MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 27 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 100 1 950 540 SFC 916 849 22.5 10.6 47 11.9 15.0 94 1 303.1 304.7 291.5 329.3 8.79 3 900 1004 19.7 11.1 58 8.6 14.3 89 1 301.8 303.5 291.5 329.2 9.26 4 850 1493 16.6 7.8 56 8.8 11.3 88 5 303.5 304.9 290.8 326.9 7.83 5 800 2007 12.9 5.9 62 7.0 8.8 93 7 304.9 306.2 290.8 326.8 7.28 6 750 2545 8.5 3.9 72 4.7 5.9 82 8 305.8 307.1 290.6 326.3 6.74 7 700 3111 4.3 0.4 76 3.9 2.3 58 10 307.3 308.3 290.2 324.6 5.65 8 650 3711 0.3 -4.0 73 4.3 -1.7 46 12 309.3 310.2 289.7 323.0 4.38 9 600 4348 -3.5 -7.6 73 4.1 -5.3 41 12 312.1 312.7 289.8 323.5 3.59 10 550 5031 -7.4 -11.3 73 4.0 -8.9 39 13 315.3 315.9 290.2 324.8 2.92 11 500 5767 -11.9 -17.7 62 5.8 -13.7 30 16 318.6 318.9 290.3 325.0 1.91 12 450 6565 -17.4 -24.7 53 7.4 -19.2 19 20 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.4 1.14 13 400 7436 -24.3 -27.7 74 3.3 -25.0 24 24 323.4 323.5 290.8 326.8 0.98 14 350 8393 -31.7 -37.3 57 5.6 -32.4 34 26 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.6 0.44 15 300 9469 -37.6 -52.3 20 14.6 -38.6 32 29 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 16 250 10712 -43.3 -62.8 10 19.5 -44.0 357 14 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 12189 -50.0 -70.8 7 20.8 -50.4 345 18 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14032 -58.1 -78.7 5 20.7 -58.3 129 7 370.0 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16544 -65.2 -83.4 6 18.2 -65.3 228 4 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.54 m Freezing level: 645.78 mb = 3764.38 m = 12350.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.49 mb = 3447.55 m = 11310.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.94 mb = 2336.80 m = 7666.57 ft T: 10.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 6.30 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.85 mb = 2847.63 m = 9342.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.42 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.74 mb = 2437.19 m = 7995.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.74 mb = 3899.77 m = 12794.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 564.74 mb = 4823.52 m = 15825.02 ft B at Equ Level: 12.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 474.74 mb = 6160.00 m = 20209.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.7 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 72.7 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -4.8 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 13.09 m/s