MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 37.35,-121.86 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -121.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 990 219 17.3 10.4 64 6.9 13.2 274 1 291.3 292.7 286.8 314.1 8.01 2 950 573 22.7 5.0 32 17.6 12.6 217 2 300.2 301.2 287.9 317.4 5.77 3 900 1047 26.3 -3.4 14 29.7 11.0 233 2 308.6 309.2 288.4 319.0 3.30 4 850 1547 23.7 -2.2 18 25.9 10.0 194 6 311.0 311.7 289.7 323.1 3.82 5 800 2072 20.0 -5.1 18 25.1 7.5 200 8 312.5 313.1 289.6 323.0 3.28 6 750 2623 17.1 -17.1 8 34.2 3.4 213 6 315.1 315.4 288.6 319.6 1.33 7 700 3206 13.5 -21.1 7 34.6 0.8 200 5 317.4 317.6 289.0 320.9 1.01 8 650 3824 9.3 -23.6 8 32.9 -1.9 201 6 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.6 0.88 9 600 4481 5.0 -27.4 7 32.4 -4.9 207 10 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.3 0.67 10 550 5183 -0.1 -29.2 9 29.1 -8.3 208 11 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.2 0.62 11 500 5937 -5.7 -33.6 9 27.9 -12.3 228 8 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.45 12 450 6753 -11.4 -44.0 5 32.6 -16.9 240 12 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 13 400 7644 -18.0 -47.6 6 29.5 -22.0 243 16 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 14 350 8625 -26.3 -48.5 11 22.2 -28.6 241 21 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 15 300 9719 -35.1 -54.5 12 19.4 -36.4 246 22 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 16 250 10963 -44.8 -58.7 20 13.9 -45.3 243 26 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.06 17 200 12424 -54.2 -66.2 21 12.0 -54.4 244 36 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14232 -61.9 -76.3 13 14.4 -62.0 245 32 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16711 -65.3 -83.6 6 18.3 -65.5 279 6 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.00 m Freezing level: 551.09 mb = 5167.91 m = 16954.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.50 mb = 3380.74 m = 11091.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.64 % Est. max temperature: 37.23 C = 99.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.83 mb = 1116.90 m = 3664.32 ft T: 25.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 3.45 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 508.79 mb = 5799.52 m = 19027.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.60 C = 124.89 F Cap Strength: 14.18 C Lifted Index: 12.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.11 C Showalter Index: 9.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.42 C Cross Totals Index: 3.52 C K Index: -7.38 Risk: None Sweat Index: 20.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11105.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.35 mb = 3141.98 m = 10308.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.0 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 239.0 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.81 Bulk Shear: 3.43 m/s