MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 25.4,-118.47 Latitude: 25.40 Longitude: -118.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 1 20.4 17.7 84 2.7 18.6 3 11 292.3 294.6 291.2 328.1 12.64 1 1000 132 19.0 16.7 86 2.3 17.5 4 12 292.2 294.3 290.6 326.3 12.04 2 950 572 22.6 -0.2 22 22.8 10.7 18 14 300.1 300.8 286.1 312.1 3.97 3 900 1044 24.1 -8.2 11 32.3 9.0 22 11 306.4 306.8 286.6 313.6 2.29 4 850 1541 22.8 -10.8 10 33.6 7.6 30 8 310.0 310.4 287.6 316.4 1.97 5 800 2064 19.9 -5.0 18 24.9 7.5 40 10 312.4 313.0 289.6 323.0 3.30 6 750 2616 15.6 0.6 36 15.0 7.3 48 12 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.4 5.33 7 700 3196 10.6 5.2 69 5.4 7.4 74 13 314.2 315.8 294.1 339.1 7.95 8 650 3809 6.0 3.2 82 2.8 4.4 85 17 315.7 317.2 294.1 339.1 7.42 9 600 4461 1.5 -1.2 82 2.7 0.0 90 17 317.8 318.9 293.4 336.5 5.84 10 550 5157 -2.5 -4.3 88 1.8 -3.4 103 14 321.1 322.1 293.7 337.6 5.07 11 500 5909 -6.0 -10.9 68 4.9 -8.1 108 15 325.7 326.4 293.6 336.9 3.33 12 450 6727 -11.0 -16.5 64 5.4 -13.0 108 20 329.3 329.8 293.7 337.4 2.34 13 400 7621 -17.2 -22.4 64 5.2 -18.7 116 22 332.7 333.0 293.9 338.3 1.58 14 350 8609 -23.5 -34.3 37 10.8 -25.5 120 18 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.4 0.60 15 300 9718 -31.9 -37.8 55 6.0 -32.7 121 22 340.5 340.6 294.9 342.4 0.49 16 250 10979 -42.1 -42.6 95 0.4 -42.2 153 22 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.8 0.36 17 200 12448 -54.4 -56.5 77 2.1 -54.4 146 17 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.09 18 150 14236 -65.9 -73.0 36 7.1 -65.9 145 15 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16639 -71.9 -82.5 19 10.6 -72.0 68 19 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.41 m Freezing level: 581.68 mb = 4715.67 m = 15471.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.71 mb = 4464.50 m = 14647.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.72 % Est. max temperature: 37.07 C = 98.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.32 mb = 346.30 m = 1136.13 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.82 mb = 4529.94 m = 14861.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.37 C = 115.47 F Cap Strength: 13.93 C Lifted Index: 11.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.96 C Showalter Index: 12.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: -4.82 C K Index: 12.54 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10194.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.54 mb = 2187.65 m = 7177.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 68.0 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 98.0 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -8.3 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 21.62 m/s