MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 58.69,-125.64 Latitude: 58.69 Longitude: -125.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 1 950 598 2 900 1056 3 850 1538 SFC 845 1589 12.6 9.0 79 3.6 10.4 27 3 299.8 301.4 290.3 325.0 8.54 5 800 2048 12.2 4.3 58 7.9 7.8 47 1 304.2 305.4 289.9 323.9 6.53 6 750 2585 8.2 1.8 64 6.4 4.8 180 5 305.5 306.6 289.8 323.3 5.83 7 700 3150 3.0 -0.2 79 3.2 1.4 182 12 305.9 306.9 289.5 322.4 5.40 8 650 3746 -1.8 -3.4 89 1.6 -2.6 178 18 307.0 307.8 289.0 321.1 4.58 9 600 4379 -5.7 -7.2 89 1.6 -6.3 179 24 309.6 310.3 289.1 321.2 3.70 10 550 5056 -9.5 -15.3 62 5.8 -11.4 186 27 312.9 313.3 288.6 319.8 2.12 11 500 5787 -13.2 -25.0 36 11.8 -16.2 186 23 316.9 317.1 288.9 320.4 1.01 12 450 6581 -18.8 -33.1 27 14.2 -21.4 185 24 319.5 319.7 289.2 321.4 0.53 13 400 7446 -26.1 -33.4 50 7.3 -27.2 187 27 321.1 321.2 289.7 323.1 0.57 14 350 8396 -33.8 -42.1 43 8.3 -34.6 192 31 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.2 0.27 15 300 9457 -42.3 -48.3 52 6.0 -42.6 192 37 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.16 16 250 10664 -51.2 -56.2 55 5.0 -51.3 188 36 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 17 200 12101 -51.4 -68.5 11 17.2 -51.7 198 41 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 13989 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.8 204 37 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.01 19 100 16649 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.5 -51.7 204 17 429.4 429.4 308.8 429.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.17 m Freezing level: 668.41 mb = 3526.68 m = 11570.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.34 mb = 3355.71 m = 11009.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.97 % Est. max temperature: 18.42 C = 65.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.10 mb = 2046.92 m = 6715.53 ft T: 12.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 3.87 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.66 mb = 3177.39 m = 10424.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.36 C = 65.05 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.90 mb = 2920.91 m = 9582.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.90 mb = 3563.78 m = 11692.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 544.90 mb = 5127.53 m = 16822.41 ft B at Equ Level: 47.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 444.90 mb = 6664.96 m = 21866.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.5 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 213.5 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 62.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 56.09 m/s