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: 34.26,-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 72 1 950 512 2 900 982 SFC 899 996 24.8 8.2 35 16.6 14.6 108 4 307.2 308.7 291.8 330.4 7.62 4 850 1477 19.3 7.1 45 12.3 12.0 95 4 306.4 307.8 291.4 329.0 7.44 5 800 1993 14.5 5.7 55 8.8 9.4 84 4 306.6 308.0 291.3 328.6 7.22 6 750 2535 10.0 3.6 64 6.4 6.3 70 5 307.4 308.6 291.0 327.6 6.60 7 700 3104 5.9 -1.0 61 6.8 2.4 44 8 309.0 309.9 290.2 324.7 5.09 8 650 3706 1.7 -5.9 57 7.6 -1.8 28 11 310.9 311.6 289.6 322.8 3.78 9 600 4346 -2.5 -10.4 55 7.9 -5.7 24 14 313.2 313.8 289.5 322.5 2.88 10 550 5031 -6.5 -13.9 56 7.4 -9.2 30 17 316.3 316.8 290.0 324.1 2.37 11 500 5770 -10.9 -19.0 51 8.2 -13.5 29 16 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.6 1.70 12 450 6571 -16.5 -26.1 43 9.7 -18.8 20 16 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.1 1.01 13 400 7445 -23.2 -30.0 53 6.9 -24.5 22 18 324.9 325.0 291.0 327.7 0.79 14 350 8407 -31.0 -39.2 45 8.2 -32.0 26 23 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.37 15 300 9481 -38.8 -46.5 44 7.7 -39.4 18 27 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.20 16 250 10716 -44.3 -59.5 17 15.3 -44.9 346 27 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 17 200 12188 -51.0 -70.7 8 19.7 -51.4 336 23 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14027 -58.4 -77.5 7 19.1 -58.6 231 8 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16537 -64.7 -83.3 6 18.6 -64.8 256 6 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.49 m Freezing level: 629.85 mb = 3964.09 m = 13005.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.59 mb = 3440.58 m = 11287.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.89 % Est. max temperature: 25.03 C = 77.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.37 mb = 3064.30 m = 10053.37 ft T: 6.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 7.91 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.14 mb = 3421.83 m = 11226.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.49 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.19 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5841.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.91 mb = 3046.18 m = 9993.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.9 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 62.9 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 14.71 m/s