MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.74,-114.38 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -114.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 979 270 36.1 -11.8 4 47.9 13.5 222 7 311.2 311.5 287.5 316.4 1.58 2 950 542 38.2 -12.7 3 50.9 13.9 230 13 316.0 316.3 289.0 321.1 1.52 3 900 1031 33.9 -13.6 4 47.5 11.8 236 13 316.4 316.7 289.2 321.4 1.48 4 850 1542 29.2 -14.3 5 43.6 9.6 248 11 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.8 1.48 5 800 2075 24.7 -15.9 6 40.6 7.2 263 10 317.5 317.8 289.4 322.2 1.39 6 750 2633 20.2 -17.7 6 37.8 4.6 267 11 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.8 1.27 7 700 3222 16.5 -23.6 5 40.1 1.9 259 13 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.6 0.81 8 650 3846 12.0 -28.1 4 40.2 -1.0 255 14 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.7 0.58 9 600 4508 6.8 -29.0 6 35.8 -4.1 262 15 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.1 0.58 10 550 5214 1.2 -30.8 7 32.0 -7.7 275 15 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.4 0.53 11 500 5972 -4.0 -35.4 7 31.4 -11.4 283 16 328.2 328.2 291.6 329.6 0.38 12 450 6795 -9.0 -40.9 6 31.9 -15.2 269 24 331.9 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.24 13 400 7695 -15.4 -42.5 8 27.0 -20.0 268 23 334.9 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.23 14 350 8686 -23.6 -45.3 12 21.6 -26.4 270 20 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.19 15 300 9791 -32.9 -51.1 14 18.2 -34.4 277 26 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.4 0.12 16 250 11045 -43.4 -51.9 39 8.5 -43.9 297 27 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.13 17 200 12520 -51.7 -66.2 16 14.4 -52.1 267 19 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.03 18 150 14322 -65.5 -74.1 29 8.6 -65.5 257 15 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16734 -71.9 -82.5 19 10.6 -72.0 159 2 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5894.06 m Freezing level: 538.61 mb = 5386.96 m = 17673.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.66 mb = 3620.40 m = 11877.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 5.40 % Est. max temperature: 42.01 C = 107.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 484.59 mb = 6216.74 m = 20395.88 ft T: -5.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 978.9- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 344.14 mb = 8807.45 m = 28895.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 61.97 C = 143.55 F Cap Strength: 12.87 C Lifted Index: 10.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.68 C Showalter Index: 9.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 33.24 C Cross Totals Index: -10.32 C K Index: -21.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 38.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9260.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 453.17 mb = 6740.07 m = 22112.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.52 Bulk Shear: 6.62 m/s