MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 18.31,-122.02 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -122.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 1 26.7 23.8 84 2.9 24.6 171 20 299.2 302.6 297.5 353.9 18.72 1 1000 69 26.1 22.5 81 3.6 23.5 172 23 299.2 302.4 296.6 350.0 17.39 2 950 520 22.2 20.6 91 1.5 21.1 178 28 299.7 302.7 296.1 347.4 16.32 3 900 989 19.6 17.7 89 1.8 18.3 193 34 301.7 304.3 295.3 344.0 14.34 4 850 1481 17.4 14.6 84 2.8 15.5 198 36 304.4 306.7 294.7 341.4 12.42 5 800 1998 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 199 36 307.2 309.3 294.7 341.4 11.35 6 750 2543 12.3 10.2 87 2.1 10.9 194 35 309.9 311.9 294.7 341.8 10.47 7 700 3121 10.1 5.9 75 4.2 7.6 192 38 313.7 315.3 294.2 339.6 8.34 8 650 3735 6.9 2.0 71 4.9 4.1 188 39 316.8 318.1 293.9 338.3 6.80 9 600 4389 3.6 -1.4 70 5.0 0.9 184 39 320.2 321.4 294.0 338.8 5.76 10 550 5092 0.3 -4.8 68 5.1 -2.3 178 36 324.5 325.4 294.4 340.5 4.88 11 500 5851 -3.6 -9.6 63 6.0 -6.3 177 33 328.6 329.4 294.6 341.1 3.69 12 450 6678 -7.3 -16.5 48 9.1 -10.8 180 30 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.2 2.34 13 400 7586 -13.8 -19.8 61 6.0 -15.8 175 24 337.1 337.5 295.3 344.3 2.00 14 350 8584 -22.1 -24.3 82 2.2 -22.7 136 18 339.0 339.3 295.4 344.6 1.53 15 300 9698 -30.5 -31.8 88 1.4 -30.7 134 16 342.4 342.6 295.7 345.8 0.89 16 250 10968 -40.3 -42.0 84 1.7 -40.5 162 21 346.2 346.2 296.1 347.7 0.38 17 200 12452 -51.2 -55.1 64 3.8 -51.4 251 16 351.6 351.6 297.1 352.1 0.11 18 150 14257 -66.1 -73.0 37 6.9 -66.1 20 7 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16613 -81.0 -84.6 54 3.7 -81.0 64 14 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.84 m Freezing level: 545.87 mb = 5154.49 m = 16910.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.80 mb = 4582.42 m = 15034.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.59 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.72 mb = 366.55 m = 1202.56 ft T: 23.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 927.35 m = 3042.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 2.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.02 C Cross Totals Index: 18.25 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 111.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.98 mb = 732.90 m = 2404.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.98 mb = 2083.23 m = 6834.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 701.98 mb = 3097.15 m = 10161.13 ft B at Equ Level: 13.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 441.98 mb = 6816.93 m = 22364.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.4 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 217.4 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.1 neg: -8.5 tot: 92.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 5.73 Bulk Shear: 19.52 m/s