MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.9,-117.88 Latitude: 34.90 Longitude: -117.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 574 SFC 922 828 20.6 -2.5 21 23.1 9.1 248 5 300.6 301.2 285.7 311.1 3.44 3 900 1042 23.2 -5.0 15 28.2 9.4 272 7 305.4 306.0 286.9 314.6 2.93 4 850 1538 22.2 -5.6 15 27.8 8.5 336 6 309.4 309.9 288.3 318.7 2.95 5 800 2060 18.8 -6.2 18 25.0 6.6 5 6 311.2 311.8 289.0 320.8 3.00 6 750 2608 13.9 -7.4 22 21.3 3.9 20 3 311.7 312.3 289.0 321.1 2.92 7 700 3184 8.6 -5.1 37 13.7 2.0 122 7 312.0 312.8 289.9 323.9 3.75 8 650 3790 3.2 -7.2 46 10.4 -1.5 140 14 312.6 313.2 289.8 323.5 3.43 9 600 4433 -1.4 -16.7 30 15.4 -6.8 158 13 314.5 314.9 288.8 320.2 1.72 10 550 5121 -5.2 -31.8 10 26.6 -11.5 186 12 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.6 0.48 11 500 5863 -9.3 -41.6 5 32.2 -15.1 198 17 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.4 0.20 12 450 6670 -13.4 -49.1 3 35.8 -18.4 223 19 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.10 13 400 7557 -18.7 -48.3 6 29.5 -22.5 241 26 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.12 14 350 8537 -25.9 -48.4 10 22.5 -28.3 233 37 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 15 300 9632 -34.5 -35.3 92 0.8 -34.6 229 51 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.1 0.63 16 250 10893 -41.8 -41.8 100 -0.0 -41.8 209 82 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.5 0.39 17 200 12362 -54.4 -54.5 99 0.1 -54.4 223 94 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.1 0.12 18 150 14186 -57.2 -79.4 4 22.3 -57.5 249 49 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16660 -69.4 -82.7 13 13.3 -69.5 220 19 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.28 m Freezing level: 615.09 mb = 4239.14 m = 13907.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.39 mb = 3525.44 m = 11566.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 652.34 mb = 3760.99 m = 12339.06 ft T: 3.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 447.75 mb = 6707.63 m = 22006.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.02 C = 114.84 F Cap Strength: 7.91 C Lifted Index: 8.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 7.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.50 C Cross Totals Index: 3.70 C K Index: 12.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 28.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10031.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 579.32 mb = 4710.31 m = 15453.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.4 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 215.4 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.1 neg: -2.5 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.32 Bulk Shear: 21.75 m/s