MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 96 1 950 536 SFC 916 849 22.4 11.0 48 11.5 15.2 107 2 303.1 304.8 291.7 330.0 9.02 3 900 1000 19.7 11.5 59 8.1 14.5 100 3 301.8 303.5 291.7 330.0 9.52 4 850 1489 16.7 8.2 57 8.5 11.5 94 6 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.7 8.03 5 800 2003 13.4 5.5 59 7.9 8.8 96 8 305.4 306.8 290.8 326.9 7.10 6 750 2543 9.2 3.2 66 6.0 5.8 84 9 306.5 307.7 290.6 326.1 6.41 7 700 3111 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 2.7 53 12 307.8 308.9 290.5 325.7 5.82 8 650 3711 0.3 -2.4 82 2.7 -1.0 47 17 309.4 310.3 290.2 324.7 4.94 9 600 4348 -3.9 -7.6 76 3.7 -5.5 44 20 311.5 312.2 289.6 323.0 3.60 10 550 5029 -8.3 -12.6 71 4.2 -9.9 42 21 314.2 314.7 289.6 322.8 2.65 11 500 5762 -12.9 -16.7 73 3.8 -14.1 37 22 317.3 317.7 290.0 324.2 2.07 12 450 6557 -18.4 -22.4 71 3.9 -19.4 36 23 320.1 320.4 290.2 324.9 1.41 13 400 7424 -25.3 -26.9 87 1.5 -25.6 39 26 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.8 1.06 14 350 8378 -32.7 -34.7 82 2.0 -32.9 47 28 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.8 0.58 15 300 9450 -38.0 -48.8 31 10.8 -38.8 50 26 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.4 0.15 16 250 10696 -42.0 -64.1 7 22.1 -42.9 52 11 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 17 200 12181 -49.2 -72.1 5 22.9 -49.7 5 6 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 14032 -57.0 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.3 129 6 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16543 -65.8 -83.4 7 17.6 -66.0 234 5 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.72 m Freezing level: 645.98 mb = 3761.72 m = 12341.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.22 mb = 3547.48 m = 11638.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.59 % Est. max temperature: 25.45 C = 77.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.20 mb = 2288.18 m = 7507.07 ft T: 11.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 7.15 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.85 mb = 2891.94 m = 9487.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 33.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.91 mb = 2411.10 m = 7910.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.91 mb = 3624.89 m = 11892.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.91 mb = 8643.03 m = 28356.04 ft B at Equ Level: 185.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.91 mb = 9997.57 m = 32800.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 47.7 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 77.7 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.53 Bulk Shear: 24.83 m/s