MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 34.04,-109.98 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -109.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 561 2 900 1024 3 850 1515 SFC 806 1969 19.4 6.6 43 12.8 11.6 57 4 311.2 312.6 293.0 334.6 7.59 5 800 2038 22.4 5.3 33 17.2 12.0 34 4 315.1 316.4 293.6 337.0 6.97 6 750 2599 21.4 2.4 28 19.0 10.2 313 14 319.8 321.0 294.1 339.3 6.06 7 700 3191 16.8 0.2 33 16.5 7.4 312 18 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.1 5.57 8 650 3816 11.3 -2.1 39 13.4 4.1 322 23 321.8 322.8 293.9 338.2 5.06 9 600 4478 6.1 -5.0 45 11.0 0.5 337 25 323.1 324.0 293.7 337.6 4.41 10 550 5184 0.7 -10.9 42 11.6 -4.4 7 12 324.9 325.5 293.1 335.1 3.03 11 500 5942 -4.5 -16.3 39 11.8 -8.9 26 10 327.5 328.0 293.0 334.9 2.14 12 450 6761 -11.0 -21.7 41 10.7 -14.3 4 8 329.4 329.7 293.0 334.7 1.50 13 400 7653 -17.9 -27.1 44 9.2 -20.1 346 8 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.5 1.04 14 350 8637 -25.2 -29.7 66 4.5 -26.2 254 2 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.2 0.93 15 300 9739 -32.8 -33.5 93 0.7 -32.9 196 10 339.2 339.4 294.8 342.1 0.75 16 250 10997 -42.8 -43.5 93 0.7 -42.9 179 14 342.4 342.5 295.2 343.7 0.33 17 200 12462 -54.2 -54.8 93 0.6 -54.2 219 24 346.9 346.9 296.1 347.4 0.11 18 150 14257 -65.6 -74.1 30 8.5 -65.7 225 8 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16681 -68.6 -81.7 14 13.0 -68.7 336 3 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.90 m Freezing level: 543.54 mb = 5281.86 m = 17328.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.01 mb = 4545.85 m = 14914.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 665.85 mb = 3612.77 m = 11852.77 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.68 mb = 5604.20 m = 18386.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.74 C = 92.73 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3364.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 578.64 mb = 4772.11 m = 15656.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.2 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 10.2 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 83.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.61 Bulk Shear: 5.42 m/s