MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 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 124 1 950 569 SFC 920 850 32.5 0.8 13 31.7 14.4 237 9 313.0 313.8 290.8 326.9 4.39 3 900 1046 29.4 0.7 16 28.7 13.3 238 8 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.8 4.46 4 850 1549 25.7 -4.5 13 30.2 10.1 225 8 313.0 313.7 289.8 323.4 3.22 5 800 2077 21.4 -7.0 14 28.4 7.5 216 6 314.0 314.5 289.7 323.1 2.82 6 750 2630 17.5 -13.4 11 30.9 4.2 229 6 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.7 1.82 7 700 3213 13.1 -15.9 12 29.1 1.4 233 7 317.0 317.4 289.5 322.4 1.58 8 650 3830 8.8 -19.1 12 27.9 -1.6 231 13 318.9 319.2 289.8 323.3 1.30 9 600 4486 4.8 -22.9 11 27.8 -4.5 235 20 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.3 1.01 10 550 5189 0.3 -28.3 10 28.6 -7.9 235 24 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.9 0.68 11 500 5945 -4.2 -37.2 6 32.9 -11.7 242 24 327.9 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.31 12 450 6765 -10.4 -38.1 8 27.7 -16.0 254 27 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.32 13 400 7661 -16.4 -40.9 10 24.6 -20.5 258 36 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.27 14 350 8650 -24.2 -44.1 14 19.9 -26.8 256 38 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.22 15 300 9752 -33.3 -45.7 28 12.4 -34.5 257 43 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.3 0.21 16 250 11003 -43.8 -53.5 33 9.7 -44.3 251 42 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.4 0.11 17 200 12472 -52.0 -65.2 19 13.2 -52.4 252 49 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14284 -63.4 -76.7 15 13.2 -63.6 247 37 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.8 0.01 19 100 16728 -70.0 -82.2 15 12.2 -70.1 174 12 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.76 m Freezing level: 546.56 mb = 5240.62 m = 17193.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.40 mb = 3498.68 m = 11478.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 11.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.39 C = 93.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 578.40 mb = 4782.06 m = 15688.99 ft T: 2.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 5.27 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 444.43 mb = 6860.01 m = 22506.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.65 C = 121.37 F Cap Strength: 9.43 C Lifted Index: 9.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.93 C Showalter Index: 10.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: -0.25 C K Index: -3.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 39.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8474.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 561.35 mb = 5023.75 m = 16481.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -5.4 tot: 6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 6.71 m/s