MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 39.70,-121.66 Latitude: 39.70 Longitude: -121.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 961 483 16.6 -0.0 32 16.6 8.3 33 3 293.1 293.8 283.3 304.7 3.97 2 950 579 22.0 0.8 25 21.2 10.9 360 3 299.5 300.3 286.1 312.3 4.26 3 900 1046 20.9 -0.5 24 21.4 9.7 76 2 303.0 303.8 287.3 315.5 4.09 4 850 1537 19.3 -2.9 22 22.2 8.0 118 2 306.4 307.0 288.0 317.6 3.62 5 800 2054 16.4 -4.2 24 20.7 6.2 155 1 308.7 309.3 288.6 319.6 3.49 6 750 2599 12.7 -2.3 35 15.0 5.0 237 4 310.4 311.2 289.9 323.8 4.29 7 700 3174 8.9 -6.0 34 14.9 1.8 253 10 312.3 313.0 289.8 323.4 3.48 8 650 3783 5.7 -8.2 36 13.9 -0.6 254 15 315.4 316.0 290.5 325.6 3.17 9 600 4433 1.7 -8.3 47 10.0 -2.9 253 16 318.1 318.7 291.5 329.1 3.40 10 550 5128 -2.8 -14.3 40 11.6 -7.2 254 16 320.8 321.2 291.3 328.5 2.29 11 500 5877 -7.1 -27.4 18 20.4 -12.6 259 21 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.3 0.81 12 450 6690 -12.6 -27.9 26 15.4 -16.4 262 23 327.5 327.6 291.9 330.5 0.85 13 400 7578 -18.6 -32.9 27 14.3 -21.5 257 28 330.8 330.9 292.5 333.0 0.60 14 350 8559 -26.0 -38.9 29 12.9 -27.9 236 30 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.38 15 300 9654 -34.9 -48.9 23 14.0 -36.1 228 28 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.15 16 250 10897 -45.4 -57.3 25 12.0 -45.9 225 26 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12345 -57.2 -62.8 49 5.6 -57.3 236 23 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 14124 -63.6 -70.6 38 7.0 -63.7 239 31 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.02 19 100 16626 -60.3 -85.0 3 24.7 -60.6 261 17 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.39 m Freezing level: 581.16 mb = 4695.16 m = 15403.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.69 mb = 3624.10 m = 11889.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.85 mb = 2623.06 m = 8605.72 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 0.38 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 483.11 mb = 6142.48 m = 20152.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.56 C = 119.41 F Cap Strength: 11.57 C Lifted Index: 12.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.32 C Showalter Index: 10.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 4.15 C K Index: 8.54 Risk: None Sweat Index: 24.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11634.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.80 mb = 3635.14 m = 11926.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.42 Bulk Shear: 21.04 m/s