MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 20.47,-118.47 Latitude: 20.47 Longitude: -118.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26.1 21.6 76 4.5 22.9 162 3 298.2 301.1 295.6 345.3 16.22 1 1000 112 25.0 21.1 79 4.0 22.2 163 3 298.2 301.1 295.4 344.4 15.91 2 950 561 21.2 19.3 89 1.9 19.9 195 4 298.7 301.4 294.8 342.3 14.98 3 900 1029 19.1 15.4 79 3.8 16.6 223 7 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.4 12.28 4 850 1520 17.9 8.2 53 9.6 12.0 228 8 304.9 306.4 291.5 329.1 8.07 5 800 2037 16.4 7.3 55 9.1 10.9 226 9 308.7 310.2 292.6 333.3 8.05 6 750 2585 13.9 8.0 68 5.9 10.2 223 8 311.7 313.4 294.2 339.5 9.02 7 700 3165 10.8 3.8 62 7.0 6.7 210 4 314.4 315.8 293.6 337.0 7.21 8 650 3779 7.2 -1.9 53 9.0 2.4 188 4 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.5 5.14 9 600 4433 2.9 -4.6 57 7.6 -0.8 186 5 319.5 320.4 292.9 334.2 4.52 10 550 5132 -1.0 -9.5 53 8.5 -4.8 205 9 322.8 323.5 292.8 334.1 3.38 11 500 5888 -4.3 -13.6 49 9.2 -8.1 199 12 327.7 328.3 293.6 336.9 2.68 12 450 6712 -8.5 -24.9 25 16.4 -13.4 148 7 332.6 332.8 293.5 336.6 1.13 13 400 7614 -14.9 -29.6 27 14.7 -18.5 88 6 335.6 335.8 294.0 338.6 0.82 14 350 8610 -21.8 -34.9 29 13.2 -24.3 323 7 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.6 0.56 15 300 9726 -30.1 -42.3 30 12.2 -31.7 280 3 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.2 0.31 16 250 10993 -41.4 -47.2 53 5.8 -41.9 140 3 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.4 0.22 17 200 12469 -52.7 -60.8 37 8.1 -52.9 149 8 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14260 -67.3 -71.1 59 3.8 -67.4 163 9 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16628 -78.5 -81.7 59 3.2 -78.5 91 7 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.58 m Freezing level: 563.07 mb = 4949.29 m = 16237.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.42 mb = 4265.24 m = 13993.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.42 mb = 575.43 m = 1887.86 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 16.11 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1921.49 m = 6304.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.78 C = 96.41 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 7.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 12.59 C K Index: 23.49 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2747.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.90 mb = 820.91 m = 2693.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -2.5 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.40 Bulk Shear: 2.59 m/s