MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 58.69,-124.85 Latitude: 58.69 Longitude: -124.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 209 1 950 641 2 900 1093 SFC 871 1367 7.9 7.0 94 0.9 7.3 32 2 292.4 293.6 286.4 313.0 7.21 4 850 1567 7.9 6.8 93 1.1 7.3 95 1 294.5 295.8 287.3 315.7 7.33 5 800 2067 6.0 3.5 84 2.5 4.6 155 1 297.5 298.7 287.3 315.6 6.14 6 750 2593 2.7 -0.0 82 2.7 1.4 280 3 299.5 300.5 287.0 314.7 5.10 7 700 3147 -1.4 -3.3 87 1.9 -2.3 280 9 300.9 301.7 286.6 313.8 4.27 8 650 3733 -5.6 -8.2 82 2.6 -6.6 276 14 302.7 303.2 286.2 312.5 3.18 9 600 4357 -8.8 -13.6 68 4.9 -10.5 275 13 305.9 306.4 286.4 313.0 2.22 10 550 5028 -11.2 -25.6 29 14.4 -14.7 294 19 310.8 311.0 286.6 313.8 0.87 11 500 5755 -14.5 -41.8 8 27.3 -18.6 299 28 315.4 315.5 287.5 316.1 0.20 12 450 6547 -18.2 -43.0 9 24.8 -21.7 302 39 320.3 320.4 289.0 321.0 0.19 13 400 7416 -23.9 -49.4 8 25.5 -26.5 302 45 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.3 0.11 14 350 8375 -31.9 -49.3 16 17.3 -33.3 299 52 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.12 15 300 9442 -41.5 -48.8 45 7.3 -41.9 294 58 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.15 16 250 10652 -51.5 -56.3 56 4.8 -51.6 294 64 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.07 17 200 12080 -53.3 -67.2 17 13.9 -53.6 283 63 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13946 -51.6 -80.8 2 29.2 -52.1 276 45 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.2 0.00 19 100 16562 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 276 27 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5545.91 m Freezing level: 717.28 mb = 2955.63 m = 9696.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.48 mb = 2793.74 m = 9165.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.78 % Est. max temperature: 15.52 C = 59.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.90 mb = 1481.02 m = 4858.93 ft T: 7.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 3.20 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2424.63 m = 7954.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.14 C = 57.46 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: 4.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: 4.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 27.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.48 mb = 2102.49 m = 6897.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.48 mb = 3359.32 m = 11021.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 621.48 mb = 4082.97 m = 13395.40 ft B at Equ Level: 25.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 561.48 mb = 4868.91 m = 15973.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.2 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 325.2 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.7 neg: -1.9 tot: 43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 53.29 m/s