MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 38.30,-116.82 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -116.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 548 2 900 1013 3 850 1507 SFC 805 1983 21.6 -1.9 21 23.5 9.0 49 3 313.6 314.4 290.8 326.8 4.13 5 800 2035 24.7 -1.6 17 26.3 10.2 40 1 317.4 318.3 292.0 331.1 4.24 6 750 2599 23.3 -2.8 17 26.0 9.0 358 4 321.8 322.6 293.2 335.4 4.15 7 700 3194 18.1 -3.9 22 22.0 6.4 22 6 322.5 323.3 293.3 336.0 4.09 8 650 3821 12.6 -7.1 25 19.7 2.8 15 5 323.2 323.9 293.0 334.7 3.45 9 600 4485 6.3 -8.3 34 14.6 -0.6 22 4 323.4 324.1 293.0 334.8 3.40 10 550 5190 -0.4 -9.3 51 8.9 -4.4 19 2 323.6 324.3 293.1 335.1 3.43 11 500 5942 -7.5 -12.0 70 4.5 -9.4 37 2 323.8 324.4 292.8 334.0 3.05 12 450 6755 -11.7 -33.7 14 22.0 -16.5 226 8 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.4 0.49 13 400 7647 -17.3 -44.6 7 27.3 -21.4 245 11 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.18 14 350 8634 -24.0 -51.2 6 27.3 -26.9 254 15 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.9 0.10 15 300 9742 -30.9 -58.9 5 28.0 -32.9 259 17 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.04 16 250 11010 -40.7 -63.9 6 23.2 -41.6 248 20 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 17 200 12490 -52.4 -68.2 13 15.9 -52.7 249 20 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14297 -63.8 -75.3 19 11.6 -63.8 254 16 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16747 -67.2 -83.3 9 16.1 -67.3 18 3 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.49 m Freezing level: 552.87 mb = 5149.14 m = 16893.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.69 mb = 4365.83 m = 14323.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 566.36 mb = 4952.27 m = 16247.40 ft T: 1.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.33 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 489.45 mb = 6106.41 m = 20033.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5059.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 516.81 mb = 5680.92 m = 18637.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.5 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 325.5 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.18 Bulk Shear: 3.59 m/s