MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 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 82 1 950 526 SFC 916 851 32.6 1.5 14 31.0 14.7 250 9 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.3 4.66 3 900 1003 29.9 2.2 17 27.7 13.9 253 9 312.3 313.2 291.2 328.0 4.98 4 850 1507 26.1 -2.6 15 28.8 10.8 234 7 313.5 314.2 290.4 325.4 3.71 5 800 2035 21.9 -6.3 15 28.2 7.9 225 7 314.5 315.0 290.0 324.1 2.98 6 750 2589 17.8 -12.2 12 30.0 4.5 233 7 316.0 316.3 289.5 322.6 2.00 7 700 3174 13.8 -16.6 11 30.4 1.5 234 12 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.8 1.49 8 650 3792 9.6 -23.0 8 32.5 -1.7 234 19 319.8 320.0 289.7 323.0 0.93 9 600 4449 5.2 -22.2 12 27.4 -4.2 234 24 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.9 1.07 10 550 5152 0.3 -18.6 23 18.8 -6.6 229 27 324.4 324.7 291.7 329.9 1.61 11 500 5909 -4.8 -19.5 31 14.7 -9.9 228 29 327.2 327.5 292.5 332.9 1.63 12 450 6728 -10.8 -26.0 27 15.2 -15.0 226 31 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.3 1.02 13 400 7621 -17.2 -26.7 44 9.4 -19.6 228 37 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.5 1.08 14 350 8608 -24.5 -35.2 37 10.7 -26.4 216 41 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.8 0.55 15 300 9711 -32.8 -43.8 33 11.0 -34.0 223 36 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.2 0.26 16 250 10969 -42.2 -43.3 89 1.1 -42.3 242 36 343.3 343.3 295.4 344.6 0.33 17 200 12436 -54.9 -55.0 99 0.1 -54.9 232 39 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.11 18 150 14222 -65.8 -73.8 32 8.0 -65.9 241 39 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16654 -69.6 -82.4 14 12.8 -69.7 239 18 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.22 m Freezing level: 547.47 mb = 5190.59 m = 17029.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.06 mb = 3463.75 m = 11363.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.24 % Est. max temperature: 34.49 C = 94.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 581.64 mb = 4700.39 m = 15421.03 ft T: 3.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 5.70 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 461.82 mb = 6526.22 m = 21411.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.74 C = 117.94 F Cap Strength: 8.78 C Lifted Index: 8.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: 8.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.94 C Cross Totals Index: 2.18 C K Index: -2.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 44.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6957.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 568.29 mb = 4888.02 m = 16036.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.7 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 260.7 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 16.08 m/s