MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 36.84,-118.47 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -118.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 193 1 950 628 2 900 1084 3 850 1564 4 800 2070 5 750 2606 SFC 717 2974 6.5 2.4 75 4.0 4.2 262 4 307.5 308.7 290.9 327.0 6.37 7 700 3176 7.5 1.0 64 6.5 4.0 258 5 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.1 5.90 8 650 3782 3.1 -5.1 55 8.2 -0.8 269 7 312.5 313.3 290.3 325.2 4.02 9 600 4425 -2.0 -9.7 55 7.8 -5.2 286 8 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.6 3.04 10 550 5110 -6.5 -15.8 48 9.3 -9.7 280 4 316.4 316.8 289.7 323.2 2.03 11 500 5849 -10.5 -34.0 13 23.4 -15.4 222 9 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.8 0.43 12 450 6652 -15.5 -43.2 7 27.8 -19.7 245 13 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.19 13 400 7529 -21.6 -48.9 7 27.3 -24.7 237 16 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.11 14 350 8498 -29.1 -52.1 9 23.0 -31.0 219 20 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.09 15 300 9581 -36.7 -59.1 8 22.4 -37.9 214 28 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.04 16 250 10823 -43.4 -62.2 11 18.8 -44.1 216 40 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.04 17 200 12311 -47.0 -73.7 3 26.8 -47.6 212 51 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 18 150 14173 -57.9 -79.9 4 22.0 -58.1 215 46 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16668 -66.7 -82.7 9 16.0 -66.8 162 8 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.59 m Freezing level: 619.43 mb = 4174.91 m = 13697.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.33 mb = 3677.94 m = 12066.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.40 % Est. max temperature: 13.76 C = 56.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.38 mb = 3480.88 m = 11420.07 ft T: 5.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 567.58 mb = 4862.38 m = 15952.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.74 C = 56.74 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 2.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6916.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 597.48 mb = 4457.69 m = 14624.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 6.93 m/s