MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 550 SFC 918 850 29.6 1.3 16 28.2 13.6 268 3 310.2 311.1 290.2 324.6 4.59 3 900 1022 26.6 1.3 19 25.3 12.5 261 2 309.0 309.8 289.8 323.5 4.67 4 850 1522 23.1 -3.8 16 26.9 9.3 240 4 310.4 311.0 289.1 321.1 3.39 5 800 2045 20.0 -9.2 13 29.2 6.4 237 7 312.5 313.0 288.8 320.2 2.37 6 750 2597 17.3 -16.2 9 33.5 3.6 231 12 315.3 315.6 288.8 320.1 1.44 7 700 3182 14.8 -25.9 4 40.6 0.9 234 20 318.8 319.0 289.1 321.2 0.66 8 650 3802 10.3 -27.3 5 37.7 -1.7 227 24 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.9 0.62 9 600 4460 5.7 -27.3 7 33.0 -4.6 221 25 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.1 0.68 10 550 5164 0.5 -23.7 14 24.3 -7.3 217 25 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.4 1.03 11 500 5920 -5.3 -22.6 24 17.3 -10.8 218 26 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.0 1.25 12 450 6737 -11.3 -26.0 28 14.7 -15.3 219 27 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.7 1.02 13 400 7630 -17.3 -28.4 37 11.1 -20.0 225 30 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.92 14 350 8615 -25.0 -37.6 30 12.6 -27.0 220 36 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.43 15 300 9716 -33.3 -45.4 29 12.1 -34.5 224 33 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.22 16 250 10970 -42.9 -44.1 88 1.2 -43.0 226 34 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.5 0.31 17 200 12438 -54.5 -55.1 93 0.6 -54.5 233 36 346.4 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.11 18 150 14225 -66.5 -71.8 47 5.3 -66.5 245 44 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16649 -68.7 -82.5 12 13.7 -68.8 205 6 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.01 m Freezing level: 545.35 mb = 5234.49 m = 17173.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.96 mb = 3387.74 m = 11114.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 11.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 605.97 mb = 4378.89 m = 14366.28 ft T: 6.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 4.44 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 457.23 mb = 6613.62 m = 21697.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.59 C = 117.67 F Cap Strength: 11.32 C Lifted Index: 9.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.87 C Showalter Index: 10.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 1.49 C K Index: -16.01 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8733.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 584.02 mb = 4678.72 m = 15349.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 27.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 36.10 m/s