MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 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 79 1 950 520 SFC 914 850 24.9 9.4 37 15.5 15.2 329 4 305.8 307.3 291.8 330.3 8.10 3 900 987 21.8 9.8 46 12.1 14.3 329 4 304.0 305.6 291.5 329.3 8.45 4 850 1479 17.3 8.2 55 9.1 11.8 347 4 304.2 305.7 291.3 328.4 8.06 5 800 1993 13.9 5.8 58 8.1 9.2 9 8 305.9 307.3 291.1 327.9 7.26 6 750 2534 9.9 3.5 65 6.4 6.3 16 11 307.3 308.5 291.0 327.4 6.58 7 700 3103 5.0 1.2 76 3.8 2.9 23 14 308.0 309.1 290.6 326.3 5.95 8 650 3703 0.9 -4.5 67 5.5 -1.6 32 20 310.0 310.8 289.8 323.2 4.21 9 600 4342 -2.9 -9.9 58 7.0 -5.7 31 23 312.8 313.4 289.5 322.5 3.01 10 550 5027 -5.9 -16.7 42 10.8 -9.6 25 24 317.1 317.5 289.8 323.4 1.89 11 500 5768 -10.4 -21.2 41 10.8 -13.6 12 24 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.2 1.41 12 450 6569 -16.9 -23.7 56 6.8 -18.7 3 26 322.0 322.2 290.7 326.4 1.26 13 400 7440 -24.1 -31.5 50 7.4 -25.4 360 30 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.1 0.69 14 350 8400 -30.9 -43.0 30 12.1 -32.1 12 34 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.25 15 300 9479 -36.3 -53.3 16 17.0 -37.4 15 29 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.09 16 250 10730 -41.9 -64.7 7 22.8 -42.8 355 19 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 17 200 12217 -49.4 -71.7 6 22.3 -49.9 345 12 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14077 -55.6 -81.3 3 25.6 -56.0 287 12 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16579 -67.4 -83.5 8 16.1 -67.5 322 7 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.71 m Freezing level: 637.77 mb = 3859.53 m = 12662.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.73 mb = 3485.08 m = 11433.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.10 % Est. max temperature: 25.99 C = 78.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.22 mb = 2788.18 m = 9147.47 ft T: 7.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 7.78 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.57 mb = 3037.31 m = 9964.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 18.59 C K Index: 32.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.14 mb = 2643.07 m = 8671.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 415.14 mb = 7165.16 m = 23507.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.14 mb = 7712.03 m = 25301.64 ft B at Equ Level: 8.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.14 mb = 8294.88 m = 27213.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.7 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 47.7 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 32.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 29.84 m/s