MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 6Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 21.55,-117.61 Latitude: 21.55 Longitude: -117.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 24.8 23.3 91 1.6 23.7 171 7 296.7 299.9 296.3 348.6 17.98 1 1000 133 24.3 22.3 89 2.0 22.9 175 9 297.5 300.6 296.0 347.4 17.22 2 950 583 22.2 19.4 84 2.9 20.2 186 7 299.8 302.5 295.2 343.7 15.05 3 900 1053 20.4 16.2 77 4.2 17.5 201 6 302.6 304.9 294.6 340.9 12.96 4 850 1546 18.3 12.7 70 5.6 14.6 222 6 305.3 307.4 293.8 338.0 10.91 5 800 2064 15.7 10.3 70 5.4 12.3 249 9 307.8 309.7 293.8 337.8 9.89 6 750 2610 12.6 8.8 77 3.9 10.2 259 13 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.4 9.50 7 700 3187 9.6 6.3 80 3.3 7.6 262 14 313.1 314.7 294.3 339.7 8.60 8 650 3800 6.6 2.8 77 3.8 4.4 268 14 316.4 317.8 294.1 339.2 7.22 9 600 4453 3.1 -1.7 71 4.7 0.5 268 13 319.6 320.8 293.8 337.9 5.66 10 550 5153 -1.4 -5.1 76 3.7 -3.2 249 13 322.4 323.3 293.8 338.0 4.77 11 500 5908 -5.2 -11.5 61 6.2 -7.9 244 14 326.7 327.3 293.7 337.4 3.19 12 450 6728 -10.3 -14.3 72 4.0 -11.9 270 10 330.2 330.8 294.3 339.9 2.80 13 400 7626 -15.9 -25.5 43 9.6 -18.6 297 15 334.3 334.5 294.0 338.6 1.20 14 350 8618 -22.6 -42.2 15 19.6 -25.5 311 9 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.27 15 300 9733 -30.1 -56.4 6 26.3 -32.2 106 1 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.06 16 250 11001 -41.0 -45.6 61 4.6 -41.3 273 4 345.1 345.2 295.8 346.2 0.26 17 200 12480 -52.6 -52.8 97 0.3 -52.6 317 16 349.5 349.6 296.7 350.1 0.14 18 150 14272 -67.0 -71.1 56 4.1 -67.0 15 23 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16635 -78.3 -81.7 58 3.3 -78.3 64 16 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.29 m Freezing level: 565.85 mb = 4931.57 m = 16179.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.71 mb = 4551.88 m = 14933.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.42 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.77 mb = 197.03 m = 646.41 ft T: 24.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 10.84 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1565.23 m = 5135.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.60 C = 92.49 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: 2.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 32.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.18 mb = 784.65 m = 2574.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.18 mb = 4545.40 m = 14912.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.18 mb = 8760.52 m = 28741.53 ft B at Equ Level: 93.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.18 mb = 11462.58 m = 37606.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 18.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.45 Bulk Shear: 17.18 m/s