MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 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 68 1 950 509 SFC 913 850 24.2 10.1 41 14.1 15.4 333 4 305.2 306.8 292.0 330.9 8.53 3 900 976 22.0 10.9 49 11.1 15.0 341 4 304.2 305.9 292.1 331.4 9.11 4 850 1469 18.6 8.0 50 10.6 12.1 7 7 305.6 307.1 291.6 329.6 7.93 5 800 1985 14.6 5.6 55 9.0 9.3 13 10 306.7 308.1 291.3 328.5 7.16 6 750 2527 10.5 3.0 60 7.5 6.3 18 14 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.4 6.33 7 700 3097 5.8 0.5 68 5.4 3.0 22 17 309.0 310.0 290.7 326.4 5.66 8 650 3699 1.6 -4.4 64 6.0 -1.3 41 21 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.1 4.24 9 600 4339 -2.4 -10.0 56 7.6 -5.5 40 23 313.4 313.9 289.6 323.0 2.98 10 550 5026 -5.9 -15.5 47 9.5 -9.4 27 24 317.0 317.5 290.0 324.0 2.08 11 500 5765 -10.9 -20.0 47 9.1 -13.7 19 25 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.0 1.56 12 450 6565 -17.3 -24.3 54 7.0 -19.1 13 27 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.6 1.19 13 400 7435 -23.9 -31.3 50 7.5 -25.2 13 28 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.5 0.70 14 350 8397 -30.0 -40.4 36 10.4 -31.2 24 28 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.32 15 300 9483 -35.2 -55.2 11 20.0 -36.5 26 27 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.07 16 250 10735 -41.9 -64.4 7 22.5 -42.8 15 22 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 17 200 12218 -50.1 -71.5 6 21.4 -50.5 14 11 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14069 -56.8 -80.6 3 23.8 -57.1 295 6 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16570 -67.1 -83.5 8 16.4 -67.2 281 4 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.90 m Freezing level: 630.18 mb = 3953.15 m = 12969.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.84 mb = 3515.99 m = 11535.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.55 mb = 2620.74 m = 8598.11 ft T: 9.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.27 mb = 3129.01 m = 10265.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.99 C = 82.38 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.91 C K Index: 32.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.69 mb = 2697.50 m = 8849.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 479.69 mb = 6079.73 m = 19946.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 369.69 mb = 8002.71 m = 26255.29 ft B at Equ Level: 47.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 329.69 mb = 8818.07 m = 28930.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 23.9 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 53.9 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.59 Bulk Shear: 30.39 m/s