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: 34.26,-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 65 1 950 504 2 900 972 SFC 897 1000 24.1 8.8 38 15.3 14.6 346 3 306.6 308.1 291.9 330.6 7.92 4 850 1466 19.0 7.5 47 11.5 12.0 352 6 306.0 307.5 291.5 329.3 7.67 5 800 1983 14.6 5.7 55 8.9 9.4 5 8 306.7 308.1 291.3 328.5 7.18 6 750 2525 10.3 3.3 62 7.0 6.4 17 10 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.6 6.49 7 700 3094 5.5 1.1 73 4.4 3.2 26 12 308.6 309.7 290.8 326.9 5.93 8 650 3696 1.3 -3.5 70 4.8 -1.0 44 19 310.4 311.3 290.2 324.6 4.54 9 600 4336 -2.7 -9.5 59 6.8 -5.5 45 24 313.0 313.6 289.7 323.0 3.10 10 550 5021 -6.2 -15.0 50 8.8 -9.4 33 25 316.7 317.1 289.9 323.9 2.16 11 500 5760 -11.1 -19.7 49 8.6 -13.7 24 25 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.9 1.60 12 450 6559 -17.3 -23.7 57 6.4 -18.9 22 26 321.5 321.8 290.5 325.8 1.25 13 400 7430 -23.9 -28.6 65 4.7 -24.8 23 25 324.0 324.1 290.9 327.2 0.91 14 350 8391 -30.3 -37.9 47 7.6 -31.3 31 26 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.5 0.42 15 300 9476 -34.9 -54.7 11 19.8 -36.2 33 29 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.08 16 250 10732 -41.4 -65.0 6 23.6 -42.3 13 21 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 17 200 12216 -50.0 -71.3 6 21.3 -50.4 9 10 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14069 -56.5 -80.9 3 24.4 -56.8 286 7 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16569 -67.2 -83.5 8 16.3 -67.2 278 4 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.26 m Freezing level: 633.63 mb = 3905.36 m = 12812.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.27 mb = 3544.29 m = 11628.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.90 mb = 2908.96 m = 9543.70 ft T: 7.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.58 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.69 mb = 3285.79 m = 10780.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.89 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 33.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.28 mb = 2962.42 m = 9719.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 466.28 mb = 6289.33 m = 20634.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 386.28 mb = 7681.15 m = 25200.30 ft B at Equ Level: 14.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 346.28 mb = 8466.38 m = 27776.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 58.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 29.55 m/s