MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 96 1 950 535 SFC 916 850 19.6 12.0 61 7.6 14.8 269 5 300.2 302.0 291.3 328.6 9.66 3 900 998 18.0 12.2 69 5.9 14.3 272 5 300.1 301.9 291.5 329.3 9.94 4 850 1485 15.5 9.6 68 6.0 11.9 296 5 302.4 304.1 291.3 328.7 8.85 5 800 1998 13.0 6.4 64 6.6 9.1 334 4 305.0 306.4 291.1 327.8 7.57 6 750 2537 9.3 3.7 68 5.6 6.2 22 5 306.7 308.0 290.9 327.1 6.68 7 700 3105 4.7 1.1 77 3.6 2.8 32 11 307.7 308.8 290.5 325.8 5.91 8 650 3705 -0.0 -2.4 84 2.4 -1.2 32 14 308.9 309.9 290.0 324.3 4.94 9 600 4341 -3.9 -7.3 77 3.4 -5.4 44 17 311.6 312.3 289.8 323.3 3.68 10 550 5024 -7.6 -11.8 72 4.2 -9.2 46 16 315.1 315.6 290.0 324.3 2.82 11 500 5760 -11.5 -17.7 60 6.2 -13.5 33 18 319.0 319.3 290.4 325.3 1.90 12 450 6559 -17.0 -23.0 60 6.0 -18.6 19 20 321.9 322.1 290.7 326.5 1.33 13 400 7431 -23.8 -29.4 60 5.6 -24.9 8 25 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.0 0.84 14 350 8392 -30.9 -36.3 59 5.4 -31.6 359 33 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.9 0.49 15 300 9468 -37.7 -48.4 32 10.7 -38.5 349 33 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 16 250 10708 -43.7 -61.9 12 18.2 -44.3 357 24 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.04 17 200 12188 -49.7 -72.3 5 22.6 -50.2 300 8 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14032 -58.8 -79.2 6 20.4 -59.0 309 7 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16540 -65.0 -83.3 6 18.3 -65.2 242 6 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.66 m Freezing level: 650.29 mb = 3701.18 m = 12142.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.19 mb = 3517.83 m = 11541.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.88 % Est. max temperature: 25.40 C = 77.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.97 mb = 1810.04 m = 5938.39 ft T: 13.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 6.01 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.11 mb = 2724.97 m = 8940.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 33.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.08 mb = 2112.77 m = 6931.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.08 mb = 3531.43 m = 11585.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.08 mb = 5545.51 m = 18193.72 ft B at Equ Level: 61.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 324.08 mb = 8929.09 m = 29294.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.8 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 58.8 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.04 Bulk Shear: 30.40 m/s