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: 34.26,-116.850 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -116.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 516 2 900 984 SFC 898 1000 24.1 8.9 38 15.2 14.6 307 2 306.5 308.0 291.9 330.6 7.96 4 850 1477 18.1 7.8 51 10.3 11.9 334 4 305.1 306.5 291.3 328.6 7.81 5 800 1992 13.6 6.0 60 7.7 9.2 353 6 305.7 307.1 291.1 327.9 7.33 6 750 2532 9.5 3.9 68 5.6 6.3 7 7 306.9 308.1 291.0 327.4 6.74 7 700 3100 4.7 1.5 80 3.2 3.0 16 10 307.7 308.9 290.7 326.5 6.11 8 650 3700 0.6 -3.3 75 3.9 -1.3 30 16 309.6 310.5 290.0 324.0 4.60 9 600 4338 -3.2 -9.1 64 5.9 -5.7 31 22 312.4 313.0 289.6 322.7 3.20 10 550 5023 -6.1 -16.3 44 10.2 -9.6 25 22 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.3 1.94 11 500 5762 -10.9 -20.3 46 9.4 -13.7 17 23 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.9 1.52 12 450 6562 -17.3 -23.2 60 5.9 -18.9 12 25 321.4 321.7 290.6 325.9 1.31 13 400 7432 -24.3 -27.8 73 3.5 -25.1 8 25 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.8 0.97 14 350 8390 -31.4 -38.7 48 7.3 -32.3 18 29 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.38 15 300 9471 -35.4 -53.6 14 18.2 -36.6 20 26 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.09 16 250 10726 -41.3 -65.5 6 24.2 -42.3 353 16 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 17 200 12216 -49.1 -71.8 5 22.6 -49.7 339 11 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14076 -55.5 -81.4 3 25.8 -55.8 280 12 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16579 -67.3 -83.5 8 16.1 -67.4 318 8 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.66 m Freezing level: 642.29 mb = 3798.68 m = 12462.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.31 mb = 3511.72 m = 11521.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.72 mb = 2894.35 m = 9495.80 ft T: 6.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 7.93 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.39 mb = 3095.61 m = 10156.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: 0.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.66 C K Index: 33.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.68 mb = 2849.02 m = 9347.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.68 mb = 3741.04 m = 12273.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 586.68 mb = 4514.90 m = 14812.48 ft B at Equ Level: 7.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 556.68 mb = 4927.89 m = 16167.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 18.5 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 48.5 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 27.51 m/s