MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 18.38,-119.89 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -119.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 1 26.6 23.6 83 3.0 24.5 206 10 298.7 302.0 297.1 352.3 18.40 1 1000 116 25.6 22.4 83 3.1 23.3 207 12 298.7 301.9 296.4 349.2 17.33 2 950 565 21.9 20.1 90 1.8 20.6 217 15 299.4 302.3 295.6 345.6 15.81 3 900 1035 19.7 16.9 84 2.7 17.8 224 18 301.8 304.3 294.8 341.9 13.60 4 850 1526 17.4 15.3 88 2.1 16.0 221 19 304.4 306.8 295.1 343.1 12.99 5 800 2044 15.2 13.0 87 2.2 13.7 215 21 307.3 309.5 295.0 343.0 11.83 6 750 2590 12.7 9.1 79 3.6 10.4 209 23 310.3 312.1 294.3 340.0 9.71 7 700 3167 9.7 3.5 65 6.2 6.1 206 22 313.2 314.5 293.1 335.1 7.04 8 650 3779 6.1 1.0 70 5.0 3.2 203 21 315.8 317.0 293.3 335.9 6.35 9 600 4431 2.4 0.4 86 2.1 1.3 201 18 318.9 320.2 294.3 339.9 6.56 10 550 5131 -1.3 -4.0 82 2.7 -2.7 199 17 322.6 323.6 294.2 339.5 5.18 11 500 5886 -4.9 -10.4 65 5.5 -7.3 201 17 327.1 327.8 294.0 338.8 3.47 12 450 6708 -9.6 -17.2 54 7.6 -12.3 218 12 331.2 331.7 294.0 338.9 2.21 13 400 7608 -15.5 -25.3 43 9.9 -18.2 220 11 334.9 335.1 294.1 339.3 1.22 14 350 8602 -22.2 -24.6 81 2.4 -22.8 181 9 338.8 339.1 295.3 344.2 1.49 15 300 9717 -30.0 -38.7 43 8.6 -31.3 148 1 343.1 343.2 295.5 344.8 0.45 16 250 10987 -40.3 -46.8 50 6.4 -40.8 156 6 346.1 346.2 296.0 347.1 0.23 17 200 12466 -53.1 -54.1 88 1.1 -53.1 120 6 348.7 348.8 296.5 349.2 0.12 18 150 14260 -66.8 -70.3 61 3.6 -66.8 21 25 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16614 -78.8 -83.9 43 5.1 -78.8 86 12 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.71 m Freezing level: 567.27 mb = 4889.13 m = 16040.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.58 mb = 4654.40 m = 15270.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.96 mb = 383.11 m = 1256.90 ft T: 23.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 10.47 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.46 mb = 1058.98 m = 3474.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.65 mb = 753.43 m = 2471.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.65 mb = 3230.25 m = 10597.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.65 mb = 9606.14 m = 31515.82 ft B at Equ Level: 178.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.65 mb = 13311.18 m = 43671.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -8.4 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 33.43 Bulk Shear: 5.37 m/s