MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 34.38,-125.4 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -125.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 1 18.1 16.0 88 2.1 16.8 348 14 290.0 292.0 289.3 321.9 11.34 1 1000 124 17.2 14.8 86 2.4 15.7 350 18 290.3 292.2 288.8 320.3 10.63 2 950 562 17.8 5.5 44 12.3 10.9 354 22 295.3 296.3 286.2 312.6 5.94 3 900 1026 20.1 5.8 39 14.4 11.8 341 16 302.2 303.4 289.2 321.5 6.42 4 850 1518 19.3 3.1 34 16.2 10.2 336 13 306.4 307.4 289.9 323.6 5.63 5 800 2038 17.6 -3.4 23 21.1 6.9 324 12 310.0 310.7 289.2 321.6 3.70 6 750 2585 14.4 -4.9 26 19.4 4.9 315 11 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.5 3.53 7 700 3163 10.3 -5.9 31 16.2 2.5 320 11 313.8 314.5 290.3 325.1 3.51 8 650 3775 6.6 -8.4 33 15.0 -0.2 326 11 316.4 317.0 290.7 326.6 3.12 9 600 4428 3.5 -24.3 11 27.8 -5.4 317 14 320.2 320.3 289.8 323.3 0.89 10 550 5126 -1.4 -32.0 8 30.7 -9.2 309 18 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.2 0.47 11 500 5880 -4.6 -46.9 2 42.3 -12.3 314 19 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.11 12 450 6701 -9.6 -35.6 10 26.0 -15.3 328 17 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.41 13 400 7601 -14.7 -32.3 21 17.6 -18.7 1 23 335.9 336.0 293.9 338.3 0.64 14 350 8596 -22.8 -38.8 22 16.0 -25.4 20 31 338.0 338.1 294.2 339.5 0.38 15 300 9704 -32.1 -44.5 28 12.4 -33.4 8 30 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.1 0.24 16 250 10962 -43.0 -50.5 43 7.5 -43.4 13 27 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.15 17 200 12431 -53.2 -61.2 37 8.0 -53.4 14 27 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.05 18 150 14238 -61.5 -73.5 19 12.0 -61.6 324 21 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16710 -66.7 -82.9 8 16.2 -66.8 62 3 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.50 m Freezing level: 563.96 mb = 4931.00 m = 16177.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.48 mb = 3718.06 m = 12198.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.82 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.16 mb = 260.44 m = 854.46 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 9.32 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 590.72 mb = 4552.69 m = 14936.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.77 C = 119.79 F Cap Strength: 12.47 C Lifted Index: 13.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.17 C Showalter Index: 9.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 7.68 C K Index: 10.82 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12202.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.27 mb = 1495.40 m = 4906.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.3 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 356.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -21.5 tot: -15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.16 Bulk Shear: 9.18 m/s