MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 84 1 950 525 SFC 915 851 24.4 10.4 41 14.0 15.5 60 2 305.3 306.9 292.1 331.4 8.69 3 900 992 21.6 10.7 50 10.9 14.7 70 2 303.7 305.4 291.9 330.6 8.98 4 850 1484 17.0 9.0 59 8.0 12.1 74 3 304.0 305.5 291.5 329.4 8.50 5 800 1998 13.6 5.9 60 7.7 9.1 76 5 305.7 307.0 291.1 327.8 7.31 6 750 2538 9.0 4.1 71 4.9 6.2 56 5 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.2 6.86 7 700 3105 4.3 2.1 86 2.2 3.1 42 6 307.2 308.4 290.7 326.7 6.37 8 650 3704 -0.1 -1.8 89 1.6 -0.9 42 7 308.8 309.8 290.2 324.9 5.18 9 600 4340 -3.9 -7.5 76 3.6 -5.4 39 8 311.7 312.4 289.7 323.2 3.63 10 550 5023 -7.1 -12.4 66 5.2 -9.1 27 9 315.6 316.1 290.1 324.4 2.69 11 500 5760 -11.7 -17.6 62 5.8 -13.6 18 12 318.7 319.1 290.3 325.2 1.93 12 450 6558 -17.2 -24.0 56 6.7 -19.0 13 18 321.6 321.8 290.5 325.8 1.23 13 400 7429 -24.0 -26.8 77 2.8 -24.6 17 24 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.5 1.06 14 350 8389 -31.2 -35.2 67 4.1 -31.7 15 22 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.7 0.55 15 300 9464 -38.2 -48.5 33 10.4 -38.9 8 21 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 16 250 10704 -43.3 -62.3 11 19.0 -44.0 347 22 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.04 17 200 12182 -50.1 -70.4 7 20.3 -50.5 353 18 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14023 -59.2 -78.1 7 18.9 -59.4 239 5 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16529 -64.9 -83.4 6 18.5 -65.0 219 7 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.47 m Freezing level: 651.32 mb = 3687.68 m = 12098.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.35 mb = 3563.69 m = 11691.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.20 % Est. max temperature: 25.35 C = 77.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.18 mb = 2601.62 m = 8535.40 ft T: 8.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.22 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.61 mb = 2820.74 m = 9254.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 35.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.79 mb = 2517.70 m = 8260.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.79 mb = 3258.76 m = 10691.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.79 mb = 8453.08 m = 27732.85 ft B at Equ Level: 122.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.79 mb = 10011.67 m = 32846.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 30.9 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 60.9 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -1.8 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 21.08 Bulk Shear: 5.85 m/s