MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 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 144 1 950 588 SFC 922 850 29.6 2.2 17 27.4 13.9 264 2 309.9 310.8 290.3 325.0 4.86 3 900 1061 27.0 -1.3 16 28.3 11.8 237 1 309.3 310.0 289.2 321.4 3.86 4 850 1561 23.4 -8.5 11 31.9 8.3 214 2 310.6 311.1 288.2 318.2 2.36 5 800 2084 19.8 -13.8 9 33.6 5.5 191 4 312.3 312.6 288.0 317.7 1.64 6 750 2634 16.0 -16.1 10 32.0 3.0 191 8 313.9 314.2 288.3 318.7 1.45 7 700 3215 12.2 -19.3 9 31.5 0.4 202 13 316.0 316.2 288.7 320.0 1.18 8 650 3830 8.5 -24.1 8 32.6 -2.3 218 17 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.6 0.84 9 600 4486 4.5 -25.3 9 29.8 -5.0 228 20 321.3 321.4 290.0 324.1 0.81 10 550 5187 -0.2 -25.9 12 25.7 -7.9 236 22 323.9 324.0 290.8 326.9 0.85 11 500 5942 -5.2 -31.7 10 26.5 -11.9 238 25 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.7 0.54 12 450 6759 -10.9 -39.7 7 28.8 -16.4 245 28 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.27 13 400 7653 -17.2 -41.7 10 24.4 -21.2 248 37 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.25 14 350 8638 -25.0 -44.0 15 19.0 -27.4 245 44 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.22 15 300 9739 -33.3 -51.2 15 17.9 -34.7 261 48 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.11 16 250 10991 -43.9 -52.2 40 8.3 -44.4 254 47 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.2 0.12 17 200 12459 -51.9 -64.9 20 13.0 -52.2 255 50 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.03 18 150 14274 -63.3 -76.4 15 13.1 -63.4 234 41 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16719 -68.3 -82.9 11 14.5 -68.4 94 5 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.71 m Freezing level: 551.91 mb = 5160.03 m = 16929.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.19 mb = 3307.83 m = 10852.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 10.45 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 616.46 mb = 4263.91 m = 13989.04 ft T: 5.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 7.29 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 426.07 mb = 7173.73 m = 23535.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.26 C = 122.46 F Cap Strength: 11.16 C Lifted Index: 11.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.22 C Showalter Index: 12.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.56 C Cross Totals Index: -3.32 C K Index: -11.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 28.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9117.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 559.32 mb = 5051.39 m = 16572.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 26.14 m/s