MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.01,-118.04 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -118.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 548 2 900 1013 3 850 1508 4 800 2037 SFC 800 2039 22.6 -8.2 12 30.8 7.7 108 4 315.2 315.7 289.9 323.6 2.57 6 750 2597 20.7 -9.9 12 30.6 6.2 140 8 319.1 319.5 290.9 327.1 2.41 7 700 3186 15.5 -12.0 14 27.5 3.2 156 10 319.6 320.1 290.8 326.9 2.18 8 650 3807 10.2 -15.4 15 25.6 -0.3 170 11 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.5 1.77 9 600 4465 5.0 -18.6 16 23.6 -3.7 228 10 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.0 1.47 10 550 5168 0.3 -28.3 10 28.6 -7.9 247 15 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.9 0.68 11 500 5924 -4.4 -33.6 8 29.2 -11.6 241 21 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.3 0.45 12 450 6745 -10.1 -31.3 16 21.2 -15.3 233 24 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.8 0.62 13 400 7639 -17.3 -34.0 22 16.6 -20.7 228 24 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.5 0.54 14 350 8624 -25.0 -46.6 12 21.5 -27.5 231 26 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.17 15 300 9725 -33.5 -37.7 66 4.3 -34.0 240 35 338.2 338.3 294.3 340.1 0.49 16 250 10976 -43.8 -44.0 99 0.1 -43.9 234 41 340.9 340.9 294.8 342.1 0.31 17 200 12436 -54.9 -63.0 36 8.1 -55.1 242 48 345.8 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14225 -65.2 -74.8 25 9.6 -65.3 244 47 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16692 -66.3 -83.2 8 16.9 -66.4 216 15 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.21 m Freezing level: 546.33 mb = 5223.26 m = 17136.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.95 mb = 3756.07 m = 12322.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 12.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 504.25 mb = 5857.02 m = 19215.72 ft T: -3.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 0.54 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 397.07 mb = 7693.28 m = 25240.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.87 C = 101.97 F Cap Strength: 8.63 C Lifted Index: 7.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6734.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 477.11 mb = 6289.09 m = 20633.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 39.91 m/s