MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 80 1 950 521 SFC 915 850 24.9 9.9 39 15.0 15.4 94 2 305.8 307.3 292.0 331.1 8.38 3 900 988 22.0 10.4 48 11.6 14.7 104 3 304.2 305.8 291.9 330.5 8.81 4 850 1480 17.5 8.6 56 8.8 12.0 97 5 304.4 306.0 291.5 329.3 8.29 5 800 1995 14.0 5.4 56 8.7 9.0 89 6 306.1 307.4 291.0 327.5 7.03 6 750 2535 9.5 3.5 66 6.0 6.1 70 6 306.8 308.1 290.8 326.8 6.55 7 700 3103 4.6 1.4 79 3.3 2.9 52 8 307.6 308.7 290.6 326.1 6.04 8 650 3702 -0.1 -2.4 84 2.3 -1.3 46 11 308.8 309.8 290.0 324.1 4.93 9 600 4338 -4.4 -8.0 76 3.5 -6.0 44 15 311.0 311.6 289.4 322.1 3.50 10 550 5019 -8.3 -12.8 70 4.4 -10.0 35 19 314.2 314.7 289.6 322.7 2.61 11 500 5752 -12.8 -17.1 70 4.4 -14.2 25 23 317.5 317.8 290.0 324.1 2.00 12 450 6548 -18.3 -21.7 75 3.3 -19.2 21 24 320.2 320.5 290.4 325.3 1.50 13 400 7415 -25.0 -26.3 89 1.3 -25.2 28 23 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.5 1.12 14 350 8371 -32.1 -33.2 89 1.1 -32.2 38 24 325.5 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.66 15 300 9444 -37.9 -45.4 45 7.5 -38.5 38 22 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.22 16 250 10690 -42.1 -64.1 7 21.9 -42.9 6 11 343.4 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 17 200 12174 -49.9 -71.6 6 21.7 -50.4 356 8 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14022 -57.4 -80.5 4 23.1 -57.7 155 7 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16528 -65.0 -83.4 6 18.4 -65.1 234 4 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.56 m Freezing level: 651.22 mb = 3687.88 m = 12099.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.26 mb = 3514.91 m = 11531.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.87 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.92 mb = 2725.03 m = 8940.28 ft T: 7.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 8.99 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.94 mb = 2929.48 m = 9611.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 273.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.70 mb = 2615.94 m = 8582.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.70 mb = 3365.02 m = 11039.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.70 mb = 8829.29 m = 28967.12 ft B at Equ Level: 268.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.70 mb = 10482.72 m = 34391.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 38.1 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 68.1 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -4.9 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.47 Bulk Shear: 20.32 m/s