MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 13 SEP 25 Station: 38.16,-117.84 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -117.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 497 2 900 963 3 850 1460 SFC 830 1668 26.4 0.2 18 26.1 11.6 142 11 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.9 4.69 5 800 1989 22.3 -0.8 21 23.0 9.6 146 11 314.9 315.8 291.5 329.3 4.52 6 750 2543 16.9 -1.7 28 18.6 7.0 159 9 315.0 315.8 291.5 329.3 4.50 7 700 3125 11.4 -2.9 37 14.3 4.0 189 7 315.1 316.0 291.5 329.2 4.42 8 650 3738 5.7 -4.5 48 10.3 0.7 236 9 315.5 316.3 291.4 328.9 4.21 9 600 4386 0.1 -7.4 57 7.5 -3.3 265 17 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.1 3.66 10 550 5076 -5.5 -10.9 66 5.4 -7.7 271 21 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.4 3.02 11 500 5818 -8.9 -22.3 33 13.4 -12.9 271 24 322.2 322.5 290.7 326.7 1.28 12 450 6628 -13.1 -25.5 34 12.5 -16.4 283 22 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.6 1.06 13 400 7513 -20.1 -28.9 46 8.7 -22.0 278 23 328.8 329.0 292.3 332.0 0.88 14 350 8487 -27.9 -31.4 72 3.5 -28.5 274 28 331.1 331.3 292.8 334.0 0.79 15 300 9575 -36.6 -37.5 91 0.9 -36.7 286 24 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.8 0.51 16 250 10810 -46.7 -46.7 100 -0.0 -46.7 314 31 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.23 17 200 12248 -59.5 -59.7 98 0.2 -59.5 319 42 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.06 18 150 14039 -59.6 -77.4 8 17.9 -59.7 263 34 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16553 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.8 -62.3 263 25 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.16 m Freezing level: 598.72 mb = 4403.54 m = 14447.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.93 mb = 3851.45 m = 12635.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.20 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 563.86 mb = 4878.60 m = 16005.72 ft T: -3.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 4.19 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 544.34 mb = 5156.45 m = 16917.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: 2.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5366.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 565.99 mb = 4848.63 m = 15907.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 75.47 m/s