MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 34.92,-116.11 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -116.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 517 SFC 946 555 42.8 0.7 8 42.1 17.8 294 1 321.0 321.8 293.0 334.8 4.24 3 900 1012 36.7 0.1 10 36.6 15.5 209 4 319.4 320.2 292.6 333.3 4.28 4 850 1528 31.7 -0.7 12 32.3 13.3 203 8 319.3 320.2 292.6 333.3 4.29 5 800 2065 26.5 -1.4 16 27.9 10.9 203 12 319.4 320.3 292.6 333.4 4.31 6 750 2628 21.2 -2.4 20 23.5 8.3 204 15 319.5 320.4 292.6 333.5 4.29 7 700 3218 15.5 -3.3 27 18.8 5.6 206 18 319.7 320.5 292.7 333.6 4.28 8 650 3839 9.6 -4.4 37 14.0 2.5 208 22 319.9 320.7 292.7 333.7 4.25 9 600 4496 3.5 -5.8 51 9.3 -1.0 211 27 320.1 320.9 292.7 333.6 4.13 10 550 5195 -1.8 -10.0 53 8.3 -5.4 211 29 322.0 322.6 292.4 332.7 3.24 11 500 5949 -5.1 -24.5 20 19.4 -10.9 209 20 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.6 1.06 12 450 6766 -11.3 -30.3 19 19.1 -15.9 201 17 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.6 0.68 13 400 7658 -17.9 -33.2 25 15.3 -21.0 194 21 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.9 0.58 14 350 8642 -25.1 -38.5 28 13.4 -27.2 198 21 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.4 0.39 15 300 9741 -34.0 -45.1 32 11.1 -35.0 204 17 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.23 16 250 10991 -43.6 -52.6 36 9.0 -44.0 205 22 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.12 17 200 12454 -54.7 -59.8 53 5.1 -54.8 216 30 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.06 18 150 14250 -64.1 -73.1 28 9.0 -64.2 226 21 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16693 -68.8 -82.4 12 13.7 -68.8 228 8 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5885.36 m Freezing level: 566.86 mb = 4959.13 m = 16269.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.72 mb = 4297.21 m = 14098.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.23 % Est. max temperature: 41.26 C = 106.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 516.60 mb = 5690.41 m = 18669.08 ft T: -3.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 1.55 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 471.68 mb = 6401.21 m = 21001.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.79 C = 121.61 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: 4.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 4.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 36.77 C Cross Totals Index: 4.44 C K Index: 17.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 35.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4570.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 525.91 mb = 5549.05 m = 18205.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.0 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 238.0 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.4 neg: -0.6 tot: 40.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 30.73 m/s