MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 47.04,-122.38 Latitude: 47.04 Longitude: -122.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 989 264 12.4 11.6 95 0.8 11.9 212 1 286.4 288.0 285.5 310.6 8.67 2 950 602 14.2 10.9 80 3.3 12.2 200 5 291.6 293.1 287.5 316.2 8.63 3 900 1060 14.7 10.2 74 4.5 12.0 133 3 296.7 298.2 289.3 322.0 8.72 4 850 1543 14.1 7.8 66 6.2 10.4 4 3 300.9 302.3 290.0 324.1 7.85 5 800 2054 12.3 3.5 55 8.8 7.5 320 5 304.3 305.5 289.6 323.0 6.17 6 750 2592 9.3 0.7 55 8.6 4.8 299 7 306.7 307.7 289.7 323.2 5.37 7 700 3160 5.2 -0.8 65 6.1 2.1 285 6 308.3 309.2 290.0 324.2 5.14 8 650 3761 0.5 -3.4 75 3.9 -1.4 274 4 309.5 310.4 289.9 323.8 4.58 9 600 4399 -3.5 -13.4 46 9.9 -7.2 247 4 312.1 312.5 288.6 319.5 2.27 10 550 5081 -7.7 -23.5 27 15.8 -12.1 238 6 315.0 315.2 288.2 318.5 1.04 11 500 5815 -12.2 -31.4 19 19.2 -16.3 221 5 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.2 0.55 12 450 6612 -17.5 -28.4 38 10.9 -19.8 189 11 321.3 321.5 290.0 324.2 0.82 13 400 7483 -23.9 -25.3 89 1.3 -24.2 176 16 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.2 1.22 14 350 8444 -30.9 -33.6 77 2.7 -31.3 188 23 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.4 0.64 15 300 9518 -39.5 -44.5 59 5.0 -39.9 185 26 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24 16 250 10738 -49.4 -51.2 81 1.9 -49.4 170 31 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 17 200 12184 -49.0 -71.4 6 22.5 -49.5 185 25 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 14067 -51.0 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 201 19 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16666 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 206 14 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.29 m Freezing level: 643.64 mb = 3841.95 m = 12604.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.72 mb = 3518.74 m = 11544.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.90 mb = 366.27 m = 1201.66 ft T: 12.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 1.16 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.95 mb = 2940.56 m = 9647.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.51 C = 92.33 F Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lifted Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.96 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 28.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11204.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.78 mb = 1137.43 m = 3731.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 4.7 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -22.8 tot: -19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.00 Bulk Shear: 2.55 m/s