MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.84,-121.95 Latitude: 42.84 Longitude: -121.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 563 2 900 1027 3 850 1521 SFC 843 1597 23.1 0.0 22 23.0 10.4 284 10 311.1 311.9 290.4 325.3 4.55 5 800 2044 18.1 -2.6 24 20.7 7.4 278 14 310.4 311.2 289.6 322.8 3.94 6 750 2590 12.9 -3.7 31 16.6 4.6 267 10 310.6 311.3 289.6 322.8 3.88 7 700 3164 7.5 -4.7 42 12.2 1.7 249 7 310.8 311.5 289.7 323.0 3.87 8 650 3768 2.1 -6.5 53 8.6 -1.8 217 8 311.3 312.0 289.6 322.8 3.62 9 600 4410 -0.5 -15.4 31 14.9 -6.0 204 18 315.6 315.9 289.3 321.9 1.92 10 550 5101 -4.0 -14.3 45 10.3 -7.9 215 20 319.4 319.8 290.9 327.1 2.30 11 500 5847 -8.6 -15.2 59 6.6 -11.0 226 24 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.5 2.35 12 450 6655 -14.7 -18.3 74 3.6 -15.9 228 27 324.7 325.1 292.2 331.6 2.01 13 400 7534 -21.5 -28.8 51 7.4 -23.0 224 29 327.1 327.3 291.8 330.3 0.88 14 350 8505 -28.5 -43.3 23 14.8 -30.2 226 37 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.3 0.24 15 300 9591 -36.0 -52.5 17 16.5 -37.1 230 30 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.10 16 250 10834 -44.9 -53.3 39 8.4 -45.3 244 32 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.8 0.11 17 200 12286 -56.3 -59.5 67 3.2 -56.4 244 39 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.06 18 150 14090 -59.4 -74.4 13 15.0 -59.6 241 37 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16633 -58.1 -85.3 2 27.2 -58.5 219 15 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.56 m Freezing level: 609.31 mb = 4290.51 m = 14076.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.99 mb = 3448.03 m = 11312.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.51 % Est. max temperature: 22.87 C = 73.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 597.96 mb = 4437.22 m = 14557.62 ft T: -0.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 2.56 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 501.76 mb = 5819.54 m = 19092.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.87 C = 92.97 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: 6.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7553.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 587.26 mb = 4580.71 m = 15028.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: -4.6 tot: 35.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 26.94 m/s