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: 37.49,-118.35 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -118.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 526 2 900 995 3 850 1497 SFC 819 1828 32.1 -10.9 6 43.0 10.8 130 6 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.1 2.03 5 800 2033 28.3 -11.9 6 40.1 9.1 144 6 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.92 6 750 2597 22.6 -12.9 8 35.5 6.3 187 6 321.1 321.4 291.0 327.5 1.89 7 700 3189 16.9 -13.7 11 30.7 3.5 222 9 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.7 1.89 8 650 3812 11.1 -14.6 15 25.7 0.3 235 12 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.9 1.89 9 600 4472 4.9 -15.6 21 20.5 -3.2 239 16 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.3 1.89 10 550 5172 -1.4 -17.1 29 15.7 -7.2 236 21 322.4 322.7 291.3 328.6 1.82 11 500 5923 -6.2 -23.8 23 17.5 -11.5 232 26 325.4 325.7 291.5 329.4 1.12 12 450 6740 -11.1 -31.6 17 20.6 -15.9 235 24 329.3 329.5 292.2 331.6 0.60 13 400 7631 -18.3 -32.1 29 13.7 -21.2 234 23 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.65 14 350 8612 -25.9 -44.9 15 19.0 -28.2 235 16 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.6 0.20 15 300 9709 -34.3 -49.0 21 14.8 -35.5 252 13 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.15 16 250 10956 -44.5 -55.1 30 10.6 -45.0 243 13 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.09 17 200 12412 -55.6 -63.5 36 8.0 -55.8 234 31 344.7 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14205 -63.7 -76.1 17 12.3 -63.8 240 46 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16679 -64.6 -83.5 6 18.9 -64.8 227 11 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.90 m Freezing level: 561.26 mb = 5014.35 m = 16451.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.55 mb = 3868.79 m = 12692.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 433.96 mb = 7014.44 m = 23012.99 ft T: -13.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 2.66 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 383.35 mb = 7943.39 m = 26060.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.44 C = 104.79 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5699.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 439.25 mb = 6922.73 m = 22712.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 40.52 m/s