MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 29.37,-121.31 Latitude: 29.37 Longitude: -121.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 18.5 16.0 85 2.5 16.9 344 17 290.4 292.4 289.4 322.2 11.32 1 1000 138 17.1 14.4 84 2.7 15.4 345 21 290.3 292.1 288.6 319.5 10.37 2 950 577 20.3 3.5 33 16.8 11.1 3 27 297.7 298.7 286.4 313.0 5.16 3 900 1043 20.4 1.7 29 18.7 10.3 358 20 302.5 303.4 287.8 317.0 4.79 4 850 1535 19.4 -3.3 21 22.7 8.0 350 14 306.5 307.1 287.9 317.5 3.53 5 800 2054 18.1 -12.3 12 30.3 5.0 337 8 310.4 310.7 287.6 316.5 1.86 6 750 2602 15.8 -19.9 7 35.8 2.4 295 3 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.3 1.05 7 700 3183 12.6 -24.5 6 37.1 0.0 206 4 316.4 316.6 288.4 319.1 0.75 8 650 3799 8.6 -22.3 9 30.9 -2.1 190 6 318.7 318.9 289.4 322.1 0.98 9 600 4454 3.8 -12.6 29 16.4 -3.1 193 6 320.5 320.9 291.3 328.5 2.41 10 550 5154 -1.1 -11.0 47 9.9 -5.4 187 5 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.7 3.00 11 500 5908 -5.4 -18.7 34 13.3 -10.1 153 6 326.4 326.8 292.4 332.5 1.75 12 450 6727 -10.5 -23.9 32 13.5 -14.5 123 8 330.1 330.3 292.9 334.5 1.23 13 400 7622 -16.9 -27.9 38 11.0 -19.6 114 6 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.5 0.96 14 350 8610 -23.9 -35.5 34 11.6 -25.9 101 9 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.5 0.53 15 300 9717 -32.0 -43.7 31 11.6 -33.3 115 10 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.3 0.27 16 250 10977 -42.0 -51.7 34 9.7 -42.6 129 16 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.2 0.13 17 200 12449 -53.8 -60.7 43 6.9 -54.0 102 13 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 14246 -65.6 -73.3 33 7.7 -65.7 142 8 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16653 -70.8 -81.9 18 11.2 -70.8 340 6 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.16 m Freezing level: 561.57 mb = 4992.13 m = 16378.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.53 mb = 3188.68 m = 10461.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.45 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.81 mb = 321.24 m = 1053.94 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 9.18 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 572.66 mb = 4829.40 m = 15844.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.04 C = 122.06 F Cap Strength: 13.76 C Lifted Index: 12.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.70 C Showalter Index: 12.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 2.16 C K Index: -15.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11421.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.93 mb = 1791.14 m = 5876.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.8 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 11.8 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 4.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: -41.1 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.87 Bulk Shear: 22.61 m/s