MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 34.52,-122.01 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -122.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 17.0 13.8 81 3.2 15.0 329 17 288.7 290.5 287.5 316.1 9.78 1 1000 146 15.6 11.6 77 4.0 13.2 330 21 288.8 290.3 286.4 312.9 8.61 2 950 580 15.6 3.0 43 12.6 9.0 332 25 293.0 293.9 284.4 307.6 5.00 3 900 1040 17.6 -0.1 30 17.7 8.5 332 14 299.6 300.4 286.1 312.3 4.21 4 850 1526 16.0 -1.4 30 17.4 7.2 323 10 302.9 303.7 287.2 315.4 4.07 5 800 2039 14.1 -5.6 25 19.8 4.8 316 9 306.2 306.8 287.4 316.0 3.14 6 750 2580 11.6 -4.9 31 16.5 3.7 305 8 309.1 309.8 288.8 320.2 3.53 7 700 3153 8.3 -7.9 31 16.2 1.0 288 7 311.6 312.2 289.1 321.3 3.01 8 650 3761 5.0 -14.1 24 19.1 -2.6 273 7 314.6 315.0 289.0 321.1 1.97 9 600 4410 2.3 -28.1 8 30.4 -6.4 271 9 318.8 318.9 289.0 321.0 0.63 10 550 5107 -1.1 -38.2 4 37.1 -9.5 267 11 322.8 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.26 11 500 5860 -6.0 -42.8 4 36.8 -13.0 260 14 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.3 0.17 12 450 6675 -11.8 -44.2 5 32.3 -17.2 253 18 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.17 13 400 7564 -18.5 -40.4 13 21.9 -22.1 263 21 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.28 14 350 8544 -26.1 -44.9 15 18.7 -28.4 254 30 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.20 15 300 9640 -34.5 -53.3 13 18.8 -35.8 258 37 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.09 16 250 10891 -42.6 -61.3 11 18.7 -43.3 257 47 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 17 200 12365 -52.6 -69.8 11 17.3 -52.9 257 55 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14183 -62.1 -78.1 10 16.0 -62.2 262 54 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16625 -70.5 -83.0 14 12.5 -70.5 263 32 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.68 m Freezing level: 566.13 mb = 4882.33 m = 16017.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.39 mb = 3314.30 m = 10873.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.64 mb = 406.99 m = 1335.27 ft T: 15.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 8.56 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.73 mb = 5067.69 m = 16626.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.98 C = 123.76 F Cap Strength: 15.34 C Lifted Index: 15.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.05 C Showalter Index: 12.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.07 C Cross Totals Index: 4.70 C K Index: 4.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13273.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.21 mb = 1584.12 m = 5197.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.9 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 330.9 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -5.0 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 22.76 m/s