MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 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 120 1 950 567 SFC 920 851 33.5 0.4 12 33.0 14.7 262 9 314.0 314.8 291.0 327.7 4.28 3 900 1044 30.4 0.7 15 29.8 13.6 264 9 312.9 313.7 290.9 327.0 4.46 4 850 1550 26.9 -6.6 11 33.5 10.1 253 9 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.3 2.75 5 800 2079 22.8 -9.2 11 32.0 7.6 253 8 315.4 315.9 289.8 323.3 2.38 6 750 2635 18.5 -10.9 13 29.3 5.1 260 9 316.6 317.1 290.0 324.0 2.22 7 700 3220 13.7 -12.1 15 25.8 2.4 255 12 317.7 318.1 290.2 324.9 2.16 8 650 3838 9.5 -17.7 13 27.2 -1.0 248 17 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.7 1.46 9 600 4496 5.8 -31.5 5 37.3 -4.8 256 23 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.5 0.46 10 550 5200 0.9 -34.9 5 35.8 -8.1 263 24 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.5 0.36 11 500 5958 -4.0 -37.1 6 33.0 -11.6 271 24 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.32 12 450 6779 -9.8 -38.7 7 28.9 -15.6 266 27 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.30 13 400 7678 -15.7 -42.2 8 26.4 -20.2 255 30 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.23 14 350 8668 -23.9 -44.1 14 20.1 -26.6 256 26 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.3 0.22 15 300 9771 -33.1 -53.6 11 20.6 -34.6 264 31 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.09 16 250 11025 -43.6 -51.6 41 8.0 -44.0 269 33 341.3 341.3 294.8 341.8 0.13 17 200 12492 -52.6 -66.2 18 13.6 -52.9 267 30 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14295 -65.1 -74.2 27 9.2 -65.1 256 23 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16721 -70.5 -81.9 17 11.4 -70.6 81 7 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.95 m Freezing level: 540.67 mb = 5341.71 m = 17525.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.62 mb = 3652.33 m = 11982.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 9.97 % Est. max temperature: 35.55 C = 95.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 567.68 mb = 4944.33 m = 16221.37 ft T: 2.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 4.38 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 426.56 mb = 7187.02 m = 23579.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.62 C = 124.92 F Cap Strength: 9.76 C Lifted Index: 9.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: 10.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.97 C Cross Totals Index: -2.53 C K Index: -1.38 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7958.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 543.72 mb = 5291.63 m = 17360.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 8.42 m/s