MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 38.65,-121.42 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -121.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 52 17.0 11.1 68 5.9 13.4 189 3 289.5 291.0 286.3 312.8 8.23 1 1000 112 18.7 10.9 61 7.8 14.0 200 5 291.9 293.3 287.2 315.3 8.23 2 950 555 22.8 7.6 38 15.2 13.8 202 4 300.3 301.6 289.0 320.8 6.92 3 900 1027 24.6 2.5 24 22.1 12.1 183 8 306.8 307.8 289.5 322.4 5.08 4 850 1525 22.0 -3.3 18 25.4 9.0 184 10 309.2 309.9 288.8 320.3 3.51 5 800 2047 18.5 -9.1 14 27.6 5.8 190 10 310.9 311.3 288.3 318.6 2.39 6 750 2595 14.8 -10.3 17 25.1 3.6 199 10 312.6 313.1 288.8 320.2 2.33 7 700 3173 11.1 -19.3 10 30.4 -0.1 214 11 314.7 315.0 288.3 318.7 1.18 8 650 3786 7.5 -29.9 5 37.4 -3.4 233 15 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.2 0.49 9 600 4439 3.0 -19.7 17 22.7 -5.0 245 18 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.1 1.33 10 550 5136 -2.2 -16.4 33 14.2 -7.4 244 23 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.1 1.93 11 500 5885 -7.9 -18.4 43 10.5 -11.5 248 24 323.4 323.7 291.6 329.5 1.79 12 450 6695 -12.5 -34.9 14 22.4 -17.2 266 19 327.5 327.5 291.5 329.1 0.44 13 400 7583 -18.8 -40.2 13 21.4 -22.2 276 21 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.29 14 350 8563 -26.4 -37.6 34 11.2 -28.0 284 24 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.8 0.43 15 300 9657 -35.2 -41.0 55 5.8 -35.8 284 32 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.2 0.35 16 250 10898 -45.9 -46.6 92 0.8 -45.9 281 38 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.23 17 200 12342 -57.8 -59.2 84 1.4 -57.8 280 40 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 14140 -60.7 -74.4 15 13.7 -60.9 270 28 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16651 -61.6 -84.8 3 23.2 -61.9 280 11 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.75 m Freezing level: 571.14 mb = 4841.01 m = 15882.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.32 mb = 3157.22 m = 10358.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.74 % Est. max temperature: 36.36 C = 97.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.04 mb = 816.12 m = 2677.52 ft T: 23.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 3.85 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 576.76 mb = 4755.17 m = 15600.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.95 C = 118.30 F Cap Strength: 11.96 C Lifted Index: 8.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.87 C Showalter Index: 8.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.97 C Cross Totals Index: 4.57 C K Index: -3.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 44.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10006.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.62 mb = 2298.52 m = 7540.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -2.3 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.38 Bulk Shear: 13.02 m/s