MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 89 1 950 534 SFC 917 851 33.4 -0.5 11 34.0 14.4 248 5 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.2 4.02 3 900 1011 30.2 0.3 15 29.9 13.4 243 5 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.3 4.33 4 850 1515 25.8 -4.4 13 30.2 10.2 217 5 313.2 313.8 289.9 323.6 3.24 5 800 2042 21.7 -9.8 11 31.5 7.0 220 5 314.3 314.7 289.3 321.7 2.26 6 750 2596 17.9 -14.0 10 31.8 4.2 228 8 316.0 316.3 289.3 321.7 1.73 7 700 3180 13.7 -17.2 10 30.9 1.4 231 14 317.7 317.9 289.5 322.5 1.42 8 650 3798 9.8 -24.7 7 34.5 -1.8 231 24 320.1 320.2 289.6 322.8 0.79 9 600 4456 5.3 -23.8 10 29.1 -4.4 226 26 322.2 322.4 290.4 325.5 0.93 10 550 5159 0.3 -19.8 20 20.2 -6.8 222 26 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.5 1.44 11 500 5916 -5.0 -16.8 39 11.8 -9.4 223 30 326.9 327.3 292.8 334.0 2.05 12 450 6734 -10.7 -21.9 39 11.2 -14.2 216 31 329.8 330.0 293.0 335.0 1.47 13 400 7628 -17.4 -30.5 31 13.1 -20.3 220 35 332.4 332.5 293.1 335.2 0.76 14 350 8613 -25.1 -35.4 38 10.3 -26.8 217 37 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.0 0.54 15 300 9714 -33.1 -43.6 34 10.5 -34.2 226 34 338.7 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.27 16 250 10970 -42.3 -43.9 85 1.5 -42.5 232 38 343.1 343.2 295.4 344.4 0.31 17 200 12438 -54.6 -55.5 89 1.0 -54.6 230 38 346.3 346.4 295.9 346.8 0.10 18 150 14224 -66.7 -71.0 55 4.3 -66.7 241 43 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 19 100 16650 -69.4 -82.4 13 13.0 -69.4 211 14 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.05 m Freezing level: 546.79 mb = 5207.96 m = 17086.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.88 mb = 3448.10 m = 11312.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.24 % Est. max temperature: 34.48 C = 94.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 557.88 mb = 5044.47 m = 16549.91 ft T: 1.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 442.48 mb = 6862.29 m = 22513.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.86 C = 119.94 F Cap Strength: 9.43 C Lifted Index: 8.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.00 C Showalter Index: 9.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.89 C Cross Totals Index: 0.65 C K Index: -4.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 38.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7941.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 551.75 mb = 5133.83 m = 16843.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.3 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 254.3 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 27.98 m/s