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: 34.26,-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 78 1 950 518 2 900 988 SFC 899 996 25.8 8.0 32 17.9 14.8 107 5 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.0 7.48 4 850 1483 19.3 6.6 43 12.7 11.7 95 7 306.4 307.7 291.2 328.3 7.20 5 800 2000 14.7 4.9 52 9.8 9.0 88 8 306.8 308.1 291.0 327.5 6.81 6 750 2541 9.9 3.2 63 6.7 6.1 81 9 307.3 308.5 290.8 326.9 6.43 7 700 3110 5.5 0.3 69 5.2 2.8 61 11 308.6 309.6 290.5 325.9 5.61 8 650 3712 1.1 -3.8 70 4.9 -1.2 54 13 310.2 311.0 290.0 324.1 4.45 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 54 15 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.7 2.16 11 500 5771 -11.5 -20.7 46 9.3 -14.2 48 15 319.1 319.3 290.0 324.0 1.47 12 450 6570 -16.8 -27.1 41 10.3 -19.2 34 14 322.1 322.3 290.4 325.4 0.93 13 400 7443 -23.5 -29.7 57 6.2 -24.8 36 19 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.3 0.81 14 350 8403 -31.3 -36.3 61 5.0 -32.0 33 25 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.3 0.49 15 300 9475 -39.4 -45.9 50 6.6 -39.9 25 29 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.7 0.21 16 250 10708 -44.0 -61.8 12 17.8 -44.6 4 23 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12185 -49.8 -72.0 6 22.2 -50.3 349 17 353.8 353.9 297.5 353.9 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: 5692.19 m Freezing level: 636.91 mb = 3878.84 m = 12725.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.45 mb = 3521.00 m = 11551.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.43 % Est. max temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.28 mb = 3212.01 m = 10537.97 ft T: 4.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 8.36 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.75 mb = 3432.40 m = 11261.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.06 C K Index: 32.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.87 mb = 3146.70 m = 10323.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.87 mb = 4325.67 m = 14191.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 531.87 mb = 5293.02 m = 17365.33 ft B at Equ Level: 7.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 481.87 mb = 6050.84 m = 19851.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 56.1 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 86.1 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): 129.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 10.54 m/s