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: 47.15,-121.95 Latitude: 47.15 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 170 1 950 605 SFC 943 671 12.5 10.9 90 1.6 11.5 131 2 290.5 292.0 287.1 315.1 8.70 3 900 1062 14.2 10.3 77 4.0 11.9 25 2 296.2 297.7 289.2 321.5 8.75 4 850 1544 13.7 7.9 68 5.8 10.2 0 5 300.5 301.9 289.9 323.7 7.87 5 800 2054 11.9 4.4 60 7.5 7.7 339 8 303.9 305.1 289.9 323.7 6.59 6 750 2592 9.1 2.7 64 6.4 5.6 327 10 306.4 307.6 290.3 325.3 6.20 7 700 3160 5.1 0.3 71 4.8 2.6 321 9 308.2 309.2 290.4 325.4 5.60 8 650 3761 0.6 -1.8 84 2.4 -0.6 312 7 309.6 310.6 290.5 325.6 5.14 9 600 4398 -3.6 -7.1 77 3.5 -5.1 289 5 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.8 3.75 10 550 5081 -7.5 -16.2 50 8.7 -10.5 254 4 315.2 315.6 289.3 321.7 1.96 11 500 5816 -11.8 -23.7 36 11.9 -15.0 196 6 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.5 1.13 12 450 6615 -17.1 -22.4 63 5.3 -18.6 178 11 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.5 1.41 13 400 7487 -23.7 -25.4 86 1.7 -24.1 174 15 324.1 324.4 291.2 328.3 1.21 14 350 8448 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.3 189 19 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.4 0.62 15 300 9522 -39.4 -44.1 61 4.6 -39.8 190 23 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.25 16 250 10742 -49.4 -51.4 80 2.0 -49.5 174 29 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 17 200 12189 -49.0 -72.4 5 23.4 -49.5 184 24 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14070 -51.3 -80.6 2 29.3 -51.8 203 19 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16667 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 209 13 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.04 m Freezing level: 643.15 mb = 3848.00 m = 12624.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.69 mb = 3640.68 m = 11944.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.99 C = 78.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.19 mb = 874.00 m = 2867.41 ft T: 13.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 715.04 mb = 2985.10 m = 9793.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lifted Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.30 C Showalter Index: 2.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 28.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9031.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.84 mb = 1665.47 m = 5464.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.4 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 326.4 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -14.3 tot: -14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.28 Bulk Shear: 7.75 m/s