MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 87 1 950 525 SFC 915 849 16.8 11.2 70 5.6 13.4 274 2 297.5 299.2 290.0 324.3 9.20 3 900 985 16.8 11.7 72 5.1 13.6 284 1 298.8 300.6 290.9 327.0 9.64 4 850 1472 16.3 8.3 59 8.0 11.5 22 4 303.3 304.8 291.0 327.5 8.12 5 800 1987 14.8 4.7 51 10.1 9.0 60 8 307.0 308.2 291.0 327.5 6.72 6 750 2529 10.4 2.6 58 7.8 6.1 57 10 307.9 309.0 290.8 326.8 6.17 7 700 3099 5.5 -0.5 65 6.0 2.4 51 12 308.6 309.6 290.2 324.9 5.27 8 650 3699 0.7 -3.6 73 4.3 -1.4 54 16 309.7 310.6 289.9 323.8 4.50 9 600 4337 -3.7 -8.6 69 4.9 -5.7 51 20 311.9 312.5 289.5 322.5 3.33 10 550 5019 -8.2 -13.3 67 5.1 -10.1 50 23 314.3 314.8 289.5 322.4 2.50 11 500 5753 -12.3 -18.7 59 6.4 -14.3 47 24 318.0 318.4 289.9 323.9 1.74 12 450 6549 -18.1 -23.0 65 5.0 -19.4 40 23 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.1 1.33 13 400 7417 -25.1 -28.6 73 3.5 -25.8 38 22 322.3 322.5 290.4 325.5 0.90 14 350 8372 -32.3 -36.0 70 3.7 -32.8 25 25 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.50 15 300 9446 -37.1 -50.2 24 13.1 -38.0 25 34 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.13 16 250 10693 -42.0 -64.5 7 22.5 -42.9 26 20 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 17 200 12179 -49.7 -71.4 6 21.7 -50.2 338 11 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14029 -57.0 -80.2 4 23.2 -57.3 203 4 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16535 -65.8 -83.4 7 17.6 -65.9 204 3 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.85 m Freezing level: 642.28 mb = 3797.83 m = 12459.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.20 mb = 3475.47 m = 11402.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.32 mb = 1559.05 m = 5114.93 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 5.09 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.91 mb = 3005.84 m = 9861.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 30.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.81 mb = 2244.85 m = 7364.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.81 mb = 4458.06 m = 14626.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.81 mb = 5588.15 m = 18333.59 ft B at Equ Level: 39.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 320.81 mb = 8978.98 m = 29458.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 48.4 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 78.4 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 32.09 m/s