MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 151 1 950 595 SFC 923 850 29.6 0.2 15 29.3 13.3 286 3 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.9 4.21 3 900 1068 27.1 -4.3 12 31.5 11.0 277 3 309.5 310.0 288.5 319.2 3.08 4 850 1568 23.6 -10.0 10 33.6 8.1 265 4 310.8 311.2 288.0 317.6 2.10 5 800 2092 20.7 -15.2 8 35.9 5.6 258 6 313.2 313.5 288.1 318.1 1.46 6 750 2645 17.4 -16.6 8 34.1 3.6 244 8 315.5 315.7 288.8 320.1 1.39 7 700 3229 13.8 -16.4 11 30.1 1.6 234 14 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.9 1.52 8 650 3847 9.7 -21.8 9 31.5 -1.5 235 19 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.5 1.03 9 600 4505 5.4 -28.5 7 33.9 -4.8 245 22 322.3 322.4 290.1 324.5 0.60 10 550 5208 0.5 -31.1 7 31.6 -8.1 254 26 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.52 11 500 5965 -4.5 -35.9 7 31.4 -11.8 258 28 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.36 12 450 6784 -10.5 -38.0 8 27.5 -16.0 255 29 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.3 0.32 13 400 7679 -16.6 -41.5 10 24.9 -20.8 255 28 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.25 14 350 8667 -24.1 -46.7 11 22.6 -26.8 261 32 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.16 15 300 9770 -33.5 -48.0 22 14.5 -34.8 274 38 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.16 16 250 11022 -44.0 -49.4 55 5.4 -44.3 268 43 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.17 17 200 12488 -52.6 -67.1 16 14.5 -52.9 272 40 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14295 -64.1 -75.1 21 11.0 -64.2 242 26 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16720 -69.1 -82.5 13 13.3 -69.2 297 4 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.29 m Freezing level: 545.03 mb = 5283.25 m = 17333.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.21 mb = 3541.78 m = 11619.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 8.64 % Est. max temperature: 34.14 C = 93.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 599.20 mb = 4515.58 m = 14814.72 ft T: 5.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 5.29 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 400.78 mb = 7663.97 m = 25143.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 52.62 C = 126.72 F Cap Strength: 12.44 C Lifted Index: 12.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.63 C Showalter Index: 13.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.04 C Cross Totals Index: -5.53 C K Index: -12.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9430.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 539.96 mb = 5354.33 m = 17566.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 28.10 m/s