MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 74 1 950 515 SFC 914 850 24.9 9.6 38 15.3 15.3 166 2 305.8 307.3 291.9 330.6 8.22 3 900 983 22.6 10.3 46 12.3 14.8 178 1 304.8 306.4 292.0 331.2 8.79 4 850 1476 19.0 7.8 48 11.2 12.2 99 3 306.0 307.5 291.6 329.7 7.82 5 800 1993 14.9 5.7 54 9.2 9.5 89 4 307.1 308.4 291.4 329.0 7.19 6 750 2535 10.4 3.6 63 6.8 6.6 70 5 307.9 309.1 291.2 328.1 6.62 7 700 3105 6.1 0.1 66 6.0 2.9 42 9 309.2 310.3 290.7 326.3 5.52 8 650 3708 1.8 -4.9 61 6.7 -1.3 31 14 311.0 311.8 289.9 323.9 4.09 9 600 4349 -2.4 -9.6 58 7.2 -5.4 27 17 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.2 3.08 10 550 5034 -6.3 -13.7 56 7.4 -9.1 30 17 316.6 317.1 290.2 324.6 2.41 11 500 5774 -10.5 -21.0 42 10.4 -13.7 22 16 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.1 1.43 12 450 6576 -16.0 -30.2 28 14.2 -19.1 9 17 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.6 0.69 13 400 7451 -22.9 -32.4 42 9.5 -24.6 16 18 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.63 14 350 8413 -30.8 -38.9 45 8.1 -31.8 20 22 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.6 0.38 15 300 9489 -38.4 -45.6 47 7.2 -38.9 7 26 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.22 16 250 10724 -44.8 -59.0 19 14.2 -45.4 342 31 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.7 0.05 17 200 12194 -51.3 -70.1 9 18.8 -51.7 339 29 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14029 -58.9 -76.9 8 18.0 -59.1 290 7 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16536 -64.5 -83.2 6 18.8 -64.6 266 7 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.72 m Freezing level: 628.49 mb = 3983.67 m = 13069.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.52 mb = 3516.22 m = 11536.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.44 mb = 2764.93 m = 9071.19 ft T: 8.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.67 mb = 3238.12 m = 10623.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.32 C K Index: 31.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5411.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.70 mb = 2796.06 m = 9173.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 29.7 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 59.7 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -4.2 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 19.95 m/s