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: 37.66,-119.10 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -119.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 597 2 900 1057 3 850 1542 4 800 2057 SFC 758 2512 13.7 -2.0 34 15.7 5.6 230 4 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.2 4.36 6 750 2604 15.5 -2.9 28 18.3 6.0 234 4 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.5 4.12 7 700 3186 12.6 -6.5 26 19.1 3.4 209 6 316.4 317.1 290.9 327.3 3.36 8 650 3803 9.6 -17.2 13 26.8 -0.9 179 11 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.0 1.52 9 600 4460 4.8 -19.7 15 24.4 -4.1 179 12 321.6 321.9 290.6 326.2 1.34 10 550 5162 -0.3 -22.6 17 22.3 -7.6 188 9 323.7 324.0 291.0 327.7 1.13 11 500 5916 -5.6 -25.5 19 19.8 -11.4 226 11 326.2 326.4 291.6 329.6 0.96 12 450 6733 -11.5 -31.1 18 19.6 -16.1 231 18 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.1 0.63 13 400 7624 -17.9 -40.8 12 23.0 -21.6 236 20 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.8 0.27 14 350 8606 -25.9 -45.7 14 19.8 -28.3 240 23 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.18 15 300 9703 -34.2 -54.6 11 20.4 -35.6 239 33 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 16 250 10951 -44.2 -55.6 27 11.4 -44.7 238 41 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.08 17 200 12414 -54.1 -67.0 19 12.8 -54.4 241 40 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14213 -63.5 -73.4 25 9.9 -63.6 243 40 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16683 -64.9 -83.9 6 19.1 -65.0 241 24 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.54 m Freezing level: 552.86 mb = 5122.10 m = 16804.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.73 mb = 3666.76 m = 12029.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.92 % Est. max temperature: 23.71 C = 74.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 597.63 mb = 4492.31 m = 14738.36 ft T: 4.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 439.36 mb = 6913.90 m = 22683.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.15 F Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lifted Index: 7.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7198.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 523.43 mb = 5554.06 m = 18221.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -3.7 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.26 Bulk Shear: 9.45 m/s