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: 34.25,-116.84 Latitude: 34.25 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 78 1 950 519 2 900 988 SFC 899 994 25.8 8.0 32 17.8 14.8 108 5 308.1 309.6 292.0 331.1 7.52 4 850 1483 19.3 6.7 44 12.6 11.7 95 6 306.4 307.7 291.2 328.3 7.24 5 800 2000 14.7 5.0 52 9.7 9.0 88 8 306.8 308.0 291.0 327.6 6.83 6 750 2541 9.9 3.2 63 6.6 6.2 81 9 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.0 6.44 7 700 3110 5.5 0.4 70 5.1 2.8 61 11 308.6 309.6 290.5 325.9 5.63 8 650 3711 1.1 -3.7 70 4.8 -1.2 53 13 310.2 311.0 290.0 324.2 4.46 9 600 4350 -3.1 -8.8 65 5.7 -5.5 55 14 312.5 313.2 289.7 323.0 3.28 10 550 5034 -7.2 -15.1 53 7.9 -10.0 53 15 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.6 2.15 11 500 5770 -11.5 -20.8 46 9.3 -14.2 48 15 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.0 1.46 12 450 6570 -16.8 -27.0 41 10.2 -19.2 34 14 322.1 322.3 290.4 325.4 0.93 13 400 7442 -23.5 -29.7 57 6.1 -24.8 35 19 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.3 0.82 14 350 8403 -31.4 -36.3 62 4.9 -32.0 33 25 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.3 0.49 15 300 9475 -39.4 -45.9 50 6.5 -39.9 24 29 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.21 16 250 10708 -44.0 -61.8 12 17.9 -44.6 3 23 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.04 17 200 12185 -49.8 -72.0 6 22.2 -50.3 349 17 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14028 -58.2 -78.0 6 19.9 -58.4 169 5 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16534 -65.4 -83.3 7 17.9 -65.5 249 8 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.05 m Freezing level: 637.04 mb = 3877.06 m = 12719.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.08 mb = 3525.39 m = 11566.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.54 % Est. max temperature: 24.97 C = 76.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.53 mb = 3197.25 m = 10489.55 ft T: 4.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.22 mb = 3414.70 m = 11202.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.00 C = 80.61 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.76 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 32.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 697.95 mb = 3134.08 m = 10282.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.95 mb = 4311.25 m = 14144.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 532.95 mb = 5277.25 m = 17313.61 ft B at Equ Level: 9.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 472.95 mb = 6192.55 m = 20316.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 55.6 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 85.6 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 10.77 m/s