50 10.4 9.3 85 8 307.5 308.7 291.2 328.2 6.80 6 750 2542 10.6 3.1 60 7.5 6.4 68 9 308.1 309.3 291.0 327.6 6.37 7 700 3112 5.9 0.6 69 5.3 3.1 54 11 309.1 310.1 290.8 326.8 5.74 8 650 3714 1.3 -3.2 72 4.4 -0.9 48 13 310.4 311.3 290.3 325.0 4.66 9 600 4353 -3.0 -9.4 61 6.4 -5.7 47 15 312.6 313.2 289.5 322.6 3.12 10 550 5037 -7.2 -16.0 49 8.8 -10.3 50 16 315.5 315.9 289.4 322.1 1.99 11 500 5774 -11.2 -23.4 36 12.2 -14.6 44 14 319.4 319.6 289.8 323.4 1.16 12 450 6574 -16.6 -29.1 33 12.5 -19.3 24 13 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.1 0.77 13 400 7447 -23.3 -30.2 53 6.9 -24.6 35 18 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.6 0.78 14 350 8409 -31.0 -37.1 55 6.1 -31.9 31 25 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.6 0.45 15 300 9483 -38.7 -45.7 47 7.0 -39.2 19 32 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.21 16 250 10717 -44.4 -58.8 19 14.4 -45.0 358 27 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12191 -50.5 -70.8 7 20.3 -50.9 346 24 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14028 -58.5 -77.2 7 18.7 -58.7 179 0 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16535 -65.3 -83.2 7 18.0 -65.4 253 8 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.90 m Freezing level: 635.37 mb = 3901.15 m = 12798.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.07 mb = 3576.98 m = 11735.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.11 mb = 2958.77 m = 9707.13 ft T: 7.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.45 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.72 mb = 3267.75 m = 10720.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.31 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.65 mb = 2894.77 m = 9497.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.65 mb = 3917.56 m = 12852.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.65 mb = 5717.31 m = 18757.35 ft B at Equ Level: 33.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.65 mb = 9398.42 m = 30834.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.9 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 80.9 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -2.5 tot: -1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.04 Bulk Shear: 12.04 m/s