MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 76 1 950 516 SFC 914 850 23.5 10.3 43 13.2 15.2 211 4 304.3 305.9 291.7 330.2 8.62 3 900 983 21.3 10.7 51 10.6 14.6 221 3 303.4 305.1 291.8 330.3 9.01 4 850 1474 17.5 8.5 56 9.0 12.0 187 2 304.5 306.0 291.5 329.2 8.23 5 800 1989 13.8 6.0 59 7.8 9.2 94 2 305.9 307.2 291.2 328.1 7.33 6 750 2529 9.3 4.0 69 5.3 6.3 34 3 306.7 307.9 290.9 327.3 6.79 7 700 3097 4.7 1.5 80 3.2 3.0 26 8 307.7 308.8 290.7 326.4 6.10 8 650 3696 0.1 -1.5 89 1.6 -0.7 18 12 309.1 310.0 290.4 325.4 5.29 9 600 4333 -4.1 -6.8 81 2.8 -5.3 23 13 311.4 312.1 289.8 323.5 3.82 10 550 5015 -7.7 -12.9 66 5.2 -9.6 35 19 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.3 2.58 11 500 5750 -11.8 -18.7 57 6.9 -14.0 27 25 318.6 319.0 290.1 324.5 1.75 12 450 6549 -17.3 -22.6 63 5.3 -18.7 22 26 321.5 321.7 290.6 326.2 1.38 13 400 7420 -23.9 -28.0 68 4.2 -24.7 20 25 324.0 324.1 290.9 327.3 0.95 14 350 8379 -31.4 -35.0 71 3.6 -31.9 17 27 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.4 0.56 15 300 9453 -38.5 -46.1 45 7.6 -39.1 10 25 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.20 16 250 10693 -43.1 -63.2 9 20.2 -43.8 356 18 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12172 -50.2 -71.6 6 21.4 -50.7 3 9 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 18 150 14020 -57.6 -80.0 4 22.4 -57.8 241 6 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16531 -64.7 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.8 219 5 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.84 m Freezing level: 649.04 mb = 3708.52 m = 12166.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.26 mb = 3581.91 m = 11751.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.37 mb = 2502.55 m = 8210.35 ft T: 9.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 2901.65 m = 9519.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 119.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.78 mb = 2553.39 m = 8377.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.78 mb = 3417.67 m = 11212.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.78 mb = 8524.53 m = 27967.28 ft B at Equ Level: 118.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 282.78 mb = 9855.14 m = 32332.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 26.5 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 56.5 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -3.2 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.61 Bulk Shear: 33.20 m/s