MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 97 1 950 535 SFC 916 849 18.1 11.4 65 6.7 14.0 167 1 298.7 300.4 290.6 326.0 9.31 3 900 996 16.5 11.8 74 4.7 13.6 131 1 298.5 300.3 290.8 326.9 9.70 4 850 1481 15.6 8.2 61 7.4 11.2 74 5 302.5 304.0 290.7 326.6 8.07 5 800 1995 13.9 5.1 55 8.8 8.8 74 8 305.9 307.2 290.8 326.8 6.88 6 750 2536 9.9 2.3 59 7.5 5.8 55 10 307.3 308.4 290.5 325.8 6.05 7 700 3105 5.6 -0.2 67 5.7 2.6 41 15 308.6 309.7 290.4 325.3 5.40 8 650 3706 0.8 -2.5 79 3.2 -0.8 41 20 309.8 310.8 290.3 325.1 4.92 9 600 4344 -3.9 -6.6 81 2.7 -5.1 46 23 311.6 312.3 289.9 323.9 3.89 10 550 5025 -8.2 -12.0 74 3.8 -9.6 54 22 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.4 2.78 11 500 5759 -12.7 -17.3 68 4.6 -14.2 59 23 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.0 1.96 12 450 6554 -18.4 -22.5 70 4.1 -19.4 55 25 320.1 320.4 290.2 324.9 1.39 13 400 7421 -25.0 -28.4 73 3.4 -25.7 46 26 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.7 0.92 14 350 8377 -32.5 -34.8 80 2.3 -32.8 42 26 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.0 0.57 15 300 9446 -38.5 -47.1 40 8.6 -39.1 42 28 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 16 250 10691 -42.0 -64.1 7 22.1 -42.8 50 12 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.03 17 200 12177 -49.4 -72.1 5 22.6 -49.9 353 10 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14027 -57.4 -80.2 4 22.7 -57.7 119 4 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16538 -65.6 -83.4 7 17.8 -65.7 200 5 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.51 m Freezing level: 641.83 mb = 3810.11 m = 12500.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.78 mb = 3560.25 m = 11680.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.45 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.99 mb = 1693.48 m = 5555.96 ft T: 14.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 3.38 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.57 mb = 2992.76 m = 9818.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.56 C = 81.60 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.98 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.08 mb = 2174.06 m = 7132.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.08 mb = 4368.75 m = 14333.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.08 mb = 5485.35 m = 17996.32 ft B at Equ Level: 29.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 338.08 mb = 8616.93 m = 28270.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.7 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 82.7 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 32.28 m/s